Wordless Wednesday: Verbena
April 18, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
The wildflowers are few and far between this spring, thanks to last summer’s record drought, but these verbena came up just in front of the house!
Watch for the Housewarming Dyson Giveaway Event
April 17, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Reviews & Giveaways
Watch for a Dyson DC23 giveaway from June 1-15! The Housewarming Dyson Giveaway Event will offer a Dyson DC23 TurbineHead Vacuum (retail value $399) as the prize and will be open to entries worldwide. (Note – if the winner is outside of the US, the winner will be responsible for any duties, taxes, etc. that [...]
Adding a Flagstone Walk
April 17, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
In yesterday’s post, we told you about our trip to select the flagstones for our new walkway…and today it’s time to see the work it took to reach the finished project! Since we already had a walk of gravel, the first (and probably the biggest) job was to remove the existing gravel. Once that was [...]
Selecting Stone for Our New Walk
April 16, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
We’ve had a gravel walk in front of our house forever…and have talked about changing it to a flagstone walk, well, forever. The gravel gets into the waffle soles of many shoes and finds its way into our house so it was definitely time for a change. Like many of our DIY projects, though, we [...]
#UBP12: Welcome to ParisandJohn.com!
April 15, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
This week we’re joining in the Ultimate Blog Party, a mega-event hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. We have just recently relaunched ParisandJohn.com, a site we’ve had since 1998 (which, in Internet years, is a lifetime ago…) We’ve been professional writers for 20 years, specializing in travel and guidebook writing. Today, though, our writing efforts [...]
Review: Dyson DC24 Animal
April 14, 2012 by Paris and John
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We vacuum…a LOT…around here. Between the dirt we traipse in from outside (which was a huge problem during last summer’s drought when all the grass died) to the shedding fur from two dogs and four cats, we are tough on vacuum cleaners! We have been using the Dyson DC24 Animal Bagless Vacuum for a year [...]
Wordless Wednesday, April 11, 2012
April 14, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
The Relaunch of ParisandJohn.com!
April 14, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
Over the years, our ParisandJohn.com has changed a lot…just like we have. When we first registered this domain in 1998 (eons ago, in Internet years), we were actually a little unsure of exactly what we wanted to do with it. We knew we wanted our own domain for email and so we thought we’d grab [...]
Reviews
April 13, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Reviews & Giveaways
We’ll be reviewing products of interest to country residents on a budget!
Around the House
April 13, 2012 by Paris and John
Filed under Around the House
This section will feature DIY projects we’ve enjoyed working on around our country home.
