Monday, October 31st, 2005

Disco Fever

posted by K | filed under Eutaw, Extracurricular, Society | 3 Comments

Happy Halloween! We disco’ed the night away on Saturday at our neighbors’ Halloween party. We never could find ’70s characters we wanted to be, so we just went with a general sparkly disco theme. We had so much fun getting ready. I couldn’t get my false eyelashes on straight, so I asked D to help, [...]

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Cardboard Window Treatments

posted by K | filed under Extreme Temps, Finds, Pets | 12 Comments

Last night as I sat on the couch with my smoochies (thats code for “cats” at our house), I had a moment of inspiration. The living room has three windows, one directly behind the sofa. I noticed as I curled up under two blankets and two cats, my shoulders still kept getting chilly. You know, [...]

Friday, October 28th, 2005

Appraisal Schmappraisal

posted by K | filed under Attic | 4 Comments

In case you missed it in the comments on my first post on insulation, John gave this helpful advice: I used to do appraisals, and some appraisers either: mis-measure the house and come up with the wrong square footage, some use the courthouse records for the square footage (which may be wrong or 40 years [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Insulation Questions

posted by K | filed under Extreme Temps | 4 Comments

I thought about it some more, and I don’t think we’ll hire a pro to do the insulation, whether we want to or not. Seems like every bill on the planet came due this month … insurance, car tags, etc. $200 here, $200 there. I suggested to Darwin that we don’t have to do the [...]

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

3,000 Square Feet of Insulation

posted by K | filed under Extreme Temps | 9 Comments

D went under the house today to evaluate the insulation situation. The last time we looked, it was (I think) around this time last year, and we noted the house was partially insulated under the floor with fiberglass batting. Since then, we’ve been planning to finish out the insulation. Another winter is fast approaching, with [...]

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Farewell, Sweet Slippers

posted by K | filed under Demolition | 8 Comments

Last week I retired this year’s set of house slippers. My slippers get abused and overworked. They’re intended to keep toes toasty, and that’s about it. But my slippers live a life of “scandal and passion.” They climb ladders, collect the mail, bash ceramic tile, demolish walls, plant flowers, spray paint oven doors, glue shingles [...]

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