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Outta Here

November 14th, 2010 · No Comments · owning a home

We’re outta here. Headed to the Big D from the D. Now that we have a move date we’re putting up for sale pretty much everything. Click over to the 4sale page and keep checking — as we post stuff and items sell we’ll be updating in this central location. Thanks!

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New Construction

June 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · owning a home

In an effort to make the basement a more useful & livable space, I’ve been trying to do various projects and little bits here and there as time allows. So I built a wall. Not only does it have a cool opening the perfect size for beer distribution, but we now have a hidden storage [...]

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Shoe Heaven

April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · owning a home

We’ve had this oddly shaped storage area at the top of our stairs under-utilized since we moved in. C has a lot of shoes. What better way to merge the two problems into one solution, than a giant walk in shoe room! $60 and a Sunday afternoon later, here’s the results.

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Skiing Anyone?

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · owning a home

Yuck.

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Daft Punk Explains the Mortgage Crisis

October 15th, 2008 · No Comments · music, owning a home, random thoughts

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Time to sit on the porch with a beer

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments · owning a home, Photos

There are reasons why I haven’t kept up on posting regularly about that LITTLE project we’ve been working on for the past few months. Lots of them. So many there was rarely a day that went by I didn’t utter many four letter words that show up as #&^% in the comics. That’s all behind [...]

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The Nightmare Begins (Again)

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments · owning a home

14 days and $70 later, the nightmare officially begins; we got our building permit…

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I Hate Red Tape

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · detroit, How To Annoy Me, owning a home

I could have taken the easy way out on my porch project, but I didn’t. I could have put ugly green Astroturf to hide the crumbling steps, jammed a bunch of concrete into the part on the side crumbling and painted it, or just fucking stuck a huge flower pot in front of it to [...]

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Mister Fix-It Strikes Again

March 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · owning a home

While I may not be the most mechanically inclined person on the face of the earth, I spent an hour tonight fixing the kitchen faucet which had been pooling water underneath the cupboard for an unknown amount of time. Of course the job only needed some patience and plumbers tape, but I’ll leave it up [...]

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Hello Spring

March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · life, owning a home, the kids

Ahhh springtime, I had almost forgotten how good you feel. The time of year where the sun warms & the permafrost rolls back to reveal FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF DOG SHIT IN THE BACK YARD. Par for the course as a dog owner. I guess you can count this my official 1st day of spring. [...]

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