The war on the colony of cats escalated today. At about 3:45 am I got up to get a drink of water and noticed that the screen door was rather ajar. I of course blamed our turncoat kittens, and locking the door, went off to bed. A few minutes later I heard the noise of …
Category Archive: Our Home
Aug 20 2004
What we've been up to (as if you care)
The housewarming is officially done (was, as of Saturday). I can't exactly say it went off without a hitch, though. I fucked up at least one electrical box (minutes before guests arrived), and I did not get to the yard or cardboard pile (of death). All in all, though, we got a lot of what …
Aug 08 2004
Things I've learned about home improvement
In trying to get the house ready for the housewarming next Saturday, I made up a list of about 30 things to do (12 of which are actually done as of this writing). All of these qualify as "handy" projects, so here is a small example of things I've learned during the process. From the …
Jul 10 2004
The state of the house
Cheese dip hot. Cheese dip cold. Cheese dip in the pot 9 days old.