The Gatannah Files

A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to replace our kitchen sink, which had been losing pressure for some time. We'd replaced it ...

Except for our oven (which we're going to simply throw out and not replace as soon as James builds me a cabinet to hold an induction bur...

This week, we're having the big old Chinaberry in our front yard cut down because it mostly died during the freeze in February, and it h...

Hey-o! Two weeks ago (June 13, 2021, to be precise), our whippet pup was born! Last Sunday, when the litter was about a week old, we got to ...

One of the things we really loved when we first bought our house was the mini "nature trail" that was right behind our back fence....

I'm well aware that my last post, though full of thrilling twists and turns, was also extremely whiny and self-serving. So please allow ...

(I suppose we have a collective mouth? That sentence doesn't make sense, but I wrote it like a week ago, so I guess I'll keep it.) ...

This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down... Not really. Just a continuation of the previous post about home a...

So, hey. How's your week been? (Pretends to listen intently for about four seconds.) Really? Great. Mine's had some ridiculous ups a...

The past few days, we've definitely felt the full brunt of home ownership. First, after some on-and-off really heavy rains Tuesday, th...

We all know the "ugly girl" trope on cheesy TV shows: glasses on a hot girl and, boom, she's ugly! But have you noticed wh...