home improvement
Melting Yet?
The house that I grew up in didn’t have central a/c or heat. In the winter, we had electric baseboard heaters and a wood burning stove; in the summer we had a couple of window a/c units (Four?). The window units were on when it was really hot outside; any other time, the windows were [...]
Off They Go…
John and his friend Phil left, this morning, on a week-long tour of the South via motorcycle. So it’s just me, three cats, and an empty house this week. There are a million things I could be … should be … doing, but I have no clue where to start. *sigh* I think this is [...]
Raccoons in the Feeders: Part II
Raccoons strike again. They love the nectar that I put in my hummingbird feeders. When I use the ceramic feeders, they tear the corks up and drink the nectar out. Now they’re chewing the flowers off of these cheap little feeders. Not sure what to do except bring them inside every night. What a pain.
I [...]
Spring Cleaning
We went outside this morning to open the pool, and this is what we found. *sigh*
I guess the temperatures have been a little warmer than I thought. We got the cover off and the pump running. I tossed in some chemicals and drained a little water so that the solid matter would get into the [...]
Renovations 2007: The Home Stretch
The furniture for the sitting room arrived on November 2nd. John installed the ceiling fan and remote last weekend. This weekend he hung the sheers and pinned down the satellite cable. This room is finally done!
John got the final coat of white paint on the office walls on Saturday afternoon and applied [...]
Four Down, Sixty-Three to Go
John installed the ceiling fan in the sitting room today. It went off without a hitch for once. While going over the instructions for the wireless wall switch, he realized that it used an unusual battery size that we didn’t have on hand, so we were going to end up running to [...]
The Renovation Continues
John decided a couple of weeks ago that he needed to get the sitting room and spare bedroom (upstairs) done before he can feel ok about getting started on the RV again. After talking about it over and over, we decided to make the front room an office instead of another bedroom. Why? [...]
