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From the category archives:
You know, “checks”? Those paper things? Remember those?
Since we’re renting out our house now instead of selling it and thus continuing our status as homeowners, some checkups have been in order:
Chimney ~ check.
Inspection
Cleaning
Total: $118
Heat Pump ~ check.
Annual Maintenance Fee: $169.00
Leak Found. Leak repaired: $443.00
Drain Pan Treatment: $35.00
Pack of Filters: $84.00
Total: $731.00
Ooch.
That last one took my by surprise. Apparently [...]
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John’s set to leave for Cali in a couple of weeks, just a few days after his *40th* birthday. Don’t you think it’d be fun to have some friends over tonight for a going-away /slash/ over-the-hill birthday party?
I sure thought so. Even when someone in this family was home sick every day this week. Even [...]
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Conner made the quintessential Father’s Day heart-attack breakfast: lots of bacon and sausage; dunkin’ donuts; and farm-fresh eggs thrown in just to make us feel righteous. Although they’re the best part, in my opinion. Along with the coffee, of course.
Conner didn’t actually make the donuts.
Olivia, of course, made her dad a card. And Peter started [...]
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I’ve been busy as a beaver working on my home and (yesterday and) today the focus was the dining room. A couple of months ago, I kind of goofed: I tried to touch up the paint in the dining room… Only I used the wrong paint, and didn’t realize it until it dried. And then [...]
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Inquiring minds have been wanting to know…
The bathroom before:
And after…
Look! There’s a toilet!
And a shower curtain. And baseboard. Which you can’t see, but it’s just as well. Because I still need to touch it up with some paint.
But it’s major progress. And it looks put together, which is the main thing. And there’s a toilet! [...]
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A couple of days ago I noticed a section of the carpet near the kitchen was wet. I figured the kids spilled some water so I got some rags and soaked it up. The next day, the same spot was wet again.
Uh, oh. What are the odds of the kids spilling the same amount of [...]
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My friends Lucy and Bill once told me about a friend of theirs who came and lived with them a short time to help them with some projects on their fixer-upper. They had just bought an old home in rural Ohio –parts of it were over 100 years old. But additions had been made over [...]
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Hmm… You might notice a few things are missing. Like the base board, some quarter round, some grout in the tile… Oh, and a TOILET and some TILE ON THE WALL. You know, little things.
This is a problem because we need to sell this house. Yes, we are moving. Surprise!
Anyone wanna buy a wonderful family [...]
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The kids and I are getting ready to wrap up visiting family this whole week in Kansas, where I grew up. We all spent Easter at my sister Cheri’s who has this awesome covered back porch that served as our conversation area on that beautiful afternoon.
*Side note: Wind and Humidity are regular companions on the [...]
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Excuse me while I dig up the dead horse to beat it yet again, but snow has thrust itself into the Common Theme category around here and I just can’t escape it.
The driveway is buried in there, somewhere. At least the city plowed the street overnight…
Live Update:
Number of School Snow Days: 3
Number of Times Shoveling [...]
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