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Finally.
When we lived in our other house we had a laminate counter top straight out of a 70s horror film. It was yellow and had at least one huge crack that ran from edge to wall and then there were … Continue reading
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Home Improvement
No, we’re not working on our house. Those nasty countertops in the kitchen will have to wait. As God as my witness, I will not buy another house with cheap, light-colored laminate countertops. You know what’s going to happen the … Continue reading
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Supervision
We have a painted metal railing on our front porch and because our front porch only sees a second of sunshine ever, the railing tends to go green with mildew quickly. I usually clean it once a year with varying … Continue reading
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Chair and Niece Art
We picked up the chair for the apartment yesterday. See…cool: And, I have art by Nut2:
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Thrift Store Finds
Last Saturday the better-half and I stopped in at a local thrift store and bought two side tables to use at the school apartment. I painted them and have to say the color in person is a much richer chocolate … Continue reading
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Check. One, Two.
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. It is only a test (cue annoying buzzing sound). I’m sitting in my new office in the town that shall not be named. The better-half and I drove down and to … Continue reading
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The Weekend? Busy.
Saturday night we dinner with a friend at a restaurant that’s a favorite of hers and, unfortunately, it’s closing in a week. We all ended up with steak whether it was strip or flank. Delicious. Sunday morning we got up … Continue reading
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New Stairs
When we bought our house there was commercial grade (I guess that’s the proper term) carpet in the upstairs and on our back stairway. We had the same carpet at an office way back when. We had flooring work done … Continue reading
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Not at work, again
Last week I was off the entire week. We were supposed to have work done at the house during that time. For whatever lame excuse, we did not. It’s happening today and tomorrow. We’re both home this morning but I’ll … Continue reading
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween
The first year we lived here we got very excited about Halloween and we decorated in anticipation–lights on the front porch, spooky lights in the upstairs windows, scary music at the door and a big bag of assorted candies–the good … Continue reading
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