Author Archives: carrie

Ahhhh, the end of April. For anyone in the college admissions world, you know that being able to breathe is only a day away. May 1 – the magical national deposit deadline – is just a few hours away. With … Continue reading →

So last week I dropped the ball on updating you guys. I meant to do it Wednesday night and then Thursday but it never happened. Life has been…jam.packed. I don’t really talk about my day job here but I work … Continue reading →

As with any project, there are multiple moving parts & projects and I bounce around, often working on several things at once. Or at least several things each week. Last week, I talked about my foray into the wonderful world … Continue reading →

Have you ever dreamt about doing something? Bucket list kind of dreamt. Something that someday, somehow you’ll do. Welding has been on my list for yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrssssssssss. I know. I’m an odd duck. (At least I’m not an ugly duck. OHHHHH!!!!) … Continue reading →

This was supposed to go up Wednesday but work & life has been crazy. My bad. Last week there was a lot of ground work laying. All sorts of little things that don’t look like anything but need to happen … Continue reading →

I have a super long post about all the wicked awesome progress made this week but it’s not done yet and I’m late for work. This evening, my friends. This evening. A thousand apologies. In the meantime, go check out … Continue reading →

So Sarah is going to regale you with how “epic” her little tiled backsplash is? All those perfect little white rectangles. That’s cute. I see your lightweight, ceramic rectangles and raise you two giant slabs of soapstoney awesomeness. BOOM. Oh … Continue reading →

My march towards templating has reached that point where decisions need to be made. Decisions that should/could/would have been made a long time ago if I 1) wasn’t completely difficult or 2) liked what normal people like. Instead I find … Continue reading →

Welcome back to another episode of DUELING DIY! (DUN duh DUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!) As I mentioned last week, I waffle between going chronologically with these posts and just jumping in with where things are TO.DAY. I’m feeling the real-time update TO.DAY. Mostly … Continue reading →