Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Kant Leak This

posted by Kristin | filed under Mysteries, Bathrooms | 1 Comment

Yesterday after his deer-shooting fiesta, Darwin came home and tore out the plywood floor in the half bathroom. As I mentioned yesterday, we discovered that water from the perpetually leaking toilet was running into a crack between two pieces of plywood and pooling underneath between the plywood floor and what we thought was the original […]

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Primed and Ready, Part Deux

posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Grumpy Bear | Leave a Comment

I primed the rest of the bathroom this weekend (with no help from Darwin, thanks a lot honey), so that means no more scraping! Heeheeeheeeeeeee, I’m giddy because I’m so very sick of scraping that bathroom and getting covered head to toe in lead paint dust. If I die an early death of lead poisoning, […]

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Whiny Selfish Lady

posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Grumpy Bear, Mr. and Mrs. | 8 Comments

This is my crude drawing of the bookshelf we’re planning to build in the space under the bathroom window. There’s already a cut-out in the wall from where the previous owners moved up the window to accommodate their bathtub. The bookshelf will indent into the wall a few inches, and we’re framing it out in […]

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The M in MASCH

posted by Kristin | filed under Tours, History | 1 Comment

Before and after pictures are in short supply this week, so I’ll post this photo I took on Friday afternoon of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion, a Tuscaloosa landmark.
I just love houses with cupolas, don’t you?

Remember in grade school when you’d play MASCH? You’d draw a square with the letters MASCH above it, and […]

Friday, January 19th, 2007

What the Victorians Did for Us

posted by Kristin | filed under History, Commentary | 2 Comments

I have a new favorite show (along with Ugly Betty and The Office): What the Victorians Did for Us. It’s a British show that airs on History International, and it’s a cheeky (literally … on the most recent episode, the host Adam Hart-Davis ended the show naked, enjoying a bicycle-powered shower) look at the Victorian […]

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