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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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I spent a huge portion of the last two days dealing with spyware issues on our two computers. Yes, on both of them. Ack! This is stuff The Hubs usually takes care of! I. am. clueless. It started with the laptop. I did my best, initiating “full scans” and following prompts to “remove” the harmful [...]
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We got a new garage door opener! Woo-hoo! The Final Tally: $115.00 The Home Warranty came through (with a little help from Josh The Garage Door Fixer Guy) and covered the replacement of the opener instead of just the stripped gear. Aside from the $70 service call, we are also paying $45 to replace the [...]
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It’s really, really broken. I sure do appreciate all your tips that came through! I did finally go out in my garage and take a look-see, armed with your imported knowledge as well as the Craftman’s owner’s manual. I even got out some tools and a ladder and some oil and greased the chain, so [...]
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Military wives have a saying (and yes, I mean wives, and I make no apologies for being sexist) that when your husband goes away, that’s when the kids get sick, the car breaks down, and the dog dies. Usually within three days. Though it’s been known to happen within 24 hours. Not that I would [...]
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