I must have been in some sort of painting groove yesterday because after I finished with the bathroom closet I started on one of our hallways closets. We have two closets in the upstairs hallway. One is a large linen closet, which I painted a long, long time ago. The other is a closet that [...]
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No, I am not revealing my secret life as painter, I was actually painting closets yesterday. Before we moved into the house last year, we painted every room in the place except for the downstairs bathroom (which we plan to demo to the studs) and the front entry hall. We also did not paint any [...]
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For my “categories” choices, I put my last several posts under “holiday” as well as a few other things. But I never got around to mentioning in the posts that the long weekend was due to Memorial Day. And I didn’t mention it because I am more than a little ashamed of myself that I [...]
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This flower is new to us this year. It’s called Scabiosa, I think. Pretty purple flowers. S picked it out. She’s very good at choosing plants. I’m better at choosing bushes, maybe. At best, we compliment one another.
It was a stunningly beautiful weekend here in northeast Ohio. The warm weather allowed us to spend a [...]
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There is a new obsession here in the Renovations household. It started a couple of years ago when we played a game at S’s parents house. We thought about the game a lot and then finally asked S’s dad, Mr. S, to make the game for us, which he did and gave it to us [...]
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Here at the Renovations house, we love the long weekends.
Since we didn’t go anywhere or get invited to a single damned picnic* we found ourselves with plenty of time to catch up on household chores.
Like changing the fixture on our front motion detector light. The old one was busted when Mr. S someone tossed ice [...]
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Me: I cannot believe we weren’t invited to any picnics.
S: Well, you don’t like being around people. The last picnic we were invited to, you didn’t want to go.
Me: But I went anyway.
S: But you threw a tantrum on the way.
Me: Yes, but I did go. Besides, it’s only a tantrum if one is 4 years old. [...]
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I am not a hockey fan. But like with college basketball, I am a finals fan. “Win or go home” is about all I can get into when the sport plays more than fifty games. Same with baseball. I can focus my attention during playoffs, but anything before that is just a waste because there [...]
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On May 10th I put the Scott’s Patchmaster on two big bald spots and one little spot in my backyard. You can check out the pictures here.
I’ve been patiently waiting for the grass to grow. I kind of expected some amazing growth after just one day like that grass seed they are selling in the tv infomercials [...]
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I just came across this little news nugget on the Channel 19 news website:
WOIO May 21, 2008 9:13 am
TOUGHER GRASS CUTTING FINE IN CANTON GETS QUICK CRITICISM
CANTON, Ohio (AP) – A proposal to stiffen the penalty in Canton for homeowners who don’t mow their grass has gotten a critical response from near and far.
The proposal [...]
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