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Update on the plumber

So the plumber came and the plumber has gone. He gave me a quote of $1595 and told me that he’d be back on Tuesday to do the job. I told him no thanks. He didn’t understand why so I explained that I’d been very specific on the phone when...

Love being a homeowner, hate being a homeowner

I have this love-hate relationship going on with my house right now. I love that I’m not paying rent to cover someone else’s mortgage, and the fact that I don’t have to ask permission before I paint a room any color that I wish, and the fact that I can...

Demolition done

What a day! We got up early and had a very long day. Chris’ brother Bob came over at about 7:30, and the sheetrock got delivered at 8:00. I got to go grocery shopping with Mom at Whole Foods so that we’d have some fresh fruits and veggies for the...

Nerd Glasses

Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that I don’t photograph well. Apparently that is multiplied two-fold if I’m taking the picture of myself. Here they are, my new nerd glasses. Mostly for driving and especially at night.

Our house (to the tune of that song from that time)….

So last night consisted of more measuring to be sure that we had every number locked down tight.  Then we did some math to calculate square footage and determine amounts of materials necessary for our project.  We made a three-page list, and hit Home Depot.  About $800+ later we came...

Back from the dead

Yes, that’s me, returned from the land of the dead.  I woke up at 6:00 Sunday morning feeling very tired (as I’d only had about four hours’ sleep) but not so bad.  I went downstairs to get a bottle of water and went back to sleep on the sofa until...

Whew

So I woke up at 6:00 this morning (I can actually say that is sleeping in for me).  I grabbed the sugar cookie dough out of the fridge that I’ve been storing for about a week, grabbed the 101 piece cookie cutter set and got to work.  Mitchell was coming...

It’s almost that time of year

Corbin’s birthday is coming up and, since he lives and Maryland and we don’t generally see him for this occasion, we are getting a box ready to ship down to him. We went shopping this past Monday evening to pick out a variety of nifty gifts. We grabbed a cute...