Category Archives: House Project

We got a little snow last night. Yikes! It took most of the day to dig that out. Throwing the snow over that mound was a real challenge. But we are out now and on our way again… a little … Continue reading →

We are not done with the landlord yet, and anything can happen, but I thought that I would post a preliminary review of them anyway because I can’t hold it back any longer. The overview: Why the Thumbs Down? Here … Continue reading →

Now that we are in the house, I thought that I would post some reviews of the folks we dealt with to do this project. Some were great; some were OK; some were…. well…. horrid. So, I will trickle out … Continue reading →

We had another blizzard. We got 18″ of snow on the ground in a single day. But this time we did it right. Here is a photo of the Rav during the blizzard. Which looks pretty good when you consider … Continue reading →

Due to the forces of public interest (people want to know), I got up early this morning and sucked it up and ran an experiment. I turned on all of the lights in the kitchen, which in this new house … Continue reading →

We had heating oil delivered to the Fallapartment again because it has been cold, and the place really eats heating oil. Here is the disturbing part…. the bill came to $666.23. Here is something even more disturbing. Back in July, … Continue reading →

We had a fox in the back yard. It looked like he was making a nest behind our leftover patio blocks. I snapped a photo through the kitchen window. As soon as I snapped the photo, he looked right at … Continue reading →

As the Robert Burns poem To a Mouse says, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley,…“. And as it is with mouses, so it is with houses. One of our garages, which shall forever obviate the need … Continue reading →

We are back online. This blog was down for a few days because our internet connection was disconnected for the second Big Move. But we are back up again. We are also back at our old location, but in our … Continue reading →

Our new table and chairs were delivered today. They had to bolt the legs onto the table, so it spent some time on its back on the floor. But then we noticed that our table is signed on the bottom. … Continue reading →