Monday, February 12th, 2007

Built-in Bliss

posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Paint, Work Day Club | 3 Comments

The built-in bookcase under our master bathroom window is now complete! After much planning and many drawings, we finally (with the expert assistance of our neighbor Ken) cut all the pieces for the bookcase last weekend. This weekend, Darwin nail-gunned it together and caulked it up nice and pretty, and then I primed and painted [...]

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Recipe for Painted Walls

posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Paint | 5 Comments

2 scrapers 1/2 can of Bondo Palm sander 6 sheets green extra-strong sandpaper from 3M 9 tubes of caulk 2 3/4-inch nap rollers 2 cans of primer 1 can of paint, Benjamin Moore “Mauve Desert” Use scrapers to remove loose paint. Bondo the many cracks and nail holes, taking breaks between each smelly, awful batch [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Hoot’s Happy Ending

posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Pets | 7 Comments

When I got home from dance lessons last night, I changed into pj’s, donned my hoodie – zipped to the chin, hood up – and ventured out into the cold to take Millie for her walk. We began our usual circuit – down the back steps, between the posts of the half-finished fence, stop for [...]

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Let’s See if This Works

posted by Kristin | filed under Grumpy Bear, Mysteries | 7 Comments

It appears the problem was with each individual post having no .html extension. Okay, I may have fixed it for future posts, though I’ll have to fix the old ones individually … or else they’re impossible to fix. Work, blog, work!

Help – I Need Somebo-o-ody

posted by Kristin | filed under Grumpy Bear, Misfortune, Mysteries | 245 Comments

I’ve heard from several readers that my blog has been acting up in Firefox. People have had trouble opening my posts on Houseblogs.net and commenting. I downloaded Firefox myself and checked it out – yes, this problem is terribly annoying, and I apologize! I wondered why my comments have slowed to a trickle recently, though [...]

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Express Yourself

posted by Kristin | filed under Mysteries | 1 Comment

How did I get on the mailing list for this catalog? I don’t have much need for a book titled Caramel Flava.

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