1. Near-freezing temperatures today: the weather could not make up its mind whether to rain, snow, or hail this morning. 2. Massage. Yeay! My back’s still pretty f’ed up, yo. Usually, the massage helps, but today things were especially bad. I’ve lost weight, though–most of my pants no longer fit me–but my back is a … Continue reading Notes from the overground
Category: House
These are the people in your neighborhood, in your neigh-bor-hood…
The car has a new clutch! Well, not technically the clutch, but the master and slave clutch cylinders. The clutch is now very firm with a completely different friction point than before. The change is so drastic that I feel like I’m 16 and have never driven a stick shift before. I haven’t stalled it … Continue reading These are the people in your neighborhood, in your neigh-bor-hood…
Home Improvement (but not with Tim Taylor)
This is a home improvement update, but not with Tim “The Tool-Man” Taylor, although my hammer is a Tim Allen signature series, for what that’s worth. Why does my hammer have a little brass-colored insert that is printed with the signature of an actor who played a home construction guy? Does this make sense? Basement! … Continue reading Home Improvement (but not with Tim Taylor)
“You’ve got your knob in my tube.” “No, you’ve got your tube in my knob.”
Today was a white Christmas! ’round about noon, it started snowing for a few hours. These photos were pretty early in the snowiness. Later, it rained and washed the snow away (and probably a few itsy bitsy spiders, too.) i have completed gutting the non-load-bearing things from the basement. (As a sidebar, every time I … Continue reading “You’ve got your knob in my tube.” “No, you’ve got your tube in my knob.”
The X-Mas of Housework
Christmas eve was pretty low-key around here. In fact, several weeks ago, we decided we’d call off Christmas this year. With a new house, there’s not much money for presents and not even a lot of time for the things that don’t require much money, like cards and such. For not having a special meal … Continue reading The X-Mas of Housework
Basement Work
What are you doing on Christmas eve? Me, I’m gutting parts of the basement. Namely, this lovely wallpapered interior wall is going away: While sorting through the stuff in the basement, what we thought to be a set of shelves left by the previous owner, we are now not so sure about. Considering there’s an … Continue reading Basement Work
Photo Ketchup
It has been a while since I emptied my camera, so I figured it was time for a photo catch-up post. First, I thought I would kill two birds with one stone. I wanted to photographically convey how treacherous the stairs in the new house are. They’re really shallow and really tall. I also wanted … Continue reading Photo Ketchup
Well, my other house
I just realized that until the end of the month, I can do the David Sedaris bit of “at my house, well, my other house.” As more and more stuff migrates to the other house, the rooms here seem to increasingly resonate their emptiness. With the majority of Kim’s shop already moved, the basement has … Continue reading Well, my other house
The house is a done deal!
Today, Kim and I signed the dotted lines that mark the absolute largest purchase either of us have ever made. Ever. Instead of coming home with a stack of dead trees, we got an 84 page PDF of the paperwork on a mini-CD with some kind of autorun VB app to view it. (I ended … Continue reading The house is a done deal!
Update
I have not posted in a while, so here are the recent updates in the ever popular (or should that be “boring?”) bullet-point format: * On the plus side, last weekend was a 4-day weekend. On the minus side, it was 4 days because Friday and Monday were taken as sick days. While I can … Continue reading Update