That’s a House Of a Different Color
I recently stumbled across a blog I wrote in 2006 (!), and I thought I’d reprint it to show how my summers haven’t gotten all that worse in recent years: They were always worse. […]
Tag: Home Improvement
Trapped in the Land of Do-It-Yourselfers
I don’t like to brag. But I’m a bit of a home improvement guru. Be it erecting a backyard fence or wallpapering the bedroom, I can do just about any project with minimal mistakes. And […]
A Sign I Have Too Much Time on My Hands
Do you know the distance from my house to the South Pole? Of course, you don’t. But I do. That’s because I recently erected a giant sign pole complete with weather vane in my front […]
Nice Fall, Have a Good Trip
It was a strange day, in that I did home maintenance work, but didn’t get hurt. Not exactly. I closed all the storm windows, and replaced some screens. I still have creases in some of […]
Revenge of the Water Heater
The thing about a water heater is that it’s supposed to heat water–hence the name–and then hold aforementioned heated water until you let it out. If the water gets out before you want it to, […]
Worst Home Maintenance Fail Ever, Explosions Excluded
When I opened my blog this morning, I found that all my visitor stats had disappeared. (They popped back into existence a few hours later, having apparently undergone some kind of existential crisis. I’ve been […]
Water Heater Mayhem
A certain percentage of the population will insist that if they can do something, it’s easy for anyone to do. Example: I take a woodworking class in high school (because an industrial arts class was […]
Holy Hole, Batman
The short version is, a sinkhole opened up in my back yard. More disturbing, it was only a few feet from the side of my house. Not to worry, though—it was just a small sinkhole. […]
Your pain lesson for the day
I proved I was over my sinus infection yesterday by going out and doing four hours of yard work. Even better, I have a brand new hedge trimmer that’s tiny and lightweight, so I could […]
Are You A Handywoman? Take This Simple Test and See!
As I was reading “Not Your Mother’s Book on Home Improvement,” a recent collection of light-hearted essays by (primarily) middle-aged female do-it-yourselfers, it became abundantly clear to me that, unlike the women who tell their […]