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Monday, July 30th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under History, Commentary | 2 Comments
This weekend when we weren’t working on the bathroom - yes, we actually worked! - we watched the DVD of the British public television reality/living-history show 1900 House. At $30.99, it’s expensive for one DVD, but I figured as a resident of a bit-past-1900 house, we needed to see it.
Turns out the DVD […]
Friday, July 27th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Shopping Disease | Leave a Comment
I get 52 new addictions a year, one for each week - sometimes more. This week it’s Kaboodle. No, no, not the bright-colored plastic makeup cases that were all the rage circa 1992, though I suppose this has some similarities. Like the makeup cases of yore, this Kaboodle keeps all your absolutely must-have frivolous […]
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 4 Comments
Tasty, tas-ayyyy!
Around here, the fig tree is considered an old-timey plant, something most often found in grandmothers’ side yards. Our house’s previous owner was a grandmother, and the fig tree is in the side yard, so I guess that fits.
Our fig tree is the biggest one I’ve ever seen and bears tons of fruit. […]
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Commentary, Grumpy Bear | 3 Comments
Today’s Tuscaloosa News features a story on a new Eutaw resident. He’s an actor/artist/singer from California who bought a gorgeous house that I adore and that was on the market for a long time. Naturally, we’re all thrilled he bought it, and when we met him at the latest Historical Society banquet, we thought […]
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Commentary | 6 Comments
Last night we watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in a theater packed with like-minded Potter-obsessed adults. There were more adults there than children, though we went at the respectable hour of 7 p.m. I heard the group of 40-somethings beside us discussing spells and the teens behind us on our […]
