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Monday, April 24th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior, Extreme Temps | 7 Comments
My relationship with our triple-track aluminum storm windows is kinda rocky. It reminds me of my relationship with a boy in high school who one day I’d think was the bees knees (you know, when I was a teenager in the 1940s) and then the next day, or hour, I’d think he was the biggest […]
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms | 3 Comments
Since we had a three-day weekend, I was determined that we would break on through to the other side of this not-working-on-the-house phase, particularly in the master bathroom arena.
Either Darwin is overwhelmed with the prospect of re-plumbing the room or he doesn’t care as much as I do about having a functioning master bathroom. So […]
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 4 Comments
One of the projects we undertook this weekend happened on a whim. We had been crawling around under the house looking at plumbing and foundation issues (more to come on that later this week) when Darwin found a piece of old rope and decided to do something about the hammock.
I bought the hammock at the […]
Monday, April 17th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Mysteries, History | 9 Comments
On Friday I talked Darwin into popping the cap on the newel post, in search of blueprints, house deeds or anything to shed some light on this hodgepodge of a house and/or its former occupants.
Darwin, staying true to his usual happy-go-lucky, optimistic style, predicted the newel post would be completely empty.
In my usual style, […]
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
posted by Kristin | filed under Tours | 1 Comment
Before we found our house, I fantasized about owning one of the Tudor quasi-mansions in downtown T-town, or in The Highlands, probably the most expensive-per-square-foot neighborhood in Tuscaloosa.
I did lots of calculations, trying to figure how much we’d have to save and how much we’d have to make per year before we could afford […]
