Archive | January, 2008
What To Do With Windows
I’ve been planning this coming year’s projects. I am really hoping we can complete the living room and install new windows. I wish I could install new windows in one big swoop in this house, but that would be very, very expensive. The windows are old style, which means they are huge. They are all [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip #14
31. January 2008
Got a sick kid in the house? Or are you not feeling well? The stomach bug is making its rounds, I hear. Wash your hands and stay clean! You’ve also probably heard that it helps to take ginger ale on an upset stomach, right? Did you know that the ginger ale soda sold in the [...]
Continue reading...Cabin Fever
29. January 2008
Ever feel like blogging but there really isn’t anything to write about? I get that way sometimes. Maybe some folks love the mindless chatter, lol…. it’s just TOO gloomy today! The clouds are so thick and dark that it looks like 7pm instead of 4pm. This is what we northeasterners call “cabin fever.” Sometimes a [...]
Continue reading...Georgia (Pacific) On My Mind
29. January 2008
Well, it’s the dead of winter, and I’m sure everyone is asking the obvious question: Did Mrs. Mecomber’s insulation she installed in her new living room work?I can proclaim– very confidently and very emphatically that… I don’t know. People, it’s just one room. One room in a sea of ten other freezing cold rooms. I [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip #13
26. January 2008
Today’s quick tip has more to do with home life than home improvement, but it’s a good one! We homeschool our four kids. We like to play classical or instrumental music in the background while we work, as it has a settling effect and helps the kids concentrate on their work (rather then the dogs [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tips #12
25. January 2008
What do you do if something goes down the toilet? A few months ago, we had such a situation. My young son had been washing the bathroom, and dumped the bucket of dirty water down the toilet. He did not realize that a washcloth was at the bottom of the bucket. It was not seen [...]
Continue reading...Busy Busy
24. January 2008
I haven’t had any time to devote to this blog lately. I’m actually avoiding technical news right now… because I have HAD IT with technical things these days. I’ve been in the midst of a major printing problem (my stupid laser printer won’t print via my home network, and I’ve tried everything!), and have had [...]
Continue reading...The End of January
24. January 2008
I had a bad bout of insomnia last night. I just lay in bed, thinking about everything you are never supposed to think about in bed: bills, computer problems, grocery list items, and my electrical work. A typical end of January night. The end of January means that February is coming. You know that old [...]
Continue reading...Away From Home
23. January 2008
I haven’t been doing any “home” stuff because we were out of town for a few days. I blog about the travels we take. Interested in seeing what we do in our spare time, besides shoveling snow and demolishing plaster walls? Check out my New York Traveler blog. Related Posts:No Related Posts
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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.
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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- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
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- Marg: The last one looks like something that would happe...
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- lin: As for the last photo: Poor duck!...
- Mrs. Mecomber: Lin: BWAHAHAAH!! A week later I am still cracking ...
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31. January 2008
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