Appliances got installed on Friday. Not all of them, we're still waiting on the refrigerator, and dishwasher needs a test run before use, and the remote blower for the down-draft unit needs to be installed ( Read more... )

During our week of not living at home because the floors were being done, my copy of "The Frisco Kid" arrived. I have seen this movie probably about a dozen times now and I still love it. I wanted to show this for my birthday movie fest long ago but it wasn't available, so yay for it finally being available on dvd.

Two weeks ago we moved out for a week so the floors could be done. If it was just the kitchen floor then we would have stayed, but we had them coat all the rest of the floors too since the guy who did those didn't do the best job on them ( Read more... )

I've been busy but I have a reprieve. We're moved out of the hosue this week while the floors are being done and last week and this week were to be the final weeks of our project at work. Long hours were the norm and the only downtime was the usual 5-6 hours of sleep. On the bright side, Saturday we can move back into the house and yesterday we ( Read more... )

I saw this like two weeks ago now. It's a fun bad movie, sometimes funny. Every fight scene is almost the same, a group of guys surrounds her and she kills them all. Really, all of them are like that. The environment effects are bad and the whole thing looks like it could be rendered in real time on an ultra-high-end PC. The buildings look like ( Read more... )

Also there is grouted kitchen backsplash.

First there is a kitchen faucet which is springy and has a front button to switch to spray mode for as long as you hold it. To the right of it is the soap dispenser, and to the right of that is the garbage disposal switch.

The bathroom fixtures in place so far are the bathrub controls and faucet, the ( Read more... )

A recent report showed that girls are finally outperforming boys in school. A lot of speculation about why has been thrown about, but the reason has finally become clear. Another study just released showed that for the first time girls have surpassed boys in the uptake of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs.

I really really fixed the leak under Dar's bathroom sink now. The water supply lines where they met the faucet were loose. I was able to hand turn each one at least another half turn ( Read more... )

I was being good and productive this weekend. I returned some lights to Costco, I exchanged a light cover at Riverside Lighting, I put Frontline on the dogs, I got my Allegra prescription refilled, I did the recycling, and picked up everything the dogs had left in the last few days in the back yard (but not all the plusses from when they ate a box ( Read more... )

Last night I watched The Cookout while I sorted recycling. This movie had potential, but I think the first-time screen writers and directors killed that. The comedy is often forced and that leaves you wanting more drama out of it. I think the direction of a light-hearted drama would have been a good direction for it to go. It works has background ( Read more... )