August 2010

She’s Back!

August 31, 2010

Delightfully, the engaging and lovely author of Simple Life in France has resurfaced. She’s been a bit out of commission, between surviving the first few months of gravitude and uncertainty about where DH will be assigned, now that he’s fully recovered from injuries sustained in a car wreck. O me of little faith! I thought [...]

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Auughhh, Part II: Gaaaaaaaaahhh!

August 30, 2010

This morning after I got home from class, I called Mr. L., the Plumber par Excellence, and he met me casa M’hijito, where of late a geyser was said to have erupted in the laundry room. He decided pretty quick that the problem was a clog in the drain line. However, he had a time [...]

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Auughhh!

August 30, 2010

No time to write this morning. Substitute post: an e-mail exchange… Sunday, August 29, 1010, 8:48 p.m. Funny to Tina Annoying end to a hassle-filled week. Went down to my son’s house w. the little dog in tow. He fixed a wonderful dinner. Having been up since 2:00 a.m., I thot I’d stop in the [...]

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When I Said Best and Highest Use of a Swimming Pool…

August 29, 2010

…I wasn’t thinking big enough. You’ll recall I daydreamed about turning mine into a pondful of bass and lake trout. No imagination there! Take a look at what this pair came up with! Holy mackerel. You, too, can have a miniature farm in your backyard!

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The (Not So) Good Old Days

August 29, 2010

Just finished the chest freezer’s first defrosting job. The thing doesn’t collect very much frost, but after enough months pass, it does need to be chipped free. This summer’s humidity caused enough frost to grow that it was threatening to interfere with closing the lid, so, reluctantly, I finally moved myself to action. To my [...]

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Pool! When spending a little extra makes a big difference

August 28, 2010

I didn’t wanna do it. Resisted until resistance was futile. But last winter the pool guys’ pleas won out, and I finally got around to draining and refilling the pool. Two hundred bucks, plus the cost of 18,000 gallons of water. The pool-draining pitch has always struck me as another way for the pool company [...]

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