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the devil’s in the details

11.28.2007 · Posted in Day To Day, House

Sigh. I know from my (lack of) comments and stats that the house talk is boring the hell out of you, Internet. I wish I could talk to you about something other than the shower panel that got installed upside down, and the baseboard that must be ripped out before the vanity is installed. I ...

And just like that, the world righted itself

11.27.2007 · Posted in Day To Day, House

Holy shit but I love the drywall guys. Our new friend brought 2 guys and a suburban, moved the door in about 45 minutes and as I write this is at Lowe’s picking up the shower and replacement drywall. By the end of the day, it will be like this never happened, save for the ...

House Chronicles

11.26.2007 · Posted in Day To Day, House

Tonight we realized (hi Michael, my name is Tape Measure!) that the shower enclosure we’ve bought is too large for the space allotted. It seems like a simple thing, right? You’re thinking: just get a smaller enclosure, dumbass. Except there isn’t one. There is no such thing as a 32-inch corner shower enclosure, says Google. ...

NOT GONNA MAKE IT

11.21.2007 · Posted in Day To Day, House

Oh no oh no oh no! It’s like, 11:55! Way to wait till the last minute, dork. You’ll forgive me, right? I’ve been busy! Busy being project manager for the upstairs! Busy checking behind my husband (he LOVES it when I do that) to make sure he did the drywall patches the way my dad ...

tweaking on albuterol and high on progress

11.14.2007 · Posted in Day To Day, House

note: the very theme broke my image layout! I’ll have to tweak it a little bit. For now enjoy the retrosicker. Well, holy shit. They were done with the floor in TeenHer’s room inside of 2 hours. I’m very excited and happy except I’m having the world’s longest asthma attack because of the dust. Albuterol makes ...