Hi. We own our home. We’ve lived here 2 1/2 years, and love it, SO STOP SENDING YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS TO MR & MRS BRADLEY. I’m sure they were nice people and all, but they haven’t lived here for several years, and you obviously aren’t close enough with them to have gotten their new address.

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This morning I knew exactly what had happened before Christa even said anything. There was a gasp, a plop, and a scream to alert me that Christa’s engagement ring had ended up in the toilet. Too much information? Don’t worry, I fashioned a hook out of a coat hanger while Christa kept watch on the [...]

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I spent a couple hours outside doing some yard work today, so I though I’d show off the work we did last weekend plus today… Front of the house Carport patio Monty’s playroom Somehow I managed to get sweat on the camera. Hey, it’s hard work taking photos and posting them on your blog.

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Most of you probably won’t care, but yesterday the planets were in alignment & all the laws of quantum physics were broken; I managed to change the oil & degunk the lawn mower carburetor to get it started after winter storage… IN ONE PULL! Any of you who know me know I one of the [...]

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I never thought of myself as the must-have-a-nice-yard type, but this blast of winter after the 2 weeks of warm weather is devastating the flowers that came up already in the flowerbeds out front of the house… Have a great Easter!

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Holy crap thats a big wardrobe! Thank you Ikea for the new clean space in the basement. It took me 4 hours last night to assemble this monster, and a couple hours tonight to rearrange stuff in the basement to get this beast to its new home. What do you think?? Before After

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Sunday I was feeling like I needed to accomplish something constructive around the house, so I convinced Christa we should goto Ikea. Really it was the mere mention of Ikea and she said yes, but in my mind I was the one who did the convincing… We had a few items picked out that we [...]

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I love to start projects. And though I’m not that great at finishing them, starting them is always a blast. My latest project involves one my favorite things: food. Usually, we make a weekly menu for all our meals and go to the supermarket once a week. We then buy all the produce, pastas, and [...]

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This weekend I tackled a project around the house which I’ve been meaning to do since we moved in, because despite living near 8 Mile we both didn’t like our ghetto humidifier drain we had in the basement (ie. a bucket). I finally worked up the courage to install a pump and about 30 feet [...]

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