Friday, April 27th, 2007

Roach Season

posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Commentary, Grumpy Bear | 6 Comments

It’s that time again - I had my first roach encounter of the year. I sat on the toilet, did my business, turned around to flush and EEEEEEEEK! - a 2-inch-long roach skittered down into the bowl from where it had been hiding under the rim. Let me say again, EEEEEEEK! It could’ve crawled on […]

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Sink Holes

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

Like most bombshell beauty starlets, our bathroom sink is high maintenance. She makes demands, she scoffs at our efforts, she injures Darwin’s back without a second thought.
But we’ve finally done it - we’ve tamed the shrew. I detailed the sink problems here, and we’ve at long last solved them all. The drain and the s-trap […]

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

A New Era

posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Friends | 2 Comments

I was recently invited to join the New Era Club, a lady’s club in Eutaw. And by lady, I do mean lady. At the meeting last night, we socialized politely in a well-appointed parlor, discussed charitable giving, sipped water from crystal goblets, and dabbed at our lips with delicate crochet-trimmed napkins.
These are the Southern […]

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Make Way for the Bohemoth

posted by Kristin | filed under Commentary, Misfortune, Grumpy Bear | 1 Comment

I went to my precious post office for the last time yesterday. It closes today in preparation to be torn down, along with several other buildings in downtown Tuscaloosa, to make room for a new - and totally unecessary, since they just remodeled the old one - mammoth federal courthouse complex.
Along with the relatively unattractive but […]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Our House’s Rich Older Sister

posted by Kristin | filed under Tours, Eutaw, Wishing | 2 Comments

We’ve decided the new motto for Eutaw should be, “Lookin’ good!” because we all love going around and spying on each other’s projects and making such proclamations.
This weekend we took a stroll around the block with some of our neighbors (gathering more as we went, actually) to check out the Little House on the Corner […]

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