Brad, we got a new mattress for your room! (Brad has spent the past 14 years sleeping on a crummy full-size mattress in his room when he comes to visit. It was given to us – used – when we lived in Maryland.) Unfortunately, the stairwell is very small in one little area. When Lloyd [...]
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Off the deep end
April 20, 2010
This crazy house has become a museum dedicated to the idea of “That would be funny. Let’s do it!” That will probably have to change someday, but not yet. Case in point: Beth had an UppercaseLiving party a couple of weeks ago where you can order vinyl words for your walls, and while I love [...]
Spring Cleaning
April 17, 2010
Today was the day that you can take your appliances and electronics to a collection site to be secretly crated up and shipped to China recycled. We took full advantage of the day, because since we bought the new stove, our entryway has looked like this: It’s really quite amazing how one can get completely [...]
Snug as a bug
February 15, 2010
So, Lloyd said that I had to use the “what’s weird about the living room” post yesterday so that I could show you our new rug today. Yes, there’s a new rug in the house! The youth group at church had a very nice spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise money for their trip [...]
An odd effect
February 12, 2010
Lauren peeled the “help, I’m stuck in a castle” applique from the bedroom windows a few months ago, but someone forgot to tell nature.
Stupid toilet lever
February 11, 2010
This is the fake opening line in case the computer freaks out again and doesn’t show it. You haven’t wasted that much time reading this, so move along. This was supposed to be an easy post to write. I was going to tell the amusing story about how one of my errands in Lincoln this [...]



June 20, 2010
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