Archive | January, 2009
No More Chances
Well. I guess we’re not getting our January Thaw. Here’s hoping for an early spring. Usually we get a reprieve of winter’s gloom and cold about the last week of January. No such thing this year. It was a freezing cold January, up until the bitter end. We got up to a whopping 12 degrees [...]
Continue reading...Technology Meets Toothbrush, Or…
27. January 2009
… How To Get Your Kid To LIKE Brushing His Teeth. The Saga Begins… Over the holidays, we got some fancy-schmancy toothbrushes for two of the kids. The Oral B Triumph with SmartGuide toothbrush, and the Oral B Pulsonic. Both toothbrushes come highly rated by our dentists and orthodondist’s office. I decided to try them [...]
Continue reading...Condition 1
25. January 2009
We’re back to the deep freeze here in Upstate New York. But February is on the way!! Plus, I saw this video, taken from Antartica, and I feel suddenly warmer with my 5-degree NY weather! That’s a scientist who lives in Antarctica, showing us what a Condition 1 storm is like on the icy continent. [...]
Continue reading...Sigggghhhhh
23. January 2009
On a sidenote, at the beginning of a new presidential term, I always wonder how cartoonists will characterize the new presidents. I thought GW Bush’s characterizations were extremely funny when they came out. Obama’s look is a bit too bland, me thinks. I couldn’t tell who this was until I saw the purple lips and [...]
Continue reading...Review of the Black & Decker Rice Cooker
22. January 2009
Well, I finally broke down and bought a rice cooker. WHAT on EARTH took me so long?! I don’t know why I waited– these things are so great! I have always been a very poor cook when it came to rice. Either I bought the wrong kind, or I didn’t baby it enough, or I [...]
Continue reading...Pet Photo Contest and $500 Prize
21. January 2009
There’s a cute pet pictures contest for you pet owners, from Energized Sellers. I entered Livvy, my kitten. Here’s the *winning* submission! I just love those laser eyes photos, lol! She’s in her skulking mood there, ready to pounce on unsuspecting Siberian Tiger prey! She’s very photogenic, so maybe she’ll win! If you have a [...]
Continue reading...Vanilla Nice
21. January 2009
Yow, I forgot how stinky a house can get with an indoor cat. Livvy is really sweet, but… you know it is with cats. The “normal” smells of wet basement, 70s faux wood paneling, plaster and lathe are bad enough.. combine it with the cat and it’s a toxic waste site here at the Mecomber [...]
Continue reading...Dreamhomes for Sale
21. January 2009
Am I an eternal optimist? I keep entering sweepstakes to win my dreamhome. By the way, my definition of dreamhome: electricity in all the rooms; plumbing that WORKS; no leaks; new kitchen; nice floors. I guess I’m pretty easy to please, huh? I know the odds of me winning those sweepstakes is next to nil. [...]
Continue reading...I’m Jill?!?!
21. January 2009
Well, at least I’m not Tim the Toolman Taylor… You’re Jill! You love music and the arts and you don’t mind being a little daring when it comes to the ones you love. Somethings are hard for you to understand, and you always try to make the best of any situation. You love to help [...]
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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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- The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
- Mrs. Mecomber: Hi, Marcia. The counters are maple butcherblock. I...
- Marg: The last one looks like something that would happe...
- Marcia: I was just wondering what type of wood your counte...
- 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 2009
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