Sonya Schryer Norris

Standard Contractor’s Nightmare

Well, I’ve turned out to be just like everyone else. Just like I’ve always been. Just like I’ll always be. With my quirks and specialities. With my endearments and sense of humor. And what makes me annoying. And my back-and-forth and back-and-forth trying to decide what I want for my kitchen. At first I wasContinueContinue reading “Standard Contractor’s Nightmare”

3 Weeks Later

We’re now three weeks into the project. We’ve been to multiple stores multiple times and had multiple workmen here multiple times. The stove still lives in the dining room: and we still can’t decide on tile: but the gas line has been put in: and we’ve cleared the counters so we can start taping upContinueContinue reading “3 Weeks Later”

Family Secrets

It’s been a while since I posted on genealogy finds. Recent, the library where I work acquired the Detroit Free Press Online Archive from 1831-1922. I found a lot, good and sad about my family, in this archive. I found secrets. The below is from the Detroit Free Press, Aug 1, 1900. Francis B. Egan,ContinueContinue reading “Family Secrets”

Plum Copper Glass Backsplash Cutouts

After we moved the stove into the dining room and the fridge to the other side of the kitchen we found major water damage. Our insurance company came, took pictures, we got two quotes, and they are picking up the cost. Remember how last post I was all “whatever” about tile? OK, forget that part.ContinueContinue reading “Plum Copper Glass Backsplash Cutouts”

Tiling Slam Dunk

OK, I haven’t wanted to jinx it but I think it’s time to air the latest family triumph. See, when we moved into the house there were loose tiles in the kitchen and bathroom. No tiles were missing, but some were not adhered to the floor and others just kinda moved around in their spaces.ContinueContinue reading “Tiling Slam Dunk”

5 Words

Root canal failed. Oral. Surgeon.

RIP: She Baked Good Cookies

My holiday baking for this year is almost done. Wow, this is the third year I’m reporting on baking on this blog. And before this blog there was another blog that lasted for over a year (it’s taken down now). It chronicled library school and a cross-country trip. I like keeping a blog. I fancyContinueContinue reading “RIP: She Baked Good Cookies”