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Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
posted by Kristin | filed under Paint, Exterior | 5 Comments
Ah, how I love three-day weekends. You can get so much more accomplished on your house, enough to rescue your blog from stagnation. Enough to make you feel less like a loser in comparison with your more hardworking blog associates.
On Saturday we had another work day with our crew of handy neighbors (who have found […]
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
posted by Kristin | filed under Extreme Temps | 5 Comments
Sadly, the time of open windows is over. I gave in and turned on the central air.
Some of you Northern folks will probably think it’s ridiculously early to turn on the A/C, but here we were one of the later hold-outs. This had been a lovely cool spring, but then one day in early May […]
posted by Kristin | filed under Pets | Leave a Comment
It’s funny how moving a piece of furniture into a different room makes the cats think it’s a totally new object, worthy of long periods of sniffing.
When I brought the footstool into the dining room to take its picture, Alistair came around immediately.
Later, Henry was seen lounging on it, his considerable backside hanging off […]
Monday, May 23rd, 2005
posted by Kristin | filed under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
This weekend we helped my younger sister move to Georgia. She was surprisingly cheerful throughout the process, unlike me; I have at least one nuclear meltdown each time I move. I hope I never move again until I’m 95, and then I’ll just bring a few picture frames and a plant to set on the […]
Friday, May 20th, 2005
posted by Kristin | filed under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Last night I went with neighbor D to an organic gardening class that taught you how to compost. I think composting is a great idea, but I am also a very lazy person. So I bought a 50-pound bag of “finished” compost from the dude and am planning to use it around my stagnating peony […]
