Our open house is today, and we hope plenty of prospective buyers will show up. Our old friend Brian Rice recommended that we should have…
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Our open house is today, and we hope plenty of prospective buyers will show up. Our old friend Brian Rice recommended that we should have…
Well, it’s official. Our house is on the market. There’s a “For Sale” sign in front. We’ve been very happy here. It’s hard to think…
We are making an offer on a house today. I don’t want to reveal too many details for fear of jinxing things, so suffice it…
I’ve put a lot of my heart and soul into our old house. Xy has too. So I thought it would be painful to contemplate…
I was surprised to discover this morning that our one-way street had reversed direction overnight. Well, it wasn’t a big surprise really. The city had…
I was feeling pretty good yesterday as my remediation work went according to plan. Here’s four photos that show the transition from flaking lead-based paint,…
I’d like to take a moment to salute all the teachers of the world who work so hard for our children. You rock! Today is…
I’m pretty attached to our old tub. I much prefer a bath to a shower. I find it much more relaxing — therapeutic even. When…
Problem: When ACORN did lead-paint remediation on our house, they missed one small area around our front door. The lead-based paint that remains there is…
We got the results of our lead test from last Friday. Check out the complete report (PDF) for all the gory details, but I am…
This house didn’t have a light in the stairwell when we bought it, but we had one installed during our post-Katrina rebuild. After a year…
Despite our efforts, despite testing our water, despite an extensive lead abatement program conducted on our house by ACORN, we got word yesterday afternoon that…
Lots of stuff going on lately, and so little time to write. The days slip away uncounted. I can’t stand that. So here are some…
I woke to the sound of a cat vomiting. Then I discovered the girl’s diaper (Huggie’s Overnight) had sprung a leak and there was a…
It’s been a little over five years since I started blogging here in earnest. I thought this would be a simple extension of the journal-writing…
Slowly, I am at last making progress on painting our deck. I stained it (blue) years ago, after we bought the house. Last summer, the…
So we got a new range to replace our ancient fire hazard. A few gotchas along the way. The old stove was 36″ wide. Most…
There’s nothing I want to do on New Year’s Eve except run around the Christmas-tree bonfire on Orleans Avenue. New Year’s Eve is usually a…
We’re extremely fortunate that we did not burn down the house last night. Xy had just made a couple trays of her famous pseudo-enchiladas. She…