The House Kat

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1936 ordinance called "Cosmetology and Beauty Shops." Moving ahead to 1937, I found two Ordinances related to each other, #458 a...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Good morning! Our Second Chance Saturday hostess, Carol Williams , has been under the weather the las...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1933 ordinance called "Montana Beer Act." Nothing very interesting happened during the following few years, so we're jumping ahe...

Rough Cut Products LLC is our family woodworking business, and my husband Anthony has been making wooden tables and benches for the last several years. Specifically, he uses downed trees from our property (Larch/Tamarack, Douglas Fir, and Blue Spruce), cuts slabs with an Alaska mill and his chain...

A week ago, I was thinking about the fact that I have new neighbors on both sides of me who I haven't met yet, as well as one neighbor I wave to but also haven't met in person. Why not, I thought, have a party for the neighborhood? We happened to not have plans on Saturday December 21, so I decid...

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 and Carol Williams are co-hosting a December challenge for ActiveRain members called ActiveRain Holiday Gift Challenge. Our goal is to share gift ideas for the person who has all the material items they could possible need OR we could talk about the most uniqu...

Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 and Carol Williams are co-hosting a December challenge for ActiveRain members called ActiveRain Holiday Gift Challenge. Our goal is to share gift ideas for the person who has all the material items they could possible need (see feature photo) OR we could talk ...

Debe Maxwell kicked off November with a Gratitude Challenge. Our goal is to write one gratitude post per week during the month. Unfortunately I missed week number one and number three, so this is my second and final gratitude related post. My first post was about gratitude for our grandchildren. ...

Debe Maxwell kicked off November with a Gratitude Challenge. Our goal is to write one gratitude post per week during the month. Unfortunately I missed week number one, so will probably only do three posts maximum if that. My first post is about gratitude for our grandchildren.My stepson and his w...

This month’s ActiveRain challenge, co-hosted by Carol Williams and Frank Worrell has to do with our top tech tools. What are the top three (or more) tools that help us to be productive, save time, or keep life running smoothly.So I pulled out my iPhone which is with me more than the computer is, ...