It was a 70-plus page inspector’s report we were handed before we made an offer on our home. The previous owners had received and accepted an offer from someone else that bought it online. When they came and saw the house in person, they backed out two days before the closing date. The reason they gave was that the house was too small. Who knows? Many of you know I’m married to the man who trained MacGyver. He even has a t-shirt saying this very thing [thank’s Cindy]. He combed over the report, plus we had our own also done. There was nothing that showed up that he felt he…

Before I show you what we’re doing in the kitchen, I thought I’d start with what we’ve done since we moved in. We moved into the guesthouse above the carriage house to the rear of the main cottage. The ceilings in both had popcorn ceilings that we wanted to be removed; not sure if they had asbestos in them or not. They removed the carriage house first so we could stay there while they did the cottage. It took them about a week; they did a fabulous job, and yeah, no asbestos! They had issues removing the popcorn because it had been painted with several coats. We were sure the…

“What brought you to Texas”? is the first question we are asked by those we talk to here in Waco and across Texas. We always answer “our kids”!  But here is the more detailed answer. After Tony was released from the hospital recovering from pneumonia, he was told he could not continue working the very physical job he had always done. Living in Washington State was no longer an option for us. This is a simple direct answer.