Archive | July, 2007
Why My Electricity Won’t Work
I’ve run into some problems with the electricity in our house. Actually, we’ve had numerous problem with the electric here, for years. Only two of the four bedroom lights work. Various outlet receptacles are faulty. We’ve tolerated the situation for years, but I think we will have to do something drastic now. Quickly. After we [...]
Continue reading...Oops
30. July 2007
I’m pulling out my hair in frustration and worry tonight. My husband and I decided to bite the bullet and remove that mouse-chewed wire we found in our Living Room wall. Oops. That wire powered about half the house: two outlets in the kitchen (and we only had three total in there anyway), the entire [...]
Continue reading...Electrician Shock
28. July 2007
Yesterday I wired half the Living Room. One wall now has four– yes, folks, four– outlet receptacles! That was the total number of receptacles in the entire room before we started. I am doing all the wiring myself. And, unless a reliable electrician enters our lives within the next week, I will probably be tying [...]
Continue reading...It’s Done!
28. July 2007
Our drywell project is completed! We sweated it out on one of the hottest days of the summer to finish it. I’ll keep the narrative brief, with photos: Below: Filling with rocks. We elimated our “rock pile” with this project. Our rock pile was a collection of various rocks, bricks, broken asphalt, and broken cinder [...]
Continue reading...A Smashing Job
23. July 2007
Today we progressed more on our drywell project. The hardest of the project is behind us! Last week, I bought a very large plastic garbage barrel (I could not find a regular rain barrel) and drilled a 4-inch hole in the bottom side. The kids laid about a foot’s depth of rocks at the bottom [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger. You can check out my other blogs here.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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31. July 2007
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