My bathroom, remodeled for less than $1,500. That kind of sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? HGTV’s Design on a Dime does it for under $1,000. To be fair, some of the investment went toward tools and paint rollers that I didn’t already have. And now I do, so I won’t have to buy themContinue reading “Voila”
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Downward dog
We had great fun training Isis at the park on Sunday. She still loves us even though we use the prong collar on her. When we returned, I set my camera bag on top of a 5-foot-tall dresser and it toppled over (the bag, not the dresser). It was unsnapped, and the camera fell out,Continue reading “Downward dog”
Home heat home
While reading an article advising people to stock up in preparation for a possible flu pandemic, I thought, “Ooh, wouldn’t that be nice, to be hunkered down at home with Rob and Isis, bottles of Gatorade and boxes of Kleenex.” It would help ensure my house doesn’t burn down anyway. I came home yesterday andContinue reading “Home heat home”
The Cover Up
For some reason I thought it would be easy to remove the rest of the golden (orange) tiles from my bathroom wall. Not the case. I just needed to get the 25 or so border tiles off, but the tiles are quite hard and the wall is quite soft, so you can imagine that asContinue reading “The Cover Up”
Don’t bring me down
Yesterday I woke up around 9, worked with the doggie on her leash, ate an English muffin and fell asleep on the couch watching home improvement shows. Rob came in at 12:30 or so, to ask me to help him take some measurements outside and says he stood there calling my name for a longContinue reading “Don’t bring me down”
Quiet on the Northwest Front
All alone at the office today. Shoulda brought Isis with me. Although she can be a little distracting, it woulda been a good opportunity to practice her first obedience lesson. She started school last week and I’m sposedta take her around on a 20-foot lead some places with a lot of distractions, to teach herContinue reading “Quiet on the Northwest Front”
Dead Pets Society
I get a funny sort of depressed, nostalgic feeling watching the YouTube my brother made of Barney’s Last Day. It’s not that I feel sad for Barney…he had a great, long life in which he was adored. I feel sad for those of us that have to feel the emptiness of the furry little voidContinue reading “Dead Pets Society”
Latest
They told me it couldn’t be done. Which oddly enough is what “they” said about installing a dishwasher. I reluctantly agreed to let them put the new countertop on the old cabinet, and set aside my dreams of a new vanity with a patented bottom drawer across the bottom. At least I could get myContinue reading “Latest”
Just what I wanted to hear
The delivery/installation/old vanity removal guys are here. When they saw how the old cabinet is embedded in tile, they said, “This is going to be a job.” Which wouldn’t be a problem, necessarily, if I could spend the whole day at home. But as luck would have it, I might have to go out intoContinue reading “Just what I wanted to hear”
The right tool
random aside: OMG, are you watching 24? You totally should be. Rob doesn’t really understand my need to redecorate our entire house. Maybe we should have discussed this before we got the place. I really hate the golden tiles in both bathrooms, but I have learned to accept them in the guest bath, because aContinue reading “The right tool”
Kari Neumeyer 