girl at large

I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

Category: Tin Can Cottage

  • Paul made the trek up to Door County yesterday to start the process of getting the trailer ready for the season. We had thought that the Tin Can Cottage would be our big renovation project for the year! Turns out, it may be our refuge from renovation chaos instead. Once we get some work done…

  • I’m 37 weeks now, Baby is head down and I’m having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions. Now, if only I could get this project done at work! I have a feeling that as soon as I get work wrapped up, real labor will kick in. Until then, though the nursery is ready, the kitchen is…

  • The pressure is on to be ready for baby! Only 6 more weeks. The house is coming along, thanks to some outsourcing. We are in the trailer this weekend—-more work! I’m going to deliver this baby with a screwdriver in my hand. Or in the case of the trailer, a screw driver with a specially…

  • We are picking up the Trailer this weekend. We travel from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac to pick up Dad’s truck on Friday night. Then, first thing Saturday we head out to LaCrosse to pick it up. Learn as much as we can from the sellers, hitch it up, cross our fingers and hit the…