• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Purgatory | So Nearly Done

    April 15, 2010 - By 

    We slowly kept plugging away, with long breaks for snacks, naps, and watching Mythbusters and Stargate: Atlantis reruns. This morning, we started out with about a third done, and a feeling that time was running out. So we kept at it, with short breaks for lunch and snacks, and suddenly we were up to the closets. And then after a tricky cut to span the divider, we were down to 2 long pieces, plus a box of "shorties" and mid-length pieces. There’s an unopened box left, but we wanted to be able to return it, we decided to carry on…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Purgatory | Progress

    April 13, 2010 - By 

    We got the carpet and foam out, went around pulling stray staples and hammering down nailheads, and now David is working on a side project to stablize the pipes in the bath/shower. It’ll be covered by an access plate and the highboy dresser. Earlier today, thought there was a leak somewhere above the laundry room, turned out to be a container of stuff that we’d jiggled while searching there for tools that sprang a leak. Whee! Via: Flickr Title: Purgatory | Progress By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 13 Apr ’10, 12.14pm CDT PST

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Floor Purgatory | Little Room, Big Room

    April 12, 2010 - By 

    All the big pieces are in the "study" except for nightstands and all the drawers. Sure glad David bought that dolly, it just paid for itself when we moved the two dressers – mine especially, as it’s longer and has a mirror. We’ll sleep in the guest room until the floor is done and we can get the bed set up in the master bedroom again. We cleaned as we went, dusting off all over and vacuuming a horrific amount of crud out from behind everything, even wiping dust off power cords. With all the allergy stuff in the news,…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Floor Purgatory | Bye Bye Blue

    April 12, 2010 - By 

    Not bad for a morning’s work, all the heavy Mission furniture is out and we’re on track to get carpet and pad torn out and taped into rolls, ready for disposal. Via: Flickr Title: Floor Purgatory | Bye Bye Blue By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 12 Apr ’10, 12.50pm CDT PST

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links March 29th – April 10th

    April 10, 2010 - By 

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  • Notty Problems: Even Leaving Doesn't Solve Them - Only in Utah... - Politics, Schmolitics

    True-Blue Believers in God, Guns and Postum to the North, Caffeinated Non-Violent Pinko Heathens to the South

    April 7, 2010 - By 

    …that’s how politics in Utah works when both major parties book their conventions into the same complex on the same date. Rolly: Guns and coffee don’t mix – Salt Lake Tribune The Republicans secured their Salt Palace space some time ago and will hold their convention on the complex’s north side. The Democrats were having a difficult time finding a suitable place for what they were willing to pay, then settled on the Salt Palace’s south section after a group canceled its reservation for that day. So between the two parties — the Democrats have around 2,700 delegates, and plan…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Mini-Posts

    Retire the ‘R’ Word

    April 7, 2010 - By 

    I don’t use it, and you shouldn’t either. #FB The R-word: Evanston High School students fight the R-word – chicagotribune.com Evanston Township High School senior Megan McCareins wants to stamp out the R-word as she and others try to change how fellow students talk and think about people with intellectual difficulties. McCareins and a handful of students recently gathered more than 3,000 signatures from students and staff, who pledged to stop using the words “retard” or “retarded” as an offhanded insult or in a derogatory manor. “Hopefully this campaign will mean people will always be thinking about their choice of…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Radio

    Cinnamon French Toast

    April 7, 2010 - By 

    I’m off for the next couple of weeks, and today I’m out of the house, spending time at Panera while “the ladies” do their twice-monthly thing. It seems the clientele here this time of day is older than I’m used to seeing in the evenings, but there are plenty of people using laptops and taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi. One guy has a small monitor and full-size keyboard set up with a dock; pretty serious gear. No doubt more than a few are unemployed or between jobs. Several are chatting with each other as if they’re regulars. Me, I’m…