The Weekend Country Girl

March 22, 2020

New Flooring

Mr. Math and I joke that our motto is: We don’t do easy at our house. Getting new flooring was no exception to that statement. After only five years the flooring we put in was failing. Part of the problem was ours because we didn’t have the floor leveled prior to installing and our ice […]

March 5, 2020

Open Live Edge Shelving

The absolute ugliest bank of cabinets at the Redneck Retreat were to the left of the sink. They sagged, one of them had the Formica peeled off, and they were huge. I couldn’t live with them in the kitchen. They were nasty. Since this was the week we were already going to be replacing the […]

February 21, 2020

Kitchen Work at the Redneck Retreat

I bet some of you are wondering just how full of stuff was the guest shed since the last four posts were about stuff I am getting moved out of there. Well, it was really, really full. So full in fact that I forgot all about some of the things in there, even things that […]

February 20, 2020

Mersman Drum Table Troubles

We have a cat named Chloe. She is a 17 year old, grumpy cat who works hard to make sure we all know that she is queen of the house. She only eats soft food ( extra gravy variety only) and cat treats. Chloe hisses at everyone, and she would probably smoke and drink whiskey […]

February 16, 2020

Cedar Shutters for the Rent House

Our Rental property has come a long way since we bought it three and a half years ago. We bought the property in Huntsville, Texas which is a college town near where we live. It was a hot mess. The 1950 bungalow was deemed uninhabitable by the city due to electrical and gas leak problems […]

January 28, 2020

Clearing out The Shop

In order to get our flooring done in our house, I need to clear the shop so that we have a place to move our furniture. Clearing the shop means all of those ” I’ll get to it one day” projects have to either get sold as is, or finally get done. I just couldn’t […]

January 18, 2020

Setting up an RV on the Cheap

While I was away from blogging, we took the plunge and bought a recreational vehicle. We have our own rv, baby. We bought it on Craig’s List for a great deal after the first owners took it out twice then changed their mind about it. They took excellent care of it and the best part […]

January 13, 2020

Handmade Presents are Best

We love being outside. If the weather is nice, or even if it is only tolerable, you will find us outdoors. My buddy The Social Planner and her husband have an epic year. The have a firing range for target practice, a zip line, web swing, a golf practice area with a 25 yard, 50 […]

January 2, 2020

A Charging Station in the Ranch House

One place for all the electronics to charge.

January 1, 2020

New Year, New Start

Happy New Year to you all. As of December 31st I am officially and totally retired from public education. My last day of work was a while back but yesterday was my last real day. Mr. Math retired in May so we are settling in to being together 24/7. The last two years were a […]