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Renovation on the brain

Tuesday, 29 August 06

A week and a half ago, I helped my in-laws with a long distance move. After spending 12 hours on the road, crashing for the night in a hotel room was welcome relief. It was when I was laying on the hotel bed staring at the ceiling hoping my spine would realign itself that I [...]

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The rubbish bin invoice is in!

Wednesday, 16 August 06

Whoo hoo! I’m not as broke as I thought I was going to be. In fact, I am slightly richer, to the tune of a Big Mac Value Meal. Yup. I have in my grubby little hands a refund cheque from the disposal service for the bin rental, and after the charges are deducted from [...]

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One down, four to go

Saturday, 12 August 06

During the first summer in our house, the local hydro company came by and removed five trees in our front yard that were interfering with the power lines. Since that time, I have had to navigate an obstacle course of tree stumps whenever I cut the front lawn. This spring, I drilled numerous 5/8 inch [...]

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Feeding the skeeters

Sunday, 6 August 06

This weekend, I worked my butt off outside, and in the process I probably made our neighbours happy, and the mosquitos happier. I will be the first to admit that our property had become an eyesore. This is our fourth summer in this house, and just about every year since we moved in, I have [...]

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