Once is explainable. Twice is a little odd. But THREE times? How could three children leave their underwear at my house? It just appears in my clean laundry.
Category Archives: House
So, What The Heck Is Going On?
Monday, May 3, 2010
Life has settled down a little for me so I would like to try to write a little bit more that I have. I think my last post was last year so I have a lot of catching up to do. I’ll let Christine really update you on the kids, but they are both doing [...]
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
We’ve been making a conscious effort to reduce our carbon footprint over the last year or so. Here is what we are doing: Erin bought a non-motorized lawn mower. It’s slower but does a nice job on the lawn. I bought a clothesline which besides saving energy and money, I love how our clothes smell [...]
An Historic Event
Friday, May 22, 2009
For the first time since I have owned a vehicle (first one in 1991), it is parked IN THE FRICKIN GARAGE!!!! Our first house had an extra long garage; however, we converted half of it into Christine’s quiet place and the other half was used for all of our crap. Our current house has a [...]
Now Time For Good Eats
Thursday, April 30, 2009
When we moved into our place at 4th and Blenheim, we bought a crappy BBQ for like $120 from Home Depot. It served us well for many years, but finally, after the starter went and replacing the burner, we decided to let it go. That was in Sept., just after we’d bought the house. We [...]
Behold, The Deck!
Friday, April 3, 2009
When we moved in, we knew we had to replace the deck. Our original intent was to just replace the existing one with a non-rotten one. Once we got the deck down though, we changed our mind. We figured, “Why not make it 3 feet deeper and 6 feet wider. And while we’re at it, [...]
Now THAT’S a deck!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
When we moved in, we knew the deck needed replacing. Then we discovered our neighbour was a builder and he offered to do it for us. Yah us! The thing you have to understand about Rick, is that he is a cowboy. And he loves making decks. And he likes to Build Things Right™. The [...]
The ‘80s Exorcism
Thursday, March 26, 2009
For those that were at our house warming party, you saw how 1983 our house was. This house was built in 1983, decorated once, and rented for many years leading up to our purchase. It was, in fact, one of the reasons we liked this place so much…all the renovations we could do to it. [...]
How a “simple” renovation project snowballs.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I wanted new bedding. We’d had ours for about 4 years so it was time and I was justified in spending about $200 on a new duvet cover and coordinating sheet set. I searched and found a lovely blue set at Home Outfitters. So then, as you might expect, we painted our bedroom walls. I [...]
Window(s) Into My Life
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
When last we saw young DL, he was moaning about the suite’s sound proofing. Since then, his plans for renovating have yet again been derailed. He did manage to successfully install sound proofing and a new drop ceiling, with much, much, much thanks to his friend Dale, who showed him how to do it. And [...]
