Moving to Detroit
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Domicile | 1 Comment »Last week I heard a pair of reports about Detroit on NPR and as usual it hit my soft spot for the Motor City. I spent Saturday morning checking in on Detroit sites (like the incredible parenting/photography/urban living blog Sweet ...
Firewood for Charity
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »Today I borrowed a truck and drove up to Wyoming, Minn., to pick up some firewood. Despite my disdain for the helplessness of Craigslist, I went there looking for firewood and came across this ad of two kids selling firewood ...
Turned on the Heat Today
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »I broke down today and turned on the heat. Milo's sniffles and an inside temperature of 63 degrees seemed like a combination for bad parenting. Currently the thermostat is set for 67 (aka the cheapskate setting) and it feels nice ...
I Like My Fake Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | 2 Comments »We put up our Christmas tree last week. I'm risking blasphemy here, but I like fake Christmas trees better than real ones. Growing up we always had real Christmas trees. On the day after Thanksgiving we loaded into the truck, drove ...
Bring on the Heat
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | 1 Comment »I turned the heat on today. I blame Lexi. She's borderline sick today and keeping the house at 61 degrees doesn't seem very wise. Though all things considered, it's the second latest date we've turned on the heat: 2008: October 16 ...
We Installed a Picket Fence
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »Last weekend my father-in-law and I installed a picket fence. Well, maybe I should say he installed it and I helped. I don't exactly know what I'm doing with projects like that, and he definitely does. But I do have ...
Twitter, Moving, History & Art
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Art, Blogging, Domicile, Family, History | No Comments »Blogging has definitely slowed lately. I blame Twitter—I've been enjoying its strength as a place to make temporary, pithy comments that don't require much time or thought investment. Maybe that says something about how valuable/worthless my Twitter posts are, though ...
Rummagepalooza ‘08
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »This weekend we had our massive rummage sale. This weekend it snowed. That's the way it goes sometimes (though not usually in April). It rained and snowed and blowed all day Saturday, so we had to set up inside. We had rummage ...
My House is Broken; or I’m Inept at Home Improvement
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | 6 Comments »My house hates me. Since we moved in last April things have been systematically breaking. The guys who installed our washer and dryer hooked them up wrong. Didn't help that I didn't properly install the drain hose on the first try. ...
Furnace Out in January
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Domicile | 1 Comment »Our furnace went out last night. It was two degrees outside and 60 degrees in our living room when I went to bed. We brought Lexi upstairs to sleep with us. This morning it's one degree above zero outside and 50 ...
