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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
posted by Kristin | filed under Kitchen, Bathrooms | 4 Comments
I don’t have much to show off. As usual, our work on the house comes in infinitesimal bursts, spaced out by weeks of utter inactivity. The latest burst included a weekend of painting the bathroom door and window frames, priming the ceiling, and hanging the medicine cabinet.
It felt so good to do something […]
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms | 1 Comment
The other night my friend Deirdre was rhapsodizing about the therapeutic qualities of white primer - how it means the messy, unpleasant part of the job (the sanding and scraping and hole-filling) is over.
Also, I added, it covers up a multitude of sins and creates a bright, blank canvas (and if I could’ve thought […]
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Baby It's Cold | 12 Comments
I don’t ask for much in life - just a roof over my head, a car that runs, at least one pair of red shoes, fancy bakery cake once a year, my way in everything, the love of a good man (and dog and cats) … and last but not least, a leisurely hot […]
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms | 4 Comments
This is my attempt to be cheerful. I’ve had a run of depressing and/or dramatic posts lately, and however legitimate the drama, I think I’ve lost myself a little in all the stress.
So I’m reintroducing myself to you all. Here I am during an afternoon of sanding the bathroom ceiling drywall this Saturday, before […]
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Bathrooms, Mr. and Mrs. | 6 Comments
The real purpose of the Work Day Club is not - as some would suggest - to use the appealing aroma of cheap liquor to lure friends into a nefarious plot to save a buck. We have work parties for the same reason people used to have barn raisings and husking bees - if […]
