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Our Mini Guide to Athens
Welcome to Athens! We put together this guide so you can check out the spots the locals hit. After living in Athens for about 15 years, we’ve seen some things, eaten some food, and can now tell you about it. So, let’s dive in! Checking In/Checking Out The entrance to the apartment is at the…
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Scuppernong wine
I’m adding this recipe here because I almost couldn’t find the original and was worried I’d have to try something new. This recipe works really well. GRAPE, SCUPPERNONG OR MUSCADINEWINE 8 qts. fruit8 lbs. sugar4 qts. warm water (non-chlorinated)1 pkg. dry yeastDissolve yeast in sugar water. Pour mix over mashed fruit. Stir. Slice one…
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Pouring some love into the basement
When we bought our house 15 years ago, it was at the height of the housing bubble bursting. We were reluctant property owners in two states, snagging our 100-year-old house in Athens while awaiting the perfect buyer for our vintage bungalow in South Florida. Unfortunately, that buyer didn’t materialize until we were forced into a…
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Hoosier re-do, part I
This is the first in a multi-part series about refinishing a Hoosier-style cabinet I found in a shed behind a trailer in rural Georgia. (OK, so I found it on Facebook Marketplace, but still, it lived in a shed behind a trailer home). It wasn’t in horrible shape but it wasn’t in great shape either,…
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Let’s talk about painting a house. During a pandemic.
Painting the house has been on the list for a while, but since it’s not something you tackle yourself, it’s easy to put it off. It involves quotes and experts and thousands of dollars. I like my power tools, but when someone asked me if we were going to do it ourselves, I laughed. Painting…
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Did Charles send you here?
I got highlighted on Facebook today by my newspaper design hero, Charles Apple. I hope you weren’t planning to come to this page finding juicy tidbits of my life or words of wisdom. I re-launched this site back in March when we all thought 2 weeks’ worth of beans in our cabinets would get us…
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The Athens Quarantine Cookbook
OK, here we go. Maybe I’m jealous of my husband’s ability to write about his crazy family, or maybe I just crave more things on my plate than I actually need (insert “buffet of life” reference here). But I randomly joined this Athens Quarantine Canteen facebook group and it’s got me thinking, maybe a project…
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No place to be a kid
Alex was playing along with his TOT video today when, about three-quarters through it, he stopped and asked if I could turn it off. He was sad. Instead of being able to finish the video, he wanted to stop because he couldn’t do it with his friends. It broke my heart. It was the first…
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Random thoughts during a pandemic
I really hope you like your roommate. We need some ground rules for walking down the sidewalk. Maybe a new hand signal that denotes which person moves onto the street? If you have a dog, you can move; if you have a child with you, you don’t have to move. If you both have children…
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It’s Day 3
It’s taken me this long to get over the fear (and, apparently, misconception) of setting up my website to be a blog. I’ve been thinking for days that what’s going on in the world is so out of whack, so absolutely bonkers, that I can only process it by writing about it. And that’s saying…
