Tag Archives: House

Ow. Ow. Ow.

3/12/2007 – 4:06 pm

I’ve spent years at a desk job and very little in the way of extra-curricular activity, so I’m not in the best shape of my life. In fact, I’m in pretty poor shape. I’m grateful that my doctor was diplomatic about it when I had my 40-year-old physical last week. [...]

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Ikea

9/19/2005 – 2:29 pm

Susan and I have been doing some furniture shopping here and there, looking for some new dressers for our bedroom, and a new couch for our family room. We had looked at a couple of different places, looking for some good deals, and trying to decide if we might want to get some “naked” dressers and do the stain and finish ourselves. [...]

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Any day now

7/8/2005 – 12:09 pm

Any day now, we will have a new life to watch over. The doctor’s estimated due date is July 18, but there’s no real accuracy to those predictions. The baby is engaged, so it will probably be pretty soon. [...]

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There’s no place like home

4/25/2005 – 12:38 pm

Faced with foot-high grass in our back yard and a no-show lawn service, we bought a lawn-mower this weekend. Yesterday, I spent about three hours (including a couple of water breaks and a fuel refill) beating the grass into submission. When all was said and done, our lawn was looking pretty nice.

I’m really glad that we spent the extra money for a self-propelled mower. [...]

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