Renovation – Got the Jimmy Legs

Category Archives: Renovation

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 [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in House, Vacation | Comments (2)

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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There's no place for a street fighting man

May 29, 2007 – 12:54 pm

Here's something to waste some time during your workday: Google Maps has added a 'Street View' feature that allows you to see a 360-degree panorama of your location. Granted, they haven't mapped out the most important areas of the city yet (namely, in front of my house), but I'm sure they're working on it. Oddly, [...]

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You can look but you better not touch

May 25, 2007 – 9:12 am

Cuttin Headz, originally uploaded by Jimmy Legs. I was feeling gross yesterday but I was planning on going to work anyway until Jeannie talked me out of it. As lazy as I can be, I still have trouble making that decision to call in sick, mostly because I'm still not used to the notion of [...]

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Just the holes that we live in

May 23, 2007 – 10:57 am

One of the more consistent requests I get through this site is information about the fence post spikes I used to erect a fence in my back yard. Well, it was the back yard at the last place I lived, in Clinton Hill. People write me every so often to ask where I procured the [...]

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