We're back...
We've been on vacation the last couple of weeks, but are now back at work and dealing with the customary post-vacation colds, lack of motivation, and sleepiness. The house was clean for the two...
View ArticleBaby Steps in the Backyard
What was intended to be a break from the basement that lasted a month or two turned into a full-fledged summer vacation. Summer was what summer should be - gardening, long family weekends, vacation,...
View ArticleWho wants honey/As long as there's some money/Who wants that honey?
As silly as it sounds the Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream is a really important album to me. I'd never really listened to all that much music until I put that cd on and the opening drum rolls of...
View ArticleSaving a Big Chunk O'Money
I've dithered about our landscaping plans and what they're going to cost in the blog before. This time, we've finally bit the bullet and decided to get it done, hopefully sometime next summer.This is...
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
We attended the Memory of Monroe Scottie Rescue Halloween party again this year, but had a really hard time coming up with a costume idea for Phoebe. After much racking of brains, we settled on a...
View ArticleThe Basement Chronicles, Part the Fifth
Hey, remember way back when we were renovating our basement? Turns out we still are.Over the summer and the first part of fall, we took a break from the really intensive work and concentrated on...
View ArticleThe Basement Chronicles, Part the Sixth
In Which We Spend Far Too Many Weekends Hanging Drywall Piece by Piece.I've been a neglectful blogger lately - it's been almost a month. The lag in posting has a lot to do with starting on the drywall...
View ArticleA Few Resolutions, 2008 Edition
Last year, I made a few very specific resolutions for 2007. For the most part, I did well. Despite some slacking off during December, we eat at the kitchen table, I'm not terribly freaked out by the...
View ArticleHappy House-iversary
It's been a busy couple of months for us, as evidenced by our rate of posting. Work has been busy, we haven't done much worth illustrating, and we've finished it all up with twin bouts of the Flu That...
View ArticleSix Word Memoir
Kristen the Knitting Kninja tagged me to write my memoirs...in six words. I fumbled around for a while, trying to come up with something profound and counting on my fingers all at once. I realized,...
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