In March we bought a house and thought it logical to also live there. So we moved, leaving behind a stellar rental townhouse that I’d lived in for nearly five years, longer than I’d lived in any one domicile since the house I’d grown up in. It was a great place that I was sad [...]
23Aug10
Wasps do not like lawnmowers
So I was mowing my lawn, sweating profusely in the humid, 90-degree south that I for some reason decided to buy a house and mow a lawn in, when I realized I was surrounded by swarming, angry insects. Two weeks previous, I had endured a moderately painful horsefly bite whilst performing the same chore and [...]
5Aug10
Watch out for snakes!
Hey, look what I found in my basement! Gosh, that’s right, it’s a snake skin! In my house! Which is just where I want snakes to be! I haven’t seen its owner. I think Artie has. He’s been acting weird for days and sitting downstairs near where I found the skin as if waiting for [...]
Couldn’t I live without this cracking, yellowed kitchen device of dubious purpose?
A consequence of buying a house is that my sense of what constitutes “expensive” is totally out of whack. Context: we talked about getting a gas oven. We don’t need this per se, but would like it, and figure it’s a good investment to get something really good that will be used daily. The stove [...]
The number two thing you have to do new you get a house is sign a whole lot of stuff you only mostly understand. (The number one thing you have to do is be willing to get into staggering debt.) And you sign knowing that every word in every paragraph was written to protect someone [...]
3Feb10
Making the first post count
Three pieces of news. 1. Got engaged. 2. Bought a house. Details to come on both of those fronts. 3. But the big news is: I’ve changed blogging platforms. I’ll be here from now on. Find all the older stuff on LiveJournal.
