by Lise Funderburg | Jul 15, 2010 | Food, Lay of the land, THRIFT
There’s a reason my family calls my house “Li-Mart.” In recent weeks, I have supplied the following without leaving the confines of my home: **298 Danish Krone to my mother. In August, she goes to Copenhagen to visit friends (a family that includes...
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 21, 2010 | Lay of the land
5/11/2010 UPDATE: DIVIDE & CONQUER COUNTDOWN Four days and counting before the 7th Annual Driveway Plant Sale (Saturday, May 15th, 9:00 AM). Things get a little crazy at this point, and I have to hold back from digging up the rest of the yard and adding it to the...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 30, 2009 | Food, Lay of the land, Talent, THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Approximately 47 seconds after I got the back porch painted — giving it a brand new start in life, a chance to reinvent itself from impenetrable junk repository into organized junk repository — The Beloved Husband stepped in. “I’ll reorganize...
by Lise Funderburg | Jul 26, 2009 | Food, Lay of the land, THRIFT
by Lise Funderburg | Jul 1, 2009 | Lay of the land
Okay, these aren’t exactly oysters, but they’re crazy (and in certain cases, icky-but-cool) knitting projects. “It’s summer,” you say. “No time for knitting!” But is it really summer? I can’t tell with all the rain....
by Lise Funderburg | Jun 18, 2009 | Lay of the land, THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Today was to be Day Two of the IRS audit, and we were forewarned to clear an 8-hour block. As it turned out, we got in and out in one hour, zip zip, in part because we decided to take an unjust but small hit on the home office. We’ll pay 15 bucks a month for the...
