Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
Free Shredding of Legal Documents
Last week one of the fine upstanding officers of the law decided that the six mph I was driving over the speed limit was recklessly endangering the other drivers on the expressway. All one of them. It was a slow day for
Miscellany
First, MysteryMan stole back his camera for unknown purposes before I could get the baby miniature donkey pictures off of it… an now he insists on having a actual life that includes actually doing things and by the time I see him
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 have met your demise. No, I haven’t totally lost it. I can
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 of (non cordless) electric mowers but not phone wires! As for safety,
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 outside on the patio last night, and I didn’t have to wear
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 that you can’t do things. Sometimes it’s a straightforward telling and sometimes
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 you are? Sounds like a contradiction, I know, but a lot of
Answers to the most commonly googled questions.
I like to play a little game with this blog… I look at all of the google searches that bring people to this site, and then I guess whether or not they shouted obscenities at their monitor while they tried to figure
Recycling Cabinet: Side panels
First, I have to say it’s my lucky day, since I was just informed that I won a salt lamp from the giveaway over at aimeeroo.com! It seems like something perfect for my office here, as I need all the wellness I
One Hour Mystery Project
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? The project started with 51″ of scrap pine: Followed by 8 cuts: And my new favorite method
Houston, we have framing.
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? Ugh.) though apparently an excess of mucous can stop me dead in my tracks. Instead of spending
Mitered Corners & Other Things
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 those right now (more on that later) but this particular change was manifesting itself in such a
Looks like someplace you could work in…
Let’s go back in time to September of 2007, when the office looked like this: Mmmm, stained wood floors, walls and trim painted a dirty white, and some very ugly and uneven shelves on the walls. By October the floors at least
Crookedbroom Marathon
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 out what the hell just happened to it, as it hasn’t had a workout that good in,
Free Shredding of Legal Documents
Last week one of the fine upstanding officers of the law decided that the six mph I was driving over the speed limit was recklessly endangering the other drivers on the expressway. All one of them. It was a slow day for
Miscellany
First, MysteryMan stole back his camera for unknown purposes before I could get the baby miniature donkey pictures off of it… an now he insists on having a actual life that includes actually doing things and by the time I see him
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 have met your demise. No, I haven’t totally lost it. I can
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 of (non cordless) electric mowers but not phone wires! As for safety,
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 outside on the patio last night, and I didn’t have to wear
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 that you can’t do things. Sometimes it’s a straightforward telling and sometimes
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 you are? Sounds like a contradiction, I know, but a lot of
Answers to the most commonly googled questions.
I like to play a little game with this blog… I look at all of the google searches that bring people to this site, and then I guess whether or not they shouted obscenities at their monitor while they tried to figure
Recycling Cabinet: Side panels
First, I have to say it’s my lucky day, since I was just informed that I won a salt lamp from the giveaway over at aimeeroo.com! It seems like something perfect for my office here, as I need all the wellness I
One Hour Mystery Project
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? The project started with 51″ of scrap pine: Followed by 8 cuts: And my new favorite method
Houston, we have framing.
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? Ugh.) though apparently an excess of mucous can stop me dead in my tracks. Instead of spending
Mitered Corners & Other Things
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 those right now (more on that later) but this particular change was manifesting itself in such a
Looks like someplace you could work in…
Let’s go back in time to September of 2007, when the office looked like this: Mmmm, stained wood floors, walls and trim painted a dirty white, and some very ugly and uneven shelves on the walls. By October the floors at least
Crookedbroom Marathon
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 out what the hell just happened to it, as it hasn’t had a workout that good in,
