HGTV and Me

Posted by on Oct 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I love HGTV, I really do, but I realized something tonight while watching Design Remix. Nearly every show they do features modern design, unless you’re talking This Old House. Now I love the clean, modern look as much as the next person (basically because it represents everything that isn’t in my own house), but what I want to know is where are all the cool shows telling you how to...
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Hurricanes: Been There, Can’t Fathom That

Posted by on Sep 1, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Hollow.That’s the only feeling I can muster when I watch the news reports from Mississippi and New Orleans. Hollow.Hurricane Charley tore through our neighborhood last year, destroyed a huge tree in our yard, left us without power for nine days in an oppressively hot, humid August. Frances and Jeanne added insult to injury in the form of huge branches through our roof, water damage, and...
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Laundry Confessions

Posted by on Aug 28, 2005 in dish | 2 comments When the water heater went kaput, we had to move the washing machine out of the way. Washing machine stayed in the middle of the curling-vinyl laundry room floor for a week and half. Now that everything’s turned back on, this weekend has been the Great Clean Clothes Marathon, aka tackling Mt. Washmore, as my friend Melynda calls it.Things I have discovered while doing two weeks’...
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This is NOT Happening…

Posted by on Aug 21, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Get home from church, lunch, and errands to find water all over the laundry room floor. Apparently, leak coming from A/C unit. Something’s blocked (that’s what happens when you have children and dogs and run the A/C all the time). DH now trying to blow out system block with hose.If we spent $300 on a new water heater for no reason, I may implode.Self-consolation: Old water heater was...
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My Husband is a STUD

Posted by on Aug 20, 2005 in dish | 0 comments DH has fulfilled my dearest wish. I will be taking a hot shower very, very soon.The Movies in 15 Minutes version of the remainder of our Home Depot installation saga: ACT I I don’t feel like synopsizing our earlier trauma again. Read this instead. ACT II Friday evening. Chez mimi is on Day Three of the Hot Water Watch.HD Installer: I’m not touching that thing; it has an energy...
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