Monthly Archives: January 2010

Among the most reviled design elements today is the horrendous popcorn textured ceiling.  So why did we choose to have this texture applied to our living room ceiling at a time when most people are removing it from theirs?  First of all, there was already a stucco texture applied to the ceiling that was not very uniform.  A few cracks had developed and had been fixed and patched, but the repair did not blend well … Read on.

It was a long wait.  The contractors had put our project on hiatus back in June, promising to return at a later date to finish up the last few details.  They did return once, to install the front picture window, but they didn’t do any of the other work, assuring us that they would indeed return “after the holiday.”  The “holiday” to which they referred was Labour Day.  Well, weeks turned to months and needless … Read on.

Our desktop computer is dead.  We aren’t sure if the motherboard got zorched by a power surge, or if it stopped working for another reason.  The bottom line is that it stopped working.  And our main hard drive was messed up as well.  The last time we did any significant backup was a couple of years ago, so you can imagine our panic.  Our pictures, documents and other files were all at risk.  Fortunately, the … Read on.