My New Toy
How long does it take you to make a cut through a 2×4″ using a hand saw and a cheap plastic miter box? Yeah, it takes me 4 days apparently. Hence my new toy which will make finishing up my handful of construction projects a bajillion times easier… and faster. I suppose I can’t really blame the guy at Home Depot for being curious. A 5’3″ girl walks in wearing a flower print … Continue reading »
Handy(wo)man 101: Drain Cleaning
Add drain clearing to the list of “real world” problems I could have gone without adding to my skills list. But in the true spirit of the blog, there’s no more yelling for Daddy to come fix things I don’t want to have to deal with. “Snaking” the Bathtub Drain Let me begin this post with a plea to all renters out there. Before you move out, please please please, snake the bathtub drain. I know it’s gross, … Continue reading »
Happy Birthday, Mister!
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Today is the Mister’s birthday. We’re officially the same age for the next 4 months. So much for cougar status. Photo from Orioles v. Twins (4/7/12). We’ll be in DC for the weekend celebrating with friends from college and going to see Lotus. His favorite band is playing 2 nights in DC the weekend of his birthday? How lucky was that? … Continue reading »
3 weeks and counting…
Well we’re down to the 3 week countdown before they hand over the keys to our new casa… and while I’m elbows deep separating my crap into “TAKE”, “TOSS”, and “DONATE” piles (downsizing is such a pain) and hoarding boxes from the local supermarket, I thought I’d give you all a little sneak peak of the place. I did a mock-up floorplan of the house as best as we could remember from the walk-through using MS … Continue reading »
You Win Some. You Lose Some.
Sadly, I was NOT the person from Baltimore County that won the Mega Millions. It just wasn’t meant to be apparently. Sigh. However, my bracket did win for March Madness in my office’s pool this year, so … I’ve got that going for me (dangit, Mister. I keep quoting Caddyshack now!). However, this week kicked off with some big news that left me with a stupid grin on my face for… well actually it’s still there. … Continue reading »
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