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Tiptoe through the window

April 6, 2010 – 10:21 am

Note to self: If I'm ever forced to become a housekeeper (getting increasingly likely), I'll have to be the type that 'doesn't do windows.' I never really understood that until I started a floor-to-ceiling cleaning of the house. Washing windows sucks. It appears that the nearby oak tree has been spritzing the windows with sap [...]

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Empire building

May 7, 2009 – 10:48 am

I can't believe how hard a time we're having in finding a home for Spike, the white Angora cat we took in a little while ago. We keep getting weirdos who string us along for weeks and then disappear right at the moment they're supposed to come meet him in person. I keep thinking it's [...]

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If you can put your hands upon it, IT'S MINE

March 9, 2009 – 9:40 am

I think I need to hire somebody else to clean out my basement. Not because I mind the work, that's no big deal. But I get caught up in looking at all the junk and coming up with reasons NOT to throw it away. Piles of garbage, boxes full of bric-a-brac, I know we need [...]

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I look at the floor and now I don't see you anymore

January 5, 2009 – 10:47 am

The last two weeks were supposed to be a vacation but at some point we decided we would be doing some of our long-ignored home improvement projects. Originally we intended to replace the kitchen and hallway floors with new hardwood flooring. But in making the preparations for this, we realized that underneath the plywood floor [...]

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The house is an ancient tomb: be warned

December 10, 2007 – 12:08 pm

So much stuff is going on, and all I want to do i lie around on the couch. No such luck, however, as the Holidays are upon us. I gotta remember to take a picture of our Xmas lights, it's so lame. Rite Aid has a sale on lights so I bought a couple strings [...]

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