minorthird

so…three things…
Red Sox!!!
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we have a neighborhood skunk, and on occasion I’ll see him in the morning. We exchange civil looks and the occasional grunt — mine saying “dude! We’re cool, I’m just moving sllllooooowwwwly to my car” and his saying “hey, you allllmmmooost scared me, but I’m too tired to spray you, so I’ll let […]

so…Ant Invasion 2007 has commenced in our kitchen, and I’ll go on the record as saying I support a reduction in troops immediately!
Fucking ants!
I thought we were going to luck out this year, because the invasion usually occurs in the spring, but nooooooo, we’ve got to be in some bizarre El Niño con mi primo […]

so…we had a yard sale last Saturday. As far as yard sales go, it was pretty successful — we got rid of at least half of our stuff, made $160, and only ended up buying two things from the yard sale across the street!
With the end of the yard sale came the bargain-basement pricing, and […]

so…
I installed the downstairs AC last night, with the drafted help from my neighbor Mark.
There was some cursing, swearing, and cussing, and some duct tape, but it’s in, and it works.
Now here’s hoping for a smoother installation of the one in our bedroom.
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this really goes without saying, but I am ever the one to overstate […]

so…I walked in the door on Monday night and Erika greeted me and said, “I didn’t make anything for dinnner. I think you’re going to want to order Chinese food after I tell you this.”
She has only met me at the door saying this one before. She was pregnant then.
She is NOT pregnant now.
It seems […]

so…if I ever catch The Niño in a dark alley I’m going to kick him right in the low pressure system.
Why the hell was I dealing with 11 inches of snow only two days removed from temparatures in the low 70’s!?
In an attempt to magnify the amount of snow I had to deal with, I […]

so…it finally snowed. Not just a dusting followed by rain, but a good, all-day 7-8 inches of snow!
I’m pleased to announce that our snowblower started up with one pull, and handled everything the storm had to offer. I ended up going out twice because the storm decided to cover my tracks, but it felt good […]

so…’tis the season to take down all of the Christmas decoration, lest ye be known on the block as “that house.”
Erika is truly amazing! In addition to taking care of a ten-and-a-half month old that might be teething, might have a cold, definately has as much energy as his three-year-old cousins, yesterday she painted the […]

so…here’s the punch list for things in and around our house (in no particular order):
[edited 1/4/06: I light of my “vacation” I’ve decided to update our punch list. All of the newly added items are at the top of the list, upto “New roof”.]
[12/15/06: just a quick update for a few things…]

Set up Samson’s room

Prime […]

so…back in July, when my Dad came to visit, we tore out the old sliding glass door in the dining room and put in the new french doors.
It should be noted that we bought the french doors in June of 2005 — I was just waiting until they were appropriately aged..yeah, that’s the ticket…
well, the […]