supafine

Still alive, and coated in crumbs

I had a mentor once who taught me never to promise anything in print that I did not deliver immediately. For example, one should never write, “see you on the flip side, with photos!” because then one is obligated to actually arrive on the flip side, with photos, in presumably a prompt and timely manner.
Suckas! […]

Road trip!

Leaving in five minutes for Pittsburgh and a party at my sister’s house in Columbus — the weather will be”fabwelous” as Owen puts it and we’re going to slip in an early birthday cake for Cormac, too. See you on the flipside, with photos!

That’s unheard-of in this house.

I’m going to tell you this, but you have to promise you won’t get jealous.
You know how the kids always wake up between 6:09 and 6:15? Usually screaming their fool heads off about something, so that your dreams are pierced by a sound far worse than any clock-radio could produce?
Yeah. This morning I didn’t get […]

As done as we’re going to get!

I had grander plans for this room, as I always do, but we kind of blew our stash on fixing the the actual problems (unlevel floors, water damage, rotted wood, rotten doors, ad nauseum) and it didn’t leave much left over for gussying up. So I bought some curtains and some pillows and a toy […]

Homemade Auntie Anne’s pretzels

So I picked up this book at the library the other week, on a whim: “Even More Top Secret Recipes: More Amazing Kitchen Clones of America’s Favorite Brand-Name Foods.” I got it to show Iain the KFC recipe mentioned on the cover, but when I opened it up the second recipe on the lineup was […]

Fivespot

Your neighborhood librarian tagged me for this five-themed meme. Really hit the spot this week; I think I’m in the mood to do another one.
What were you doing five years ago?
Generally? Um. Working and stuff. Polishing my leather boots on Sunday nights. Carefully maintaining a hygiene routine (home spa days, even!), drinking on the weekends, […]

Nearly halfway there

We laid down a whole bunch of this click-floor stuff last week but then had to pause it for a weekend trip. We still have about six boxes’ worth left to do, but man. Once the momentum builds on this part the rest is just sledding downhill.

I’m still trying to decide on some sort of […]

One toilet funeral, coming right up

It’s like a piscean Survivor over here in our living room. Or maybe Real World: FishTank. Six strangers, picked to live in an aquarium.
Only Yellow and the never-named white one are still on set. Frankie, Suzy, Red, Nemo and Uncle Ryan have all packed their bags and bid tearful goodbyes. No more hot-tubbin’ or algae-flingin’ […]

All hands on deck

Still working on the “green room.” Iain installed the doors and we have spent (OK, HE has spent) ages trying to get them to hang properly and shut correctly. The entire room is like some sort of crazy-house parallelogram imitation of a room. Nothing is square, true, plumb or level. I’m rather shocked I hadn’t […]

Drowning in the money pit

Huzzah! Our internet is working again! I fear that condition will be fleeting so I’ll make this quick: Money pit, we can has one. Oy.
As I posted previously, we set about redoing our back room, thinking to pull up the carpet, paint the walls and call it a day. Well, now we are finding ourselves […]

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