Entries from May 2009

May 13, 2009

We almost had a fight,

But Julie showed up.
We’re redoing our front yard. It’s only a hair bigger than a postage stamp and only seems to be able to sustain crabgrass, bermuda, and weeds. We are abandoning grass completely and gunning for a Monet-ish garden.
 
We continue to be the bane of the neighborhood. Last Fall, I sprayed the whole yard [...]

May 8, 2009

Encourage one another

Bill and Cindy Finley presented a marriage seminar in the Ukraine last spring. The result may have been transformed Ukrainian marriages, but I think Bill and Cindy experienced the greatest change. The short version is that they fell in love with Katya and have been working towards legally adopting her ever since. The whole story is remarkable and wonderful! One interesting [...]

May 1, 2009

Koning Home on HGTV

Not really, but wouldn’t it be fun?! We all talk about how we wish HGTV would come and spruce up this room or that, but we never do anything about it because, seriously, what are the chances they’ll select our insignificant little hovel for Design on a Dime or Desperate Spaces’? Nil.
 
One day I was [...]