Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

How to Triumph Over the Gas Company

posted by K | filed under Commentary, Extreme Temps | 10 Comments

After the painful blow of the tax bill, I needed some good financial news. Yesterday the gas bill came. I tore into the envelope with the kind of excitement usually reserved for birthday cards potentially containing cash. The bill could have been more bad news – that in spite of all our shivering under piles [...]

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Rebels With a Cause

posted by K | filed under Eutaw, Friends | 5 Comments

Last night we attended a meeting of the Greene County Historical Society. We’ve lived in Eutaw for 16 months now, which means we are considered newbies. We sat at a table with the other newbs – all of whom moved here around the same time as us – and joked that we are the rebels [...]

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Happy Little Sink

posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Sink | 10 Comments

I searched Froogle (which I’ve never really used before but now love) to find some options in vessel sinks. I also read up about them and the “splashback” issue, and I’m being won over. After all, is using a vessel sink really any different than using a normal sink? As someone at Apartment Therapy says, [...]

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Broketastic

posted by K | filed under Grumpy Bear, Misfortune | 7 Comments

Arrrrgggh. I did our taxes yesterday, and we have to pay nearly $2,000! How did this happen? We’ve had to pay the last two years, but I thought we had everything straightened out this year. *sigh* I’m still desperately searching for some deduction I’m missing. I was hoping to at least break even this year, [...]

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

The Washstand is Insecure About his Size

posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Sink | 7 Comments

Okay, it’s harder to find a sink to fit the washstand than I thought. The top of the washstand is barely 17 inches deep. The narrowest reasonable sinks I found were 12 7/8 inches, undermounted. Then you have to include at least 2 inches for the faucet and handles. That only leaves about maybe 1.5 [...]

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Auction Madness

posted by K | filed under Auction, Finds | 5 Comments

This weekend was 50 percent awesome. I won’t go into detail about Saturday, but it involved some food poisoning and many many trips to the bathroom. Sunday, needless to say, was much better. We went to an antique auction in Moundville (the same place I bought our Eastlake bedroom suite). At first glance, the place [...]

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