Friday, June 9th, 2006

85

posted by K | filed under Auction | 6 Comments

Last night I discovered that 85 is my lucky number. Or unlucky, depending how you look at it. We went to an auction at our usual place in Moundville. We didn’t really need anything, but several members of the Eutaw posse were going, and I couldn’t resist. I told Darwin we were going for pure [...]

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Patchwork

posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Clawfoot | 4 Comments

Our burst of work on the bathroom project this weekend motivated me to finally order our shower enclosure and other plumbing goodies from Vintage Tub and Bath. We got the Strom Plumbing faucet and shower enclosure with English telephone hand shower, plus Strom plumbing supply lines with cut-off valves, and a Strom plumbing drain with [...]

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Demolicious

posted by Kristin | filed under Demolition | 5 Comments

Apparently, all that willpower talk on Friday actually worked. When we woke up on Saturday, we both felt that restless feeling, that I’ve-got-to-do-something feeling. So we tried to think of something to do on the house. Certainly, we have plenty of projects, but most of them require major preparation and/or purchases that haven’t been made [...]

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Willpower

posted by Kristin | filed under Lists | 2 Comments

Below is a list of things we will accomplish while the weather is warm. Yes, I said will, not “hope to” or “plan to.” If I say will, maybe it’ll actually happen. Finish the master bathroom. (Stop laughing! Really, I mean it! Stop!) Scrape, repair and paint the disintegrating-before-our-very-eyes front porch floor. Tile the kitchen [...]

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Swing-a-Ding Kid

posted by Kristin | filed under Mr. and Mrs. | 3 Comments

You might be surprised to learn that I’ve guilted my macho man husband into taking ballroom dancing lessons with me. Over the past few weeks, he has done much grumbling and whining, and I’ve been getting more exercise dragging him into the foyer to practice (now that the dining room has a table in it) [...]

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