Every time I set out my trash and recycling bins for pickup, one of them winds up on the other side of the street after the collection company empties it. I don’t have any idea why. Maybe they think the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Adventures In Home Repair!
I spent about three hours last night cleaning up the cellar with a deck brush, a garden hose, a shop vac, and a spray bottle of Simple Green. It’s probably the cleanest basement in the county. It looks dirty because … Continue reading
My new laundry machine arrived by truck freight today. I took a long lunch to go meet the shipping guy, who had a lift gate and a pallet jack. He rolled it into the back yard for me so I … Continue reading
The guys at Conleff Plumbing Supply on Lafayette are awesome! They had exactly what I needed! The guy didn’t even have to think about it. I said I needed a laundry drain trap and standpipe and showed him a picture … Continue reading
I’m having difficulty finding something to mate with what is left of the laundry drain standpipe in my utility room. Nothing at the big box store is the correct size and gender. At least I got to have a very … Continue reading
Wow, no posts since last Tuesday! Okay, so the termite tent is off of the house now and I’m fervently fixing stuff up so that I can move in. I had previously planned to work on the barn this weekend … Continue reading
The tents are on the Bestor Street house. I presume that the gas is in them as well, but I didn’t stick my head in the tent to cheek on it personally. 🙂 … Continue reading
My garbage and recycling pickup day at the Bestor Street house is Thursday. I’m posting that little nugget of information not because anyone particularly cares, but because I always forget what day it is at my current address. Maybe if … Continue reading
Okay, I don’t really have a dungeon in the basement. But I do have a basement! There was this one creepy house I looked at several months ago which I jokingly referred to as “the ‘Silence of the Lambs’ house”, … Continue reading
It’s finally official: I own the house on Bestor Street! I closed on Tuesday and picked the keys up in the evening. I’m pretty excited about it. I’m not going to lie; it needs some work. The lawn is dead, … Continue reading