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Friday, December 31st, 2004
posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Clawfoot | 2 Comments
The clawfoot tub is home! My dad picked it up for us and brought it to our house. It is now sitting in the newly cleaned-out storage building, just waiting till we can get the time to actually work on the bathroom. It’s looking like the tub will be waiting quite a while. I’ve been [...]
Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
We have no children, at least ones that don’t have ginger fur and a vocabulary of two words – meooow and mrrrp. But I’ve noticed our house has begun to fill the place children take up in parents’ lives. It’s the thing we talk about even when we “get away” for dinner, the thing we [...]
Monday, December 27th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
A chick from the Birmingham News talked to us a few weeks ago about a story she was writing on affordable old houses in the region where we live. Guess we didn’t make it into the story, but it’s still an interesting read. We live in an area known as the Black Belt, a swath [...]
Sunday, December 26th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Exterior, Family | 3 Comments
We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at my parents’ house. D gave me a wonderfully comfy desk chair, and Mom and Dad got me an antique replica telephone (so cute!). But the best present was from my talented sister. She created a miniature replica of our house from balsawood. It’s about 4 1/2 inches [...]
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
posted by K | filed under History, Mysteries | Leave a Comment
I have a sore throat. I stayed home sick from work, and when I felt better in the afternoon, I decided to take the opportunity to finally do some research on our house at the courthouse. It was remarkably easy to find our tax card and then look up the previous deed in a big [...]
Monday, December 20th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Yesterday we did absolutely nothing all day long. I never even changed out of my nightgown. How are we ever going to get our house stuff accomplished (and resurrect this blog) if we lay around in our pajamas all day? I don’t know. We watched two old movies on TMC – In the Good Ole [...]