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April, 2008

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Redeeming myself, yet again.

Enough talk about basket-ball shaped heads already. MysteryMan often gives me the “what else do you have to do??” line, which he may be right about when I can spent…

April 30, 2008 | 5 Comments | Read the Full Article

In desperate need of shedding a few pounds.

I am not the type of female who obsesses over my weight. For a good part of my life this was probably due to good genes, a thyroid that runs…

April 27, 2008 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Another reason why boobs are singularly annoying appendages.

(aka The Death of a Dremmel) This is now the third time my breasts have tested the limits of my dremmel, and this time, they won. Black and Decker… you…

April 24, 2008 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

DIY and the TV

I recently had an email conversation that sparked some thoughts about the love/hate relationship between my DIY Philosophy and the television. First of all, if I’m watching the TV, I’m not…

April 21, 2008 | 5 Comments | Read the Full Article

Thoreau on Loneliness

I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake, I pray? And yet…

April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Eat Happy: Grilled Corn & French Onions

Hey, it’s two recipes for the price of one! This is in honor of the fact that it’s been above fifty degrees here for a whole week (almost). Today it…

April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Suprised I still own all ten toes.

I received this comment yesterday on this post and it made me laugh: DIYD, Mowing a telephone wire!?! That’s a new one! We’ve heard concern about running over the cord…

April 15, 2008 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

He’s Getting Older.

At dinner last night. Stepmother: LittleFish is learning about the “birds and the bees” in school this year. Me: Really? LittleFish: <Heaves a big sigh.> Yeah, and not the kind…

April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

This man is smarter than I am.

This picture is appropriate because it looks like MysteryMan could be either reading or praying, two things that both of us will be doing a fair amount of in the…

April 10, 2008 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Redemption

Mother nature decided to cut us a break here in Ohio, and the last four days have been so beautiful I almost feel human again. MysteryMan and I even ate…

Not the kind of girl your mom wants you to bring home for supper.

What does it mean, being a girl while simultaneously being a powertool wielding badass? I can tell you this. Being a girl will often mean that people will tell you…

Recycling Cabinet Progress Overseen by Harold the Critic

I’ve been letting an idea about the lid for my recycling cabinet marinate in my brain for a little while. Do you ever get the feeling that your brain is smarter than…

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