You want to be the next Barry White, don’t you? I knew there had to be a reasonable explanation for those macrame classes.
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I am totally loving the Vampire Weekend album these days and Oxford Comma is my new favorite song (warning: the boys of Vampire Weekend are a bit foul-mouthed, so this [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 30, 2008
random
July 29, 2008
four years
Marcia VandeVrede Dunning
(but I just called her Mom)
26 September 1939 – 29 July 2004
from Always Everywhere by K’s Choice
You turn off the light, kiss me good night
And mother, I know that I’m going to be alright
I just can’t wait to grow up
Find my own life, be a good wife
And a smart one, I’m sure
I never [...]
July 25, 2008
flickr friday
little lamb, Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk
Oy. I’ve been thinking about this post all day, but never got around to publishing it — it’s one of those days, you know? Better late than never with the post, I suppose…
Another cemetery photograph today. Somehow this stone practically reached out and wrapped itself around my heart and would NOT [...]
July 18, 2008
flickr friday
baby – Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk, Maine
I can’t stand to look at any more construction photos this week (I live in it — do I have to live with the pictures, too?!), so we’re back to the graves…at least for today.
So we’ve been back to our real jobs this week and work on the kitchen has [...]
July 16, 2008
progress report and photos, part 2
Man, you people are demanding. Fine! I’ll post some more pictures of the kitchen/laundry room renovation. Geez…
Remember that west facing wall of the kitchen from the last post? Here’s a picture to jog your memory:
That picture on the right is how it looked after we took the [...]
July 14, 2008
progress report and photos
Finally! Some photos of the kitchen and the laundry room (formerly known as the shed) before the renovation started. This is the north facing wall of the kitchen:
And this is the west facing wall of the kitchen:
All the solid green that you see is paneling textured to look like 4″ by [...]
July 10, 2008
dispatch from the tenth circle
The tenth circle of hell, I mean. Which is reserved for people crazy enough to think they can renovate their own kitchens. Seriously, I’m in hell.
Here’s what we’ve done so far:
installed new ceiling joists and strapping for the laundry room ceiling
wired the laundry room for two light fixtures and four electrical outlets
installed two kinds of [...]
July 7, 2008
independence day
Yes, I realize that Independence Day was three days ago, but I’ve been breathing dry wall and plaster dust for three days, so I’m running behind. If I had been on top of it and done my July 4th post on time, here’s what I would have posted:
The Star-Spangled Banner [...]
July 3, 2008
this day = tortoise and hare
charles, hope cemetery, kennebunk
Like I said, lots of cemetery pictures on deck over here…
Why is it that the day before a holiday weekend (and a week’s vacation, in my case) somehow feels simultaneously super-speedy and endless?! What’s that all about? I’m frantically trying to finish checking off items on my work to-do list [...]
