Brooke here: This past week has been puppy-intensive with minimal sleep, so I hope you don’t mind some pictures of the puppy. Zu came from sketchy-ish circumstances. He is between 6 to 10 weeks: the people who gave him to us said he was 6 weeks at the time we took him, but the vet […]
Brooke here: Another post about dogs, mainly as we have done very little on the house this week. Brown will be posting soon-ish, I think, which is good as right now he is my Canadian Husband. He does exist, I swear! You’ll like him. But we did get another dog. Meet Hanamizu. Which translates to […]
Brooke here: This post has very little to do with home repairs and might be an introduction to the wholesale destruction of both property and mental health. Everybody loves their dog. Everybody thinks their dog is the world’s greatest. Heck, everyone has iron-clad proof their dog is the Best Dog Ever. So let’s accept that […]
Brooke here: I’ve heard it said that landscaping is two steps backward for every one step forward, but I’d bump that up to a decent-paced skip to be safe. We have almost two acres of land, and these were allowed to go all but fallow for a couple of decades. As we are dead-center on […]
Brooke here: Work progresses accordingly, but not in any way that makes it appear as though we are actually doing anything at all. I’ve been reluctant to post for fear that it seems we’re just lying about doing our due diligence as DIYers. For example, we just finished the first round of Chainsawaganza. The “before” […]
Brooke here: Brown was sick over the weekend, so we had to postpone Chainsawaganza. In the meantime, I did some projects on the Neverending List of Things to Do that didn’t require heavy lifting. One such project was repainting a metal bedframe. We bought the bedframe new last year and we quite like the overall […]
Crazy lady finds giant spider. Brown recluse? Yes? No?
Brooke here: The more I think about it, the more I think something dramatic needs to be done to the Precarious Death Stairs (PDS), and soon. One of the first things Brown did when we moved in was buy a powerful motion-activated LED to light the stairwell (which I removed when taking the picture as […]
Brooke here. Brooke: “Hey, a blog reader commented ‘Regarding the 3″ mystery: Is the stove centered under the ceiling peak?‘” Brown: “Hah. Yeah. It is.” Brooke: “Okay, that explains why the cabinets aren’t aligned.” Brown: “No, it explains where they put the stove. It doesn’t explain why they didn’t measure and install the right cabinets.”
Brooke here: Before the guests showed up for the Sharktopus party, we painted — what? Shut up. Yes, Sharktopus. Careful where you raise that eyebrow, mister. I know you own a copy of The Prince of Tides — the kitchen. These are going to be some subpar photos, and for that I apologize, but the […]
Flying by night 