And On To The Next
My time frame for moving out of the Memorial House and on to the next project has always been roughly around the end of October,
My time frame for moving out of the Memorial House and on to the next project has always been roughly around the end of October,
It’s been about five months since I moved out of the last garage I lived in and into an actual house. I might have made
Taking on a project the size and scope of “building a house” has some interesting side effects. There are the ones you would expect, like
It’s not going to be too long before outdoor work is going to require three layers of long-underwear and my awesome (yet gender neutralizing) Carhartt
For those of you who don’t know, one of the character traits I’ve developed in recent years is compulsively buying new houses. Usually just about
Okay, yes, I do have a slightly unhealthy attachment to my drill. I admit it. Just like I admit you probably shouldn’t get me within
Let me just say that not much could top the finish and luxury of the half-inch plywood that has been standing in place of counters
This week has been unsurprisingly crazy, even though the appraisal on the house has been pushed back to next week. Here’s a quick look at
An interesting thing happened over the last week or two… the house all of the sudden resembles what I’ve been picturing in my head since
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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