Mind Flush

Lesson for today: No matter how many times you repeat to yourself "Do not try to flush the toilet when the water for the whole house i...

I've been a busy little bee making stuff to add to my shop, and most of it is now listed, including: Click on the link in the sidebar t...

We got a book called Yo-Yo Man (by Daniel Pinkwater) out of the library a few weeks ago, and ever since then I've been meaning to dig o...

Today was apparently "think on your feet day" of the kitchen renovation, as the tile layout the designer emailed this morning had ...

I wish the tile guy had showed up before 4pm. I wish the designer had remembered to give me a copy of the layout for the backsplash, or at l...

Allow me to let the crafty stuff leak into this blog for a minute so I can complain about this sucker where fewer potential customers might ...

Jason's high school buddy (and road trip partner, and wedding usher, etc.) has a book coming out next month! http://www.brill.nl/defaul...

* Sung to the tune of the Smurf theme song## Things got off to a rousing good start this morning when the counter guys showed up while I was...

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/careers/customs_careers/border_careers/bp_agent/bp_now_hiring_lp.xml Border patrol agent ... in Ohio. I can take ...

Paul the Contractor spent what may have been his last day at my house, taking care of a few tiny details that nobody will notice unless they...

http://letajoy.com/2008/02/04/back-in-the-saddle-again/ Thanks, Leta, for putting so eloquently what I’ve been thinking subconsciously for a...

Our storytime at the library was cancelled today, and in a desperate bid for something interesting to do I decided to make use of the "...

February is a quiet time in Northeast Ohio, when most animals prefer to stay warm in their nests and hibernate. But household goods, driven...

Last night Jason and I put a coat of white on all the trim for the dining room and living room, in hopes that the contractor could attach it...

(Gretchen does the happy dance throughout the first floor of her house, a jar of peanut butter in each hand) And the (wood part of the) f...

My boys were haulin' ass today. We might be able to stop tiptoeing around glue blobs by the end of this week!

While playing with Bristle Blocks: "Look! I made a nutcracker doll! Whoops, his leg fell off. Here, you hold his other leg, and take...

My daughter just produced a poop that was split into two colors exactly down the middle lengthwise, light on top and dark on bottom. Thankfu...

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We're back to one guy installing the flooring, and he had to wait until lunchtime for the extra glue to arrive, so things are moving slo...