The kitchen is de-wallpapered, plastered, primed, and painted. All 83 cabinets/drawers have new hardware (It only took my buying out THREE Home Stores to get enough.) The refrigerator is plugged in and working. The dishwasher has a new “stainless” front plate. All the shelves in the kitchen have shelf paper. What’s left? Adjusting some of [...]
Let me preface this story by saying that both Comcast (for cable/internet) and AT&T (for wired land phone lines) have no competition in our area if you want *cable* TV and a dial tone that is a LAND line, not a VOIP/digital phone. Yesterday was the official day of internet/phone hookups. It did not, in [...]
In: kitchen
17 Mar 2009“Traditionally” Irish-Americans eat corned beef and cabbage today – but I am not a fan of the traditional Irish method of cooking said cabbage, which is to boil the life out of it. It’s smelly, slimy, and generally not my favorite. However, I *do* like cabbage – and this is the way that I usually [...]
In: house
17 Mar 2009Ended up unintentionally taking today off (due to energy company shenanigans that kept me here until midafternoon, and other crap) – and I can’t say I’m overly disappointed. I’ve spent some time packing and all that jazz, since the moving company is coming a week from today to officially make the new house our place [...]
Hi! I'm Anna.
I ramble, have too many hobbies, and post anything that strikes my fancy. On any given day, I might be knitting, sewing, working on my house, presenting a recipe or discussing something deeper. Though maybe food can be pretty deep too.
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