The laundry room is cleaned and swept. I had taken up a basket of towels and found out I did it prematurely: Marisa wanted to fold the towels on the dining room table first ( Read more... )

To-day I gave into the need to take a shower, so took one and then did some minor tasks around the house such as scraping dishes and piling them, putting away plastic items, cutting out coupons and gathering papers for the files. By the time my hair was dry I set out for the bank and Freddies to get some canned cat food, mushrooms, shredded cheese ( Read more... )

With the help of our neighbors who did a bit of the sidewalk in our lot, I was able to finish our sidewalk. The handle broke on the snow shovel: it just broke off in my hand into 3 pieces (the largest piece remained mounted to the shaft ( Read more... )

I have been trying all day to get Paypal to link to my checking account. I need to have this as an alternate to my credit card because of restrictive daily limits which can occur with credit cards ( Read more... )

I am so looking forward to the artificial separation of years which comes this week ( Read more... )

Just a few quick notes:
* Betty was very happy today.( more )

The Key Bank exterior work is completed. Everything outside looks finished and all the barricades were removed after some final noise yesterday afternoon (asphalt pouring). Most importantly for us, the alley behind our house and looping back into our block is once again open for through traffic.

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I have been lax in documenting the construction in my block, but Key Bank is definitely rising! The foundation is done and girders in place. It looks like it will be a two-story structure ( Read more... )

Colonel Harlan Sanders is no more. Someone today kicked his bucket and knocked his long pole.

Lorentz Bruun is the contractor and it has now plastered a very large sign on the chain link fence to say so. The remaining rubble was scooped away and the big hole was started on the lot at the end of our block ( Read more... )

Demolition of the 1969-built KFC building on our block is complete. The building is no more. It has ceased to exist. It has joined the choir invisible. It is pushing up daisies...well, at least pushing up rubble anyway ( Read more... )