Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Pantry Plans

Posted on November 2, 2005

I’m still sitting in dust listening to drills drone and hammers pound, still waiting for our bathroom project to finish. This is Week Five, and Earl and I have had to make an adjustment in our time schedule. In fact,

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Pumpkins

Posted on October 30, 2005

Carving the annual Halloween pumpkin ranks high among my fondest childhood memories. Perhaps it is because there was no other holiday baggage attached. Mostly I remember when we lived in Syracuse, NY. That was between my fourth and sixth grades

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Bonding

Posted on October 29, 2005

Baseball’s October frenzy, also known as the World Series, is over. Chicago’s White Sox won. And more than one media interview said it was a team effort. I believe it.

In fact, it was such a team effort that Earl

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Re-Evaluation

Posted on October 18, 2005

Ten days ago, give or take, I wrote about our going to the South Shore Club each morning to shower while our own showers are inoperable. In so many words, I said that the SSC would never really compete with

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OJT

Posted on October 10, 2005

There’s book learning and there’s on-the-job (OJT) training. Our remodeling project falls into the latter category; and here are some things I’ve learned in the past week:

When you have the plumber, the electrician, the ceramic tile man, and the

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Demo Man

Posted on October 8, 2005

Every night after Mike and Dave — our demolition team — leave, Earl sneaks into the bathrooms to make his contribution to our remodeling effort. As I write this, he is using a crowbar to knock out old ceramic tile

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Demo Update

Posted on October 6, 2005

It’s four days now, or – in terms of the pictures on my demolition calendar – it’s three smiley faces and one face sticking out its tongue. Really, things are fine; but our house has plaster walls and taking them

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Demolition

Posted on October 4, 2005

We are 36 hours into the mission of remodeling two of our three bathrooms, and so far things have gone well. Really well. Earl and I are still on talking terms.

This week it’s all about demolition. We have a

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Getting Along

Posted on October 3, 2005

Both Earl and I are only children; it’s one of the many things we have in common. We also share two syllable names, a commitment to being on time, a relentlessness about balancing our checkbooks, a dedication to personal honesty,

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Shopping

Posted on October 2, 2005

Yesterday, I shopped, as in spent the entire afternoon going from store to store trying on clothing and buying additions to my fall wardrobe. You might not think this is a big deal, but for someone who hasn’t taken an

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