When the editor at the publisher first emailed me, of course I was excited and felt pretty honored that she/they had read my blog and felt that my writing style and what I wrote about would be fitting for an actual real, live book.

Keep it by the door to use in kids sports gear as they come through the door too!.10: Silence Squeaky Floor Boards.

OK, these particular floor boards are the new ones we just put down in Jack’s room, so they don’t actually squeak, but if they.I could use a little baby powder swept over the surface to fall into the cracks and keep those floor boards nice and quiet..So there you go!

A few new things you can do with that basic old bottle of baby powder that you have in the back of the cupboard.First of all, before we get back into any of this DIY stuff, thank you so much for all the well wishes and lovely comments on my last post about our new baby Jack.He’s doing great, very strong and healthy, although he’s keeping me up all night every night feeding.

I don’t think I’ve slept more than 2 hours for the last five nights!

It’s all worth it though to have a healthy, thriving baby.Old houses can build up quite the impressive smell.

Cooking smells, pet smells, people smells, garbage, leaky roofs, all building up over 114 years… and yeah.Luckily a good primer before painting, and good basic renovations do help a lot.. Sloping Floors and General Non-Levelness.

I don’t think “level” was really a thing back when this house was built.They built the outside walls out of brick first and then filled in the inside walls after.