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Of Boxes and Other Things
As I sit here, waiting for my steam mop to heat, I watch the Apple Dumpling Gang, as they cavort and roughhouse with each other. They are so big now – 25+ lbs and 18 weeks – and it seems … Continue reading
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Demovation 2018- Phase 1, Day 4
Hangries & Stress The new grinding discs the crew arrived with were apparently working extremely well, based on the pictures The Hubs sent me. I tried very hard not to notice the layers, that’s plural, of dust everywhere. Don’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Concrete, Dust, Hangries, Home, stress
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Fair Wind and Following Seas, Sailor
About my Bonus-Dad, death and dying. Continue reading
Demovation 2018 – Phase 1, Day 3
Stress & Chaos In The House Of Dust Somehow, probably on Sunday during the Great Move Out, I pulled a muscle in my neck. By the evening of Day 2, I could barely turn my head. I’d slept on my … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, college station, Dust, Housekeeping, stress
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Demovation 2018 – Phase 1, Day 2
All Come From Dust, And To Dust All Return So this is what Day 1 was supposed to be like! The Hubs sent me pictures throughout the day of the progress. Bless his heart, he works from home and had … Continue reading
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Demovation 2018 – Phase 1, Day 1
Sort Of… Well, not much to report about Day 1. The concrete polishing company had some difficulties, so they were unable to start Monday. They assured me that this isn’t an issue for meeting the deadline of completion. I’ve been … Continue reading
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Demovation 2018 – Phase 1 Prep
Twelve Years of Accumulation I’d like to think we were smart about this whole demovation project. We planned on doing the downstairs first, as it would create the most amount of dust and disruption. Ripping out tile is not, by … Continue reading
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Demovation 2018 – The Planning Phase
How Snowballs Are Formed Early July, 2018. With much glee, I eagerly heard the words I’d been dying to hear for a few years issue forth from the usually sarcastic mouth of The Hubs- “Let’s replace the flooring upstairs.” I … Continue reading
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Hurricane Harvey – The Free Market Volunteers
I saw a post on Facebook yesterday morning that really rubbed me the wrong way. It essentially said something to the effect of “which will be better for the victims of Hurricane Harvey to recover: Socialism or the Free Market?” … Continue reading
The Standoff – A Letter to the Spoiled Dogs
We will do what it takes to make you happy, to make you want to eat, but you need to meet us halfway. And you haven’t. So I am done. We are at what is politely known as a standoff. Continue reading
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Tagged Annie, bulldogs, Coal, dogs, Love, musings, parenting, sanity, Spoiled Dogs
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The Stark Truth 