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Beans and Cornbread

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28 Jan 2012

I read this post over on Google+ yesterday, and it made me really sad. Why beans made me cry in my car today. Also pleased in the power of humanity, because it’s really good to see people helping each other out, but really sad because it sucks to be in that position, with no money [...]

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 [...]

One 34.25” dishwasher successfully installed in a (previously) 34 inch hole. After we took the feet and the wheels off the dishwasher, I did some trimming on the lip of our (already pretty much trashed) countertop to allow the dishwasher to fit. It’s still snug, but it’s installed, running beautifully, and not leaking. (It has [...]

Dishwashers really only come in one size. 34 inches tall, etc. The hole in our cabinets is 34 inches tall. The dishwasher door is 33.875 inches tall. This is good. The dishwasher body, with rubber insulation, is 34.25 inches tall – this is after we cut away the cellulose insulation. This is not what the [...]


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