my brother called last week to say he had joined the maryland army national guard and he was leaving for bootcamp the following day. this seemed out of the blue because he had failed to mention he ws even considering it. my dad called this evening and left me this message "kevin is in ft. jackson south carolina in the hospital recovering from ( Read more... )

frankie is our 15 and a half year old cat. she has hyperthyroidism and some issue with her nasal cavity (perhaps a tumor) which causes her to sneeze very large quantities of snot on everything. due to her age i pted not to have her nasal cavity biopsied. anyway, i have been saying for month that sometimes she seems confused. yesterday i determined ( Read more... )

we put the house on the market and immediately had an open house which resulted in an offer. the offer was $35k less than asking price. i countered with $15k less than asking. i countered with the lowest possible price i could take. meaning it was just enough to pay the mortgage off and i would have to pay the buyer's realtor's commission out of ( Read more... )

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here is the listing for our house....won't you come buy it ( Read more... )

today our house is going to be listed in the MLS. yay! i have been a de-cluttering, cleaning machine this week. and it's only wednesday. i took photos for the listing yesterday. i removed so much stuff from sight that my kitchen/dining room echos ( Read more... )

yesterday i was cleaning the stove. what a miserable task. i bet it's not been this clean since it was new. the stove part not the oven. you can't see the oven in pictures so i didn't clean it yet. i wasn't aware that you can lift the top up like a car hood. pretty cool...that is if you like to clean. i have always loved baking soda as a cleaning ( Read more... )

we are going to malaga, spain in sept. to celebrate J's 30th birthday. it's on the southern coast of spain and the resort we are staying in is near the beach and has a kiddie pool. i hope E likes the ocean. i personally love the mediteranean sea. it's so salty that you float really easily. a few years ago we spent time in nice, france and we found ( Read more... )

i found a cool blog. www.homegrownevolution.com

it's all about being greener. i want a grey water system for my washing machine...but i want to move first. i also want an urban chicken coop. way cool stuff.

well we won the war over puting cloth diapers in plastic bags. the director returned friday after being away for a family emergency and she said that putting the cloth diapers in our water proof diaper bag was fine. she is younger than the infant teachers and is new to this place. she has also dealt with cloth before and is not intimidated by them ( Read more... )