Category Archives: House

On the street where we live

Oh, bugger

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Marchbanks

Is anyone local available, on very short notice, to lend hands or a back, perhaps? Continue reading →

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Sawbuck review

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Marchbanks

Overall: good, with patches of “needs work” and !FAIL. Continue reading →

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I make a ten-dollar bill

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Marchbanks

Not a real one; just a namesake. Continue reading →

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I passed

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Marchbanks

The roof passed final building inspection. Continue reading →

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It’s done it again

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Marchbanks

“It” being The Shedding Tree, which dropped another branch on the house. Continue reading →

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It’s ALLL-ways SOM-thin’

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Marchbanks

If it’s not one tool I need right then that’s wandered off, it’s another. Continue reading →

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Pikl okras!

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Marchbanks

I just set up four pints of pickled okra to age for the next three weeks. Continue reading →

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Completed list

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Marchbanks

I sanded the desk, then got so excited I painted a window screen. Continue reading →

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It was the desk

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Marchbanks

M’s desk won the “What’s Next?” sweepstakes. Continue reading →

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Corkin’

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Marchbanks

And that’s just what I did, up at the very top of my sixteen-foot ladder. Continue reading →

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