You may remember I put together a nice TV stand back in April or early May. Because I only had a puny, old TV at the time, the stand looked like this:
Well, I bought a swanky new flatscreen TV last weekend, so T-Rex was forced to move his toys away like this:
My dad and I [...]
I decided to do a little Krispy Kreme run for breakfast this morning. Yes, I know. I know the donuts are globules of sugar and lard (but 0% trans fat!). Yes, I know they aren’t exactly the breakfast of champions. But we haven’t been there in months and the kids press their faces against the [...]
I decided I needed to keep busy around the house this weekend, primarily to reorganize and clean up on Saturday, then to stain the deck and plant flowers on Sunday. I also needed to stay busy because it prevented my mind from dwelling on things out of my control, namely the fallout from my personal [...]
As you know, I assembled my new TV stand earlier this week. I haven’t started using it yet — I realize I need a new TV because the one I have for this room looks so small and dorky sitting on this great piece of furniture. See how that works?
Instead, we’re using the stand for [...]
I decided today to assemble my new corner TV stand, which I recently purchased from LL Bean. The good news is that I finished it…today. The bad news is that I spent way too much time fiddling with what appear to be simple gadgets, but are actually tools designed to befuddle DIYers like me (read: [...]
I finally put up our Christmas decorations this past weekend — I say finally because everyone in this damn town had everything up and out in all its jolly glory exactly 3 minutes after the bastards finished stuffing their faces on Thanksgiving. I’ve never seen anything like it: we had neighbors who had their lights [...]
My parents got T-Rex a Webkinz for his birthday (aka “stuffed animal with gimmick and heavy ad budget”). My mom told me it was a present for both of us, since his and my birthday are only a day apart. She said she saw this one and just had to get it, knowing how much [...]
The raccoons haven’t left; I was fooling myself before thinking they had. I haven’t seen them, but I see indentations in the mulch from animal footprints right where I last found them. I’m sure it’s them. I know it’s them. And I don’t know why this bugs me so much - personal space issues, I [...]
I know you probably aren’t reading this because you care that much about my raccoon problem, but I can tell you there are a helluva lot of people in this country who are searching the Internet because “raccoons are living under my deck” or the like. And they’re finding their way here, so welcome! Please stay, read a few [...]
I’m not always the brightest bulb in the pack. Sometimes I need a few clues to catch on to what’s going on. Like last weekend when I saw the remains of a small furry animal in the mulch bed behind my house. It’s face was unrecognizable at the point I found it, but I noticed [...]
