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Who’s wrecking the house now, huh?
So, here’s an update on Sick Boy. He’s been sleeping in his moist, open-window environment, and the humidity is condensing on the wall in front of the air conditioning vent that runs to the upstairs. That can’t be good, right? He’s laughing because we have this house, which is a controlled environment that is different [...]
Continue reading...Decimated? Alphamated?
27. June 2010
Until very recently, there was a short quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that greeted us as we went up to bed: Finish each day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day, begin it well. It battled bravely, but ended up like all quotes do, with letters strewn bloody on the carpet. But [...]
Continue reading...Dang.
20. June 2010
Brad, we got a new mattress for your room! (Brad has spent the past 14 years sleeping on a crummy full-size mattress in his room when he comes to visit. It was given to us – used – when we lived in Maryland.) Unfortunately, the stairwell is very small in one little area. When Lloyd [...]
Continue reading...Off the deep end
20. April 2010
This crazy house has become a museum dedicated to the idea of “That would be funny. Let’s do it!” That will probably have to change someday, but not yet. Case in point: Beth had an UppercaseLiving party a couple of weeks ago where you can order vinyl words for your walls, and while I love [...]
Continue reading...Spring Cleaning
17. April 2010
Today was the day that you can take your appliances and electronics to a collection site to be secretly crated up and shipped to China recycled. We took full advantage of the day, because since we bought the new stove, our entryway has looked like this: It’s really quite amazing how one can get completely [...]
Continue reading...Snug as a bug
15. February 2010
So, Lloyd said that I had to use the “what’s weird about the living room” post yesterday so that I could show you our new rug today. Yes, there’s a new rug in the house! The youth group at church had a very nice spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise money for their trip [...]
Continue reading...An odd effect
12. February 2010
Lauren peeled the “help, I’m stuck in a castle” applique from the bedroom windows a few months ago, but someone forgot to tell nature.
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17. July 2010
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