Small House Living

Time to Spring into Cleaning

    I started making my list for spring cleaning yesterday. After all, when it feels like summer outside, I feel like I’m running behind. Dale actually began the spring cleaning two weeks ago....

Stress, Age or Something Else

The week began stressful here at Our Little House, no doubt. On Tuesday, after a couple of hours sleep  – thanks to Molly having a bad night and Chloe fighting the E-collar (those big...

A Side Splitter

I wouldn’t have made a good nurse. Or doctor, or phlebotomist. I wouldn’t have even made a good vet tech. I get queasy at the sight of blood. I hyperventilate and sometimes, depending on...

Lions, Lambs, Tornadoes and Fires…Oh, My!

I don’t know whether to consider March in like a lion or a lamb. Today, officially March 1 is beautiful and sunny, with a high expected of around 70 degrees. If it weren’t for...

Talkin’ Septic Tank Sludge

Living in the city most of our lives, we didn’t really think too much about the water and sewer at our house, unless the government’s fee for them went up. Here, we don’t get...

Ready for Spring and an Italian Soup Recipe

It’s been a long winter. Not a long, cold winter, but just a long winter. I’m not complaining about the lack of cold, snowy and icy weather, but I think a warm gorgeous winter...

Trapped

Sunday was one of those picture-perfect days here in the Ozarks, for February anyway. It was sunny and warm, between 55-60 degrees by afternoon. Dale and I took the dogs out on the deck...