[I started this last night, then got sidetracked by dinner prep. I may just post it as-is and write more later ( Read more... )

It's snowing this morning in Waterloo. Not heavily. Just snowing ( Read more... )

theagentx and I started off Saturday by sleeping in a little and then heading off to Hamilton to visit with Tarq and buy some leather. It's always fun to see to Tarq - he always seems genuinely excited to you. theagentx has a couple kit-prettying projects in mind and I have a slightly more utilitarian one that we are now prepared to work on ( Read more... )

We are now the proud renters of brand-spankin'-new water heater.

It's -5 today with -11 windchill.
And our hot water heater just died.

Reliance is coming sometime tomorrow evening between 4-8pm.

It's time like this I wish had developed more of my dad and my brother's mechanical saavy.

Is it terrible to admit that a woman my age has a favourite Saturday morning cartoon? And that it's "The Emperor's New School"?

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theagentx used part of our Christmas money this morning to buy a panini press. For lunch we had "panini" (in the current North American usage of the word, which I find highly amusing). Mine was procuitto, brebis (French ( Read more... )

I believe a number of you have wondered when this would happen, so theagentx and I are pleased to announce that we are expecting an addition to our family in July.

It's the tenth day of Christmas, but I'm not sure I could muster much excitement about ten lords a-leaping if they showed up on my doorstep (mind you, it's a rather small doorstep, and I don't think they'd fit anyway ). I'm sick. I have been for a week and I'm tired of it. I forced myself to down a cup of boiled ginger and honey this morning and ( Read more... )

We're back home - pulled in about an hour ago, unloaded the car, called parents, talked to the neighbor and went through our accumulated mail ( Read more... )

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... Six Home Improvements!After church this morning, my in-laws came over with power tools. After a quick trip to Canadian Tire we then proceeded to ( Read more... )