I only wish it was a blocked nose...or being blocked from Facebook...alas it was a blocked toilet. On the weekend one of my dreaded fears b...

So much for our Australia Day long weekend clean-up. As I type this Brisbane is being inundated by the left-overs of a tropical cyclone - i...

After making some grand pronouncements in the last blog post about consolidating our funds for renovating in 2013, the washing machine ju...

Well, all the work to clad the walls underneath the Sow's Ear is done. Jason spent most of last week getting the VJ (vertical join) she...

In some circles it's considered gauche to photograph a restaurant experience. Thankfully, I don't mix in that circle (if I don...

Those coffee dates Jason and I have been enjoying petered during the week. There's too much work to be done.  Over the last few da...

It's so strange hanging out with Jason during the day without the children - we've been making the most of it and going to as many ...

Jason's started two weeks of annual leave today. I thought he was just going to mooch around and relax in his undies at the Sow's E...

You can see I was stumped for a blog title! The final hopscotch window was installed last weekend...in the rain of course. I don't th...

Jason was his regular busy-bee self on the weekend. He successfully replaced one of the casement windows in his man cave/gimp room which is...

The work under the house is going great guns. Mr D and his trusty side-kick returned today to start framing the areas which will be weatherb...

I knew it was going to be one of those days, when I saw Jason tidying under the house area of the Sow's Ear. There was a bit of huffing...

Underneath the Sow's Ear we have the most curious protrusions on the floorboard joists. And we are not sure what they are. There are at ...