Category Archives: Construction

~o:>Taking a break

Posted on June 21, 2010 by K

from craziness.  Not a long day, but a dirty one.  The tractor wouldn’t start, so I puttered around the barn in the heat and the dust while Guy soaked himself in Diesel fuel and put the engine back together.  It … Continue reading →

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May 3 week: pt. 3

Posted on May 22, 2010 by K

A new word:  hecti.  What could it ever mean? (By the way – you know that dust you see in the header?  That’s about one third of the dust we ended up with by the following week – and what … Continue reading →

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Week May 3rd: pt. 2

Posted on May 15, 2010 by K

Tuesday, May 4 Here is how paint colors are chosen in our house— Me: You know, I think we really kind of need a change after 30 years.  And I think I’d like black walls this time.  Any shade; doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Wrong Side of the Mirror pt.3

Posted on March 30, 2010 by K

Part Three: Dick will WAY not be interested. Chaz was lamenting the fact that you can’t get a good picture of Toby; he’s too black-colored, and it’s really hard to expose for his face. So I decided I’d give it … Continue reading →

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~Notes from the wrong side of the mirror pt. 1

Posted on March 28, 2010 by K

Lessons learned from The Amazing Race:  Sometimes, when what you are doing involves an instruction, direction, command, commandment, list of requirements, contract, or law – attention to the details actually matters.  No matter how stupid you think the detail may … Continue reading →

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Changing it up: pt. 5

Posted on March 20, 2010 by K

Heard while I was doing the treadmill: 1) “That’s the thing with the internet; nobody sounds like they really are.” Interesting.  But pretty much everybody I know sounds just like themselves, even on Facebook.  Not that I read a lot. … Continue reading →

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Changing it up: pt. 4

Posted on March 19, 2010 by K

Oy. Doors off the bathroom. Holes cut in the wall. A major cold front coming through. Cold showers. Mar 18 You MAY NOT LOOK at the following pictures if you don’t eat your vegetables (i.e. – read what I, with … Continue reading →

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Changing it Up: pt. 3

Posted on March 17, 2010 by K

THIS WILL MOVE YOU at least IT MOVED ME.  Sort of. First, Sam—I have to warn you that you might not want to read this, written as it has been by a woman who spent seven solid hours today (regardless … Continue reading →

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Changing it Up: pt 2

Posted on March 16, 2010 by K

Getting Set This is what the construction process is best at producing: Huge, nasty, dusty messes.  You see the lovely blue curtain?  A tarp, which is all that stands between this mess and our quality of life.  I thought I … Continue reading →

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Changing it Up: pt.1

Posted on March 15, 2010 by K

Monsters aside, there’s a lot of stuff that the homeowner has to do herself, getting ready for the launch of a new space.  Like take all the stuff out of the old space.  Stuff she’d forgotten she had.  Stuff that … Continue reading →

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