There’s not much time for writing tonight. It was another busy day, starting with the kids going off to run wild at their cousins’ house while husband and I worked on the freaking screen door some more. I swear to you, it’s like an exercise in eternity. Or maybe purgatory. Or an eternity in...
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the house
Quoth the raven, “Never door”
Weekend wrap-up
Photo credit: emurray
Beyond Friday’s library defilement, the weekend was free of inner turmoil. We cleaned, had a visit from my parents, and bought a new storm door. The house is still coming together in the tiniest steps imaginable.
This week I have to persuade the husband to finish the door, hang house numbers and finish...
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A Lazy List for Saturday
My husband and sons are off doing boy things this weekend, and I’m home alone. It’s very strange: I’ve been left alone with our boys dozens of times, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve been alone-alone overnight in my house in a decade. Weird.
Anyway, I’m not exactly feeling the blog...
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Dirty shame in the kitchen
Tonight I made our last meal with the old oven. Since I couldn’t get to our local meat market, and the other meat in town is pretty gross, I made a pizza using this recipe for the crust. It was easy, quick, and good, as long as you can get past the fact that...
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One-third done!
Today I’ve spent a good portion of the day scraping paint mistakes off the floors, and getting the kitchen ready for our new oven, which should be arriving later. (SEE, God/Universe, I totally want the people who buy this house to live it up with a new stove and paint-free floors. Someone is going...
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Household hints, shiny wood, and the curse of innuendo
Photo credit: Jiggs Images
I spent Mother’s Day scrubbing my kitchen walls and cabinets.
OK, that’s not entirely true. I woke up to breakfast and coffee, and cards and gifts. It was lovely. But then I remembered: THE HOUSE. It needs so much damn work. And the husband needed to go in to the office for...
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To-Do List for the Jaded and Superstitious
I have a million things to do if we’re ever (you hear that? EVER) going to get this house on the market, so I’m using today, Monday, to plan for the week.
Here’s what I need to accomplish:
Sign the boys up for summer soccer here in town. Murphy’s Law says if I sign them up...
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Reasons I Shouldn’t Do a Blogathon
After a whole lot of procrastinating, I finally signed up for the 2010 WordCount Blogathon. By joining, I’m agreeing to try to post to this blog every day during the month of May.
Reasons this is a bad idea:
Just signing up had me procrastinating. Like, before I even had to write anything, just sending in...
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