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Quick Easy Litter Box Disguise

Kitty litter boxes are not one of my favourite things. My home is a single level bungalow with a trap door to the mechanical room in my crawlspace. My only option is to have the litter box located somewhere on the main floor.

Ever since I remodeled my mudroom and laundry room, the litter box has been tucked away behind my washer and dryer. You can't see it from the entrance to the room, but you can from every other angle. UGH. I've been searching for a cheap and easy solution for a while but only this past week did I come up with something that works beautifully!

Quick Easy Litter Box Disguise

Back In The Saddle Or Should I Say Easy Chair

Today on my afternoon commute home from work on the Ti-General Purpose bike I found the conditions perfect for a ride. A pleasant 60 degrees F and a very uncommon for this time of year lack of wind. I got kitted up in my black stretchy pants and headed out for my first recumbent ride of 2014. And its about damn time!

Even with this horrendous winter weve been through I still managed to get two or three commutes by bicycle in each week. Riding my upright bike regularly keeps my bottom end used to the saddle. Lets face it any time on any bike is

good time and for short utilitarian trips around town the diamond frame wedgie bike really shines. Once I got out on the open road though my old stalwart companion HP Velotechnik Street Machine proved to me once again that a longer ride can be a pleasurable, comfortable experience instead of the exercise in pain management that comes from sitting on a few square inches of traditional bike saddle and bent over holding those curly handlebars like they use in the Tour De France. Its not all about kicking back and relaxing on the bent. If youve got the legs and want to hammer you can certainly do that too.

Im not sure what I like best about riding recumbents. One thing is for sure I love being able to easily look around at the country side as it slides by. Granted things are pretty much dead and brown looking but thats soon to change. One of the best things about living and riding in Ohio is experiencing the change of the seasons from the back of a bike.

The first few rides out early in the season are always great. Even on familiar routes that Ive ridden many times always seem fresh and new. I didnt have enough time to head over to the local rail trail so I picked the medium sized route leaving from my driveway. The southern part of my ride took me down through a bit of Morrow County. This area is pretty much rural and you never know what you might see along the way.

Ford Ranger - Manure Spreader Combo

This fine country gentleman has his own observatory!

Really, there is a telescope mounted up under that dome.

Later I encountered some gravel. No worries and no gravel bike needed. My dual suspension recumbent took it all with aplomb.

So nice to get back out there!

Iberia Loop

Ride Time: 1:18:30

Distance: 17.35 miles

Average: 13.2 mph

Max: 29.4 mph

Back In The Saddle Or Should I Say Easy Chair

Affordable Easy DIY Floor for the Mudroom

Here we go again, another mudroom update! After I painted the floor around my laundry sink, I HAD to do something about the mudroom floor. A flyer from Home Depot convinced me, groutable peel & stick tile was the way to go! And I am in love with my new floor.

Affordable Easy DIY Floor for the Mudroom

Easy French Graphic Tray Makeover

Another day,another tray makeover...

Every Christmas I get another cheapo rough wood tray filled with nuts and dried fruit as a gift basket. And every year I make over that tray to look pretty.

I use a super simple way to transfer the image onto my piece. Very simple but a bit time consuming... Here's how I do it using just the image, a pencil and markers.

The last two trays I did turned out like this:

(click on these 2 photos for more details)

Easy French Graphic Tray Makeover

Ten Easy Ikea Hacks Before After

Here are some super easy Ikea "hacks" mostly involving paint... It really is amazing what a coat of paint can do for a piece of furniture! Click on the headings for more information!

Ten Easy Ikea Hacks Before After

Three Cheap Easy DIYs You Can Build in an Afternoon

Spring is in the air! It makes you want to dance, doesn't it?? Here are three cheap and easy do-it-yourself projects for the spring and summer garden. Clean up the yard AND make it prettier at the same time!

Three Cheap Easy DIYs You Can Build in an Afternoon