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A “New” Year Indeed!
Well, just a few things to add before the old year goes out…this one coming in is certainly sparkly and new. A (mostly) new kitchen that just needs a bit of grout and sealant on the backsplash pebbles to complete it (tomorrow the grout goes on). Yesterday my new computer monitor (Christmas present) arrived (30″ Mac Cinema). Now that is…
Read more »An interesting year, a fascinating decade
It’s been an interesting year, and a fascinating decade. The past decade brought a lot of things. I distinctly recall standing in line at Home Depot the week before New Years in 1999 and the fellow in front of us turning and saying “That’s smart, you’ll still be able to cook when everything comes to a halt at midnight YSK”…
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Stewards of the Land, My A$$
I don’t get it. The city needs to widen the causeway through Stanley Park and the entire city is up in arms because 22 trees are to be removed. In a park with over half a million trees (OK a lot less since the windstorm), 22 trees at the edge of the road are a minor issue. And I think…
Read more »And there you have it…the 12 hour kitchen makeover!
Well, who’da thunk it! Brian and Kevin came in at 8:30 this morning…. worked through the day, the new counters arrived at about 3:30pm… they installed the faucets and the on-demand hot water system… reinstalled the cabinet doors..and breezed out. We put the kitchen back in the kitchen (all the stuff that was sitting in the living room) and tidied…
Read more »Counters are here!
Here they come! And there they are! Next step…tiling, the pass-through, and get the plumbing, faucets etc in….
Read more »And here comes the new kitchen……
OK, so the kitchen renovation is finally and fully underway. We got the new appliances a few weeks ago and have been waiting for the sink to arrive. Now that it showed up, the granite guy was able to come in and do measurements and they should arrive shortly…like in the next hour. Our builder has been here today tearing…
Read more »365 Day Challenge
So how do you improve at anything. You practice. So with that in mind, I think I’m going to try to do a 365 day photo challenge. I’ve noticed people doing it on Flickr, and I’ve been thinking about it for awhile. The challenge part of the challenge is only with myself, although maybe if I find a good group…
Read more »Black-eyed Santa
Do you have any of those bizarre things in your family that really don’t deserve to be around anymore, but that you just can’t quite rid yourself of for one reason or another? For me, that’s Black-eyed Santa. When I was growing up we had this plastic Santa tree-topper. At some point, the bulb inside touched and scorched the plastic…
Read more »Scuttling her own ship
I wish I knew why some students choose to cheat. I suppose they do it for different reasons. Some are lazy and think they can get away with it. They probably think teachers have no time to check every paper and are playing a game of roulette. And I suppose others get completely overwhelmed by their workload and don’t manage…
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