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Archive for the 'construction' Category


just call her chompers

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Yesterday, Karin was rooting around in the girl’s mouth and discovered clear evidence of a lower incisor poking through soft gum. Yes, Claire is now officially teething. And she doesn’t seem too upset by the ordeal. Yet.
Good thing we’ve got a dental plan. (Whatever.)
I celebrated by having five yards of gravel dumped [...]

Projectia!

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Ah, another weekend in September gone and time for an update on the progress of summer projects. It has been, yes, a busy, busy summer. For those who read this regularly, it’s probably common knowledge that we’ve kept ourselves busy with little projects around the house. I reported earlier that the deck [...]

All Decked Out…

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Also known as the entry I was going to write before my puppy was maimed by a two-by-four…
We went to Totem (the hardware store) last night, and (not knowing I’d be spending a few hundred dollars in emergency vet bills the next morning) laid out a decent chunk of change for a build-it-yourself deck package. [...]

a little decked out

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

We’re contemplating deck. Specifically, we’re contemplating how and when to build one. We paid a visit to the hardware store last night, scoped out the options, chatted with a friendly, helpful service-guy, and bought a little bit of hardware to start the initial processes of a straight and true support structure. Advantages of [...]

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