Posted in house on Jan 10th, 2008
Mike is convinced that I will someday burn the house down and the fire will start in the kitchen. And he’s probably right. Not because I’m a bad cook but because I’m a bit absent minded and don’t always think things through the way I should.
Last night I realized that while the stove top looked […]
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Posted in personal, house on Jan 7th, 2008
Tonight we got the counter offer on the farm we want. It was a totally reasonable counter, nothing surprising, nothing out of line. We meet with our agent tomorrow afternoon to decide our next move. Do we counter their counter? Accept it? What? I guess we won’t know until tomorrow comes around.
So far this process has […]
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Posted in baking, house on Jan 6th, 2008
We did it. We made an actual offer this afternoon. Of course it’s likely to be countered and it’s contingent on a whole slew of things including well, septic and home inspections and the sale of our house. But hopefully we’ll be able to come to an agreement, the new home will pass muster and […]
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Posted in personal, house on Dec 22nd, 2007
We’ve found the house we want and we’re working out that side of the deal. I don’t want to jinx it so I won’t be posting anything about it here until it’s a done deal. However, the flip side of finding the house we want is that we have to sell the house we have.
Starting […]
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Posted in personal, house, dogs, daily photo on Nov 23rd, 2007
I’ve got a lot to say about our local Thanksgiving, I just want to think on it a bit before saying it. In the meantime, can you tell what’s wrong with this picture?
Do you see it? That missing piece of pipe is because I once again forgot that I’ve got an industrial strength garbage disposal combined with a mix […]
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Posted in locavore, house, dogs on Sep 15th, 2007
Don’t always work out. I had my whole day today planned around going up to Mt Vernon to attend the round table about eating locally. And then life got in the way. Our elderly dog Sam has been a bit under the weather all week, but didn’t seem really ill. Then he threw up yesterday […]
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Posted in urban chickens, house, gardens, dogs on Apr 19th, 2007
So it’s been too long since my last post. I’ve got to get better about this! I owe photos when I get a chance. So, here’s the news.
Lucy started laying, so all 4 girls are now keeping us in eggs. Lucy’s are a dark reddish brown.
Phyllis and the chicks went to Denise’s house at the […]
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