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Phase 1 Done
I completed the work on the closet last week, and we moved the bed back upstairs. It is amazing how much space the living room appears to have now! I was starting to get very agitated that my house looked like a disaster area for a month, but now things have normalized. My sweetie is already pressing me to start work on the upstairs hallway. I ( Read more... ) -
The End is Nigh!
This weekend, my sweetie finished painting her closet. I waited about 24 hours for the fumes to dissipate before beginning the final phase of our bedroom renovation. It only took a couple of hours, and the hardest part was undercutting the door frame so the flooring could slip underneath it. OK...maybe piecing the underlayment together was ( Read more... ) -
Did I Waste My Time?
I cast my ballot after work on Election Night. However, there were so many incumbents running unopposed that my effort was mostly worthless. I at least got my say on proposed amendments, the governor and lieutenant governor, as well as the Congressional critters that represent special interests and not those of the actual people they are supposed ( Read more... ) -
Tricked?
On the morning of Hallowe'en, I walked out of the house and noticed there was a car in my yard. Technically, it was nose down in the ditch next to the driveway. GREAT Someone wrecked into my yard and I didn't hear a thing. The hazard lights were barely flickering, and there was no one in the car that I could see. I was pretty sure that it was ( Read more... ) -
Web Project
The "padawan" raided my workspace before I got to work today. In the spirit of Hallowe'en, I brought in a plastic skull to keep on my desk. He decided to enhance the effect and I was greeted by fake cobwebs spread all over my workspace. I'm more amused than anything else, and I've been arranging the webs a little more artfully throughout the day ( Read more... ) -
End of an Era?
The hobby store I used to work for part-time changed owners last month. They closed down two of the other stores and consolidated into the main store. Most of the people I knew there are gone, and they've reduced their model train inventory to a ridiculously small selection. Online retail basically did them in. This makes me sad. I really like ( Read more... ) -
Stalling
The flooring is acclimating to its new home, and the cats are not interested in the boxes other than to shred them. Repainting the bedroom has fallen by the wayside because none of the colors my sweetie picked suited her. They were too gray, too cold, or something else was not satisfactory. Perhaps when we re-paint the trim in the room, that ( Read more... ) -
Long Time, No See
Wow. It has been a while since I wrote anything here. Either I've been busy or simply uninspired. Actually, I've been writing a lot--primarily for work and for the railroad museum newsletter. I'm not getting a lot in the way of articles or contributions for the newsletter, so I've been struggling to come up with decent and interesting content ( Read more... ) -
Shower Fu
Keiichi is fascinated by running water, and as soon as we use the sprayer attachment for the sink, he comes running to bat at the water. Flush the toilet? He wants to see the vortex swirling down the drain. He is smart enough to have not snuck into the shower while we take our morning ablutions, but it is only a matter of time.
Silly boy!
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