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
This is like something you do in 8th grade shop class, but since it only took leftover recycling cabinet materials and an hour, who’s complaining?
Generally speaking, neither Hell nor high water can keep me away from my projects (And I’ve had both in my basement… can anyone say, sewer backup?
Recently a certain adorable boy that I know decided to institute a “lifestyle change” in this house. I’m obviously in the middle of several of
There’s a couple of things I can say about spending eight straight hours with my power tools: 1.) My right bicep is trying to figure
There is just something about asking your body to readjust it’s internal clock twelve hours into the future and then bombarding it with heavily polluted
That’s usually a statement that precedes my slamming on my brakes, and occasionally the squeal of tires before the sound of metal and glass becoming
My Grandma stopped into work today. I’ll tell you– without false modestly– that I come from some Grade A stock. Mamie is a short walk
I don’t care what you say, whether or not you’re a dog lover, or if you think I’m well on my way to becoming
There are a couple of design issues that occur in an 80 year old house. One of them is that there are no open spaces.
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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