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Welcome To The Jungle…er…Forest

Good morning everyone! Today’s the day! The sun is shining, the tank is clean- Wait no, that’s Finding Nemo. And I just dropped my allergy pill on the floor and it rolled into a spiderweb. Joy. It’s supposed to be seventy-seven degrees today. You know what that means?...
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A Wedding In Middlesex County

So, now that we’ve finally started to get settled in (yes, it has taken over three weeks) we’ve started planning something else. No, not a future antique business, not a thriving restaurant (which I can promise you is not happening. Been there done that got that t-shirt). No,...
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A Dustland Moving Tale

So, the day after our move and we survived the night between learning the strange sounds of the heater coming on and the plastic sheets over the doors blowing in the warm air. Apparently you can hear the cats eating very clearly in the master bedroom and the...
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The Heat Is On

All praise the giant shiny octopus in the attic we have heat! Warmth flows through the upstairs, we don’t have to wear four layers of clothing to work, and we’re not terrified of spending the rest of the cold weather in the house thanks to Redlaw Mechanical. The...
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We’re As Cold As Ice

So in the past few weeks we’ve been working our butts off (well, mostly Mom and Dad because I work most weekends) to get the house ready for us to move in by the end of February. So that means walls have gone up, electrical has gone in,...
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Rock Down To Electric Avenue

Guess what, guess what? I got to work on the house some more! Yes! Those were basically my New Years Day plans, go to the house with mom and dad because we all had the day off. Our main task, electrical. Zap zap. My biggest foray into the...
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of…Leaks?)

Ah, old houses. You relish in their charm, explore their personalities, and love them for their flaws. Well, some of their flaws. The inexpensive flaws. The past couple of weeks have been somewhat trying between several leaks found in the roof and a rather cat attributed smell coming...
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Rockin’ Around The Rubble Piles

What’s this? Is this, me, at the house? You mean I got a weekend day off? It was! I got to do work things at my favorite place last Sunday thanks to convenient scheduling at my job (a rare thing this close to Christmas). So, since I was...
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Walking In A Drywall Wonderland

Well there hasn’t been much going on aside from demo, more demo, and more demo. Well, there’s been rain too I suppose but that’s been rather uninteresting in terms of blogging. Also, I’ve been working all weekend every weekend and haven’t been able to be around to kick...
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