Archive for the ‘house’ Category

Bouncy Desk Chair

In: house

27 Jan 2012

Inspired by Tami, I’ve decided that I would give a try to this whole exercise-ball-as-desk-chair thing. I feel a little silly for taking this long to try it out, given that my exercise ball has sat in my office next to the desk chair for months. Especially if you consider how much of a pain [...]

Three years ago this week, SSH and I started looking for our house. We knew we needed to move, as Hurricane Ike had well demonstrated the struggles our more coastal area would have with any kind of tropical storm, and we knew that around the first of the year we’d be able to start really [...]

After installing a dishwasher, we decided to install a new faucet in our prep sink as well. Which sounds like there was one before. There wasn’t. It went bad about 2 months ago, we just hadn’t replaced it yet. Of course, I’m headed in to work today. Let’s see if the faucet is going to [...]

Dishwasher Delivery

In: house

17 Nov 2011

Ever since we moved into this house (going on 3 years now, sheesh!) SSH and I have known we needed a new dishwasher. Until very recently, we needed a lot of other things more pressingly than a new dishwasher, especially since TECHNICALLY the old one still did run, even if it was almond colored. You [...]


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