I meant to post this about two months ago... so, as all y'all pretty much know I have this big 'ol house that I'm working on. The are all sorts of surprises with a house this old and the furnace room in the basement is a continual source of surprises and mysteries - most of them distressing, but some pretty decent, like the jackhammer or the spare ( Read more... )

Laws and provincial rules in general continue to confound me. Talking to my car insurance rep yesterday, here's what I learned: if your house burns down, your home-owners insurance will protect everything you own... except the car sitting in the garage ( Read more... )

... to crunchywitch! May your day be filled with good food, fine people, and sweet cats, and no problems with school, houses, neighbors, jackasses, or the government.

Happy frickin' birthday to captain_snarky - betcha didn't think I'd remember.

Here's your gift - you have to put it together yourself (and buy all the materials as well):

http://shanellpapp.com/textiles/

Happy birthday pinkhairedcyn! Whoo-hoo!

Maybe I'll see in you OH again this year - same bat time, same bat channel...

Last night, on a pair of free passes from taluagel, bardgirl_wahoo and I went and saw Silent Hill II in 3D... which was awful. Really, really awful. So bad it rent the very space/time of reality with it's sheer awfulness. Okay, maybe not that bad, but sweet FSM it wasn't good. Apparently if you play the video game it was a good film, but I have a hard time believing ( Read more... )

I'm really trying to post more - really. Mostly, there's not a lot going on. I'm close to on top of my (ongoing) paperwork. In terms of the house, there's a huge electrical/wiring issue that I don't really want to tackle because a) it's my fault for not planning well initially, and I hate that, and b) either of my two options aren't great. But ( Read more... )

...thought I did submit the re-application for the building permit this week, so that's something...

Also, this:


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So, I should make a bunch of posts... I want to post about my experience with the MI renfaire (and also about the lovely emails I've been receiving from the fans at the CT renfaire), talk about Li's recent visit and the house in general, and all that sort of stuff. There will probably be rats as well ( Read more... )

http://vimeo.com/37176398

Sorry, can't seem to embed Vimeo videos and I can't find this one on YouTube, so you'll have to go that extra mile and click. It happens.