Monthly Archives: April 2010

The roof is a go

I signed the contract and wrote the first check, and the crew is supposed to start Monday. Continue reading

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And the hits just keep on coming

Today’s “hit” (actually, sometime last night’s) was that the GivingShedding Tree shed another big, dead limb . . . right onto the electric service drop. Continue reading

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Hurry up and . . . HURRY!!

’Member how I said the roofer told me it’d be two weeks or so before he could start a crew on our job? Continue reading

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Six hours and $400 later

I have a building permit for redoing the roof. Continue reading

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The Guthrie Family . . . Rides Again

This wasn’t about clapping and stamping and “MORE! MORE!”  It was an evening for sitting around and singing the old songs with some old friends. Continue reading

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Invisibl gras

Or if not exactly invisible, certainly turned into a cartload of mulch, Continue reading

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Yet mo’ mowage

If the rain will consent not to piss down at least until mid-afternoon, I volunteered to go tackle Blissfish’s overgrown-lawn problem, before the Gummint Enforcers come to haul her away (or at the least to mow the lawn themselves, and … Continue reading

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The Taco Bell Cannon

And now, for your enjoyment, I present my story of the Taco Bell Cannon. Continue reading

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Preview of coming attractions

We’ll be filming “My Neck and Brain.” Continue reading

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There has been mowage

The yard at The Old Gray House is now beaten back. Continue reading

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