Monthly Archives: June 2010

“without a plan, there’s no attack… without attack, no victory”

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

I say this movie quote often. You may think it’s from Platoon, or The Dirty Dozen, or maybe Saving Private Ryan, but it’s actually from the 1986 silver screen masterpiece One Crazy Summer, starring John Cusack and Demi Moore. If … Continue reading →

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no, really. scotch tape.

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

About six months after moving into this house, I noticed that scotch tape was holding up the heating/AC register to the wall in one of the bathrooms. No screws – just scotch tape. This isn’t a typo. The register was … Continue reading →

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kind of like layers of a cake, except not at all

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

See this? It’s called lath and plaster. It’s what walls of many homes were made of back in the days of yore, until the 1950s came around and introduced its hipper, fancier, freewheelin’ cousin called drywall. Our Chicago bungalow walls … Continue reading →

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what lie$ beneath

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

You know how when you watch Antiques Roadshow and some guy is sitting there saying “well, I was in the attic, just tuggin’ on a thread of this here old sweater I found of my great grandpappy’s and by golly … Continue reading →

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Under Construction: Dog Tips – Grooming

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

Confession: we are the last people who should be dishing out dog grooming tips. G and I have the greatest 10 year old Newf you could ever be lucky enough to know, but manohman we are terrible groomers. Actually, in … Continue reading →

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load to nowhere

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

Because we’re not completely insane, we hired a professional to come in and help with the load bearing wall. J, the Irishman, is brilliant (or as J would say in his brogue, “Brilliant!”). And he turned us on to this … Continue reading →

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the beginning is the end is the beginning

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

Date: November 2007 Location: Living Room Background: G and I decide it’s time to tear down the load bearing wall on the main floor. Originally, this wall divided the home’s living/dining area with the bedrooms, but we wanted to open … Continue reading →

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