Monthly Archives: March 2024

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It’s always something.

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We had a terrible rain and wind storm two weeks ago. It wasn’t a N’or Easter but with 65 mph gusts and power outages it might as well have been.

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When the power went out, I plopped myself down and read a book.

And watched the shingles on our roof flap.

That’s always fun.

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Not.

My husband spent the next day on the roof replacing those we’d lost. Homeownership is a bitch.

Shortly after, his Harley returned from the shop.

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Again

$1,500 later…

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He’s sputtering about selling and I think he might finally be ready to let her go this time.

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Random ridiculousness.

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Yes, my friends are still sending me not at all helpful furniture suggestions.

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Just…

No.

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I may not want that weird couch, but I totally want a croissant dinosaur.

Yes I do.

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Worst. Coffee. Mug.

Ever!

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As seen while out shopping with a girlfriend.

Epic oops.

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Can furniture fabric get any uglier?

Damn.

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Now that looks like a riveting read.

Not.

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Required shot of His Lordship doing his best vampire impression.

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Before and after….

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Our new flooring is (90%) done so I thought you might like to see a few before and afters.

Keep in mind the before shots don’t show how truly terrible and worn out the old Berber carpet really was.

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Before.

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After.

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Before.

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After.

(With a gaping hole on the upper right waiting for the new dining room set to arrive.)

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Before.

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After.

With the same empty space on the left.

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Before.

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After.

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Another after from the empty dining space.

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Some of these after pictures don’t do it justice as the true color is hard to capture. It’s not as dark as it looks in some and has a much warmer tone in person.

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News you can’t use.

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And if you can use it?

I promise I’ll try not to judge…

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When I saw that picture I knew it was going to be good bad.

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Please note the author of the article’s name. That can’t be a coincide….

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Buzz Lightyear was iconic. His original name? Not so much.

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Lunar Larry wouldn’t get anywhere near infinity and beyond.

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I’m confused.

Can naked dressing even be considered dressing?

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AI.

Those aren’t the only things it will get wrong.

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I’m with Kate.

Pass the Mac and cheese..

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Spring? Not quite….

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After almost a month of green grass and temps in the 50’s?

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We had a storm yesterday.

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It snowed all day and dumped 5 inches, which was fine…. but when it switched to sleet?

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We woke up to this….

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An ice covered world.

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Tree branches were drooping with it and we were lucky not to lose power as other Mainers did.

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It coated everything and while it’s pretty…

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It’s also harder to deal with than just snow.

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Ice ice baby.

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My fingers are crossed for some sun and melting today.

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These really are my people.

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The weird and wonderful things found at thrift stores page on Facebook really makes me laugh.

I have a girlfriend who loves to thrift and I’ve seen some odd things going with her, but these people take it to a whole new level.

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Perfect!

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Wow.

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Gallons of holy water would be necessary and I still wouldn’t feel safe.

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I’m speechless.

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Now that’s a spice drawer with attitude.

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Maniacal carrots can not be refused.

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🤣

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Cocktail hour quirks

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I’m happy to report my pickle algorithm seems to have taken a hike and in its place something a little closer to my heart has started popping up.

Although not all the recipes are good.

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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

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Yes, the Pillsbury doughboy is now sharing cocktail recipes with me. The world is a very strange place indeed.

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That doesn’t sound or look the least bit appealing.

I doubt it’s a very good idea in general either.

Ouch!

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Talk about your basic recipe. It’s like they’re not even trying.

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Cheers!

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A baseboard jigsaw puzzle.

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After the floor was laid and all the new moulding was stained, it was time to arrange the living room jigsaw puzzle.

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I say that because if you’ve ever stained multiple pieces of 10 foot moulding you’ll know they don’t all turn out the same due to variations in the wood.

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Same moulding. Same stain. Totally different grain.

This makes matching and blending a bit of a challenge.

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It had to match an existing door…

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And this slab under the cabinet.

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It’s not easy. And when you use up all the good pieces?

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You hide the bad ones behind a couch.

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Lord Dudley Mountcatten kept a close eye on the proceedings from his temporary perch on a stick vacuum I bought and then returned. You know what $249 gets you these days? A horrible piece of plastic junk.

Think I’ll have to suck it up… no pun intended… and buy a Dyson.

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Living room flooring – done!

Living room moulding – done!

All that was left was putting the room back together.

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After some serious cleaning that is.

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We have a new floor! Well, almost…

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Work on the living room floor is done!

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And once we got past a few (literal) speed bumps things went pretty smoothly.

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As I said before it’s a bit darker than I’d hoped..

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But we’re pleased nonetheless.

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A definite upgrade from that nasty old carpet.

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But like every project that’s undertaken at our cursed house, you know something had to go wrong.

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Hence the ‘almost’ in my blog title.

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We ran out of flooring right before the end. That’s the problem with plank flooring when you have to work a color pattern.

Oh well… it could be worse. We ordered one last box and it should be here in two weeks.

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