Last night, Shauna and I were baffled by a lack of water pressure throughout the house. Fearing the worst, I ran downstairs to check the main only to find no sign of leaks. I couldn't find any obvious sources of water, so I called the water district and we went to bed.
This morning, the water […]
Filed under: Homeownership on February 13th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Shauna was too excited to keep on sleeping after we woke up around 2:30AM this morning, so I suggested we go downstairs, get a fire started in the fireplace, and kick back on the Lovesac. Part of getting a fire started is that you have to get the cold air out of the chimney so […]
Filed under: Homeownership, Life, Tender Lumplings on December 25th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Putting up Christmas lights on your own house for the first time. There's something a little magical about that. And every time I drive up to my house and see the lights, it reminds me a little bit of how awesome it is to come home to my parents' house during the holidays. My mom […]
Filed under: Homeownership, Pictures, Life on December 1st, 2006 | 10 Comments »
I've been on a home improvement kick again. Last night, I decided to get moving on some projects I'd been putting off for some time. Of course, I decide to start with the most time-consuming one first: installing a doggie door.
Filed under: Homeownership, Chloe, Ozzy on November 21st, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Shauna has always threatened various reasons for which we'd have to grab the lawnmower's gas and turn the house into a pile of ashes. Most of them were dealing with the disrepair of various parts of our house (roof, swamp cooler, plumbing). She did, however, make a special case for burning down the house if […]
Filed under: Homeownership on September 30th, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Can I get a "w00t" up in here? Last night completed the saga of Swamp Cooler Guy. I'd thought my complaint to the BBB would go ignored (just like my voice mails), so I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when Shauna cracked open the mail to find a full refund of the $120 we had paid […]
Filed under: Homeownership on September 29th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
If it's not one thing, it's another. A few nights ago, one of our little measuring cups got lodged in the disposal and was utterly destroyed. It was a really nice glass one for doing liquid measure too, so we ended up with little glass shards all in it. Of course, the disposal didn't take […]
Filed under: Homeownership on September 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I'm on a tear now. The swamp cooler lost power again and we still haven't gotten Roofing Guy to come out the install the vents on the roof or haul away the leftover construction materials. I'm reaching the end of my rope with half-done jobs.
I decided to jump on the roof and take a look […]
Filed under: Rants, Homeownership on September 6th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Our swamp cooler has been a consistent source of homeowner headaches. It started with it running out of water all the time, requiring me to jump up on the roof with a hose and fill it up several times a day. I ended up fixing that by cleaning out the mineral deposits in the valve […]
Filed under: Homeownership on September 2nd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It's official: I'm an old man. I realized that when I looked at the calendar, saw the extra day off and thought "gee, I could use that time to get a lot done around the house." Good gravy, I'm 25 years old. I shouldn't be thinking like my parents already. I should be thinking of […]
Filed under: Homeownership, Life on September 1st, 2006 | 6 Comments »
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