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Category Archives: Home Improvement
Space: The Final Frontier
Day t+8 of the COVID19 quarantine. Real estate in Monterey, CA, is at a premium; ergo most houses are small in square footage. Normally, this isn’t a problem for me because I don’t spend a lot of time in my … Continue reading
Posted in California, End of the World, Home Improvement, Louisiana, Monterey, parks & recreation, Sports, weather, Writing
Tagged California, COVID19, cryogenics, cryosleep, Monterey, NASA, pandemic, quarantine, real estate premium, space the final frontier, square footage, working from home
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A Patch of Earth
This house I’m renting comes with a yard. I hacked the rosemary growing over the stairs and it nearly filled the recycle bin. Don’t worry. There’s plenty left. I decided that all I needed was a weedeater to deal with … Continue reading
The Second Spider
Today I killed a second spider in my apartment. Undoubtedly the one I killed yesterday was reported AWOL and they sent out a search party. Apprehensive I am about the den of arachnids who is scouting my pad for a potential … Continue reading
Domestic Diva
If you know me, you’re in stitches already. What many may not know is that I’m a Minor Goddess of the Laundry and am a dutiful servant of Our Lady of Perpetual Cleaning. In case anyone is wondering, we prefer that … Continue reading
Who Are These People?
This is what I wonder every time I travel to a crowded airport, like DFW or ATL– who are these people that are coming and going all over the place? Clogging up the airways. They’re not the people on Pinterest, … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Project, family, Home Improvement, Sports
Tagged 4 leaf clovers, bags, chips, crazy people, Hurrican Isaac, Pinterest, projects, punch, spinach, stamps, too much time
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Dry Bones
The stars and planets were all aligned this morning, which means that the kids were at grandparents and I got to sleep until I felt like getting up. So, I started on priming over the black hole I painted on the … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Project, Home Improvement
Tagged Dry Bones, Ezekial, painting, projects, silk
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Retirement – Week 1: How I saved about $2,000 on 2 projects
It drives Mark crazy when I say that I “saved money” when actually I spent it. However, in this case, we really did save money. Our family needed a full-time manager, so I volunteered. And, like most of the unpaid workers of … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Project, Home Improvement, Saving Money, Uncategorized
Tagged Craft furniture, Home Improvement, Saving Money
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