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We don’t use the “C” word in this house.

Yesterday MysteryMan and I were working out the logistics of having a bigass piece of replacement glass delivered to the Memorial House. Apparently glass delivery isn’t like FedEx delivery. You…

October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

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…

The pinacle of self-restraint.

So, Saturday I am at Hope Depot for my weekly sawdust therapy session. and because I love Hope Depot I try not to get unreasonably angry at them when they…

January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Typical.

 In a typical week: I spend between 15-20 hours working on some project or another, unless I’ve got a major overhaul going on somewhere in the house. I read at least…

January 12, 2008 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

My Red Lipstick

I recently read an excerpt from a book called something like “Why I wore lipstick to my masectomy surgery.” If that one chapter was so incredibly profound, I can only imagine what…

August 1, 2005 | 0 Comments | Read the Full Article

The Crooked Kitchen

Academically speaking, I know that the walls in my house aren’t straight. I mean, anything we’ve tried to do that requires straight walls– marking off stripes for the dining room,…

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