Last night we decided to swap out the toilet, vanity, and floor in the upstairs bathroom. We also quasi-refinished the bathtub (waterproof Rustoleum--NOT a long-term solution, but it'll do until we decide what to do with the tub). We started at 3pm, had breaks for food and sanity, were only missing one piece of drainpipe, and were otherwise ( Read more... )

Wow. More travel drama. Train fires, James Hook burned down, et cetera, et cetera. I got to work at 7:30 this morning, and stayed until 6:30 pm to beat the traffic. At the very least, I was able to install wireless broadband for both K. and I., even though I only had one adapter to go around at first, but finally remembered an embedded one I ( Read more... )

We just bought a car on Saturday ( Read more... )

Tuesday night: freak rainstorm. The sky goes from blue to black at 4pm, and rain comes sheeting down, so thick you can't see out the office windows. Major accidents on every road in and out of town. 2.5 hours to get home ( Read more... )

We've given a lot of thought to our automotive situation. Gas is about to hit $4 a gallon, and while it comes in handy once in a great while, we just really don't need a minivan.

We're looking at trading it in for a Scion xD. :-)

So, after all the work removing the radiator and capping the pipes, I guess I didn't cap them tightly enough, and water was leaking out whenever the heat turned on ( Read more... )

So, as part of the kitchen renovation, we figured we'd do as much as we could on the cheap, so we got an Ikea floor. Simple, no fasteners or glue, it all locks into place, done in an hour, right ( Read more... )

We just destroyed our kitchen. Gutted. Down to the studs in at least one place, down to bare wall everywhere else.

It all started with one loose and peeling crappy linoleum floor tile.

That was Friday.

Um.

Pictures to follow.

Breakfast:

Quesadillas, nom nom nom. Black beans, brown rice, pulled pork, hot peppers, Jack Daniels habanero sauce, Yancey's Fancy buffalo-style hot cheddar cheese, and Newman's Own extra-hot salsa.

Lunch:

More of the same.

Andrew placed second in his group in the Pinewood Derby over the weekend, details at http://www.feland.orgCategorizing ( Read more... )

Even better.