Gunther's Transition

Apparently doggies do not like change. That became very apparent when we moved and Gunther was not a happy camper. I think I said before that the first week we were in the new house, he didn't want to go to bed, he wouldn't sleep, he would pace the hallway and just sit by the front door waiting to go. When we were at work, we would leave him inside because he didn't have a way to get in and out of the garage yet when it was cold. (There was an existing doggie door, but it was for a miniature Chihuahua or something - Gunther could get his head through the door, but that was it.) I think there was one or two days that we came home to find a box and all of it's contents destroyed. Thankfully, they were very un-important boxes and I was kind of glad to be able to throw the contents away. Although chewing up my hair dryer wasn't very nice! After spending a few evenings in time-out, he stopped chewing things up inside. But outside was different....

One nice weekend, a friend came over and put in a bigger doggie door so that Gunther could go in and out. And that became the start of Gunther staying outside while we were gone. He had a bed in the garage, along with his food and water. He had his box of toys and 2 completely full bags of dog food at his disposal. It was at this time that he started faithfully

5 Steps to Moving Furniture

When moving furniture up and down basement stairs by yourself, there are 5 steps you should follow.

 #1. Take off all of the removable parts and pieces possible.

#2. Use a rug to move furniture around on a wood floor.

#3. Don't move anything up or down the stairs that you aren't willing to let fall.

#4. Never move something that you can't lift completely off the floor by yourself.

#5. (The most important step) Have a faithful dog to watch your every move.

Today, I rearranged some furniture. I actually started the process earlier this week when I put the big vanity into place in the guest room.

Jason did help me move this in from the garage, so I didn't do it all by myself.

Today, however, I moved

The Final Installment

Welcome to...

the garage! We have moved up in the world and have a two car garage!! It is super-duper nice on cold, snowy days!

Continuing the Tour

In this episode we will wander into the basement.

For those that are following the closet/pantry idea, that wall there is the closet wall. If you make the closet bigger, you cut out the ability to take

Where Is Gunther?

This post is similar to the books, "Where is Waldo?" in that you can try to find Gunther in the pictures. That's just a little side gig to entertain you. The real purpose for this post is to give you a somewhat virtual tour of our new house! Please excuse the mess(es)!! And I am very open to any ideas you have for painting, decorating, etc. We still have some things to unpack and organize, as you will soon see!

The Galley Kitchen

Don't you like my dish drainer? I was originally thinking I wanted to get a collapsible dish drainer so I could put it away between uses. I realized