http://1902victorian.com/blog Home renovation at the speed of sludge Thu, 15 May 2008 19:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On my last post about Stanley the Charming Stray, my sister commented, "are you keeping him? huh?? huh???" The answer is ... I still don't know. Truth is I'm frozen - I don't know whether to seek out his nonexistent-or-worse owners or to assume he is a stray and ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/05/stanley-the-continuing-saga.html For about a week, a dog has been hanging around our backyard, sleeping in the cool dirt underneath the shed and mostly staying out of sight. Another dog - a yellow Lab with a collar - was hanging around with him and barked at Darwin when we came out ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/05/pet-project.html And just like that, my mid-20s crisis is waning. It always happens that way for me - I'll be all in my head obsessed with something, and then I talk (or write) out all the details, and immediately the angst starts dissipating. It helps that this weekend was the sort ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/05/a-fresh-breeze.html I'm having a mid-20s crisis. I've been realizing lately that at two months shy of 27 years old, I've had surprisingly few periods in my life when I could say "Whateva, I do what I want," like Cartman on my favorite episode of South Park. And suddenly - now ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/05/whateva-i-do-what-i-want.html The good news: I'm feeling more at peace about quitting my job. I'm that much closer to the reality of leaving - I've even started cleaning up my disaster area of an office and my haphazard mass quantities of computer files. And I spent $52 filling up my car ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/04/the-tide-is-high.html 1 part terror (abject is best) 1 part relief 1 part excitement 1 part sadness Shake well and serve. I quit my job today. We all knew if/when the costume website started doing well enough, I would no longer have time for what essentially amounts to two full-time jobs, and of the two, the ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/04/a-change-cocktail.html We've been having trouble with the gutter over the back steps since we moved in, which was more than three years ago now. Twice already, Darwin has installed temporary fixes to delay the inevitable gutter replacement, but for the past few months whenever it rains, it pours - literally. ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/04/the-gutter-of-doom.html I'm traveling so much lately that my one-at-a-time unlimited Netflix plan is going completely to waste. In the past month, I've been to Munich and Las Vegas, and I'm leaving tomorrow for Louisville, Kentucky. Not that I'm complaining. Okay, maybe I'm complaining a little. My first trip was fun, ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/03/on-the-road-again.html Thanks for all your helpful and wise comments, though I'm still totally conflicted on this issue. My friend and I were discussing it this morning, and she pointed out the similarities between the Torso Situation and the Motorcycle Situation. I didn't want Darwin to have a motorcycle. They're dangerous, ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/03/konflikt-continues.html There's been drama in the 1902 Victorian house of late. I came back home from Germany with something that's made Darwin a bit unhappy - a pen pal of the male persuasion. We met Thorsten (pronounced Torsten) late on our first night in Germany at the Hard Rock Cafe. He ... http://1902victorian.com/blog/2008/03/konflikt.html