Tag: house

Latest house refinishing project

Another door.

I rehung (rehanged?) door #4, today. It was one of those doors that took a bit of encouragement to latch shut. Besides the heavy layers of paint, it…

Mary Lowry Smith

There’s a story behind the purchase of my house, that I thought should be known. It’s not a good story. So I will be completely factual wherever possible,…

Get a Grip

Best ‘mistake’ purchase I think I’ve made for this house is a large pair of channel lock pliers. I mean… very large. Heeee-uge. I needed something to get…

Rust

The plumber just showed me a section of the pipe she pulled out—the junction where it went out to the front yard faucet. It was packed completely solid…

Life is hard.

It’s hard, right now. It’s been almost a year since Heidi broke things off. And I am still living there, for various reasons. And I think we both…

Buy a house.

The perfect antidote to the desire to buy a house is the process of buying a house. My process so far certainly hasn’t been standard, but even the…

Natural Disasters

  Yes we survived the earthquake. And the hurricane. I’m not so sure about the locusts on the horizon, though. This street is apparently notorious for the power…

Natural Disasters

Yes we survived the earthquake. And the hurricane. I’m not so sure about the locusts on the horizon, though. This street is apparently notorious for the power going…