As a follow-up to my previous entry, I have to say I rather enjoyed my Christmas this year. lady-curmudgeon and I drove up to Antioch last night so that we could crash at roho and genet's place, which let us be able to see Curmudgeon's niece at 9 this morning without having to get up at 5 o'clock to make the eighty mile trek North. I must say that sometimes it's really ( Read more... )

When I got up this morning I made sure I checked in on lady_curmudgeon, who hasn't been feeling well for the last six days or so. She was feeling worse this morning and asked that I stay home to take care of her. I called in, spoke with my boss and got permission to skip work for the day. It was a good thing I did, because at 2:20 we packed ourselves into the ( Read more... )

... and then I pick up the trailer from U-haul -- that is, I will pick it up if they haven't screwed me over by renting it to somebody else like they did the last time, when I danced this dance for duncandahusky. At eleven o'clock, our friends will show up (my friends H.K. & G.K. as well as roho and genet). Once everyone has gathered the moving of lady_curmudgeon from Kenosha to Z' ( Read more... )

Today was something of a challenge, as there was a lot of work to be done over at the estate to prep it for sale. And for somebody who hates heights as much as I do? The challenge was elevated ten fold. I probably spent more time on top of a (very tall, shaky) ladder today than I have spent on ladders my entire life until this point. But I can ( Read more... )

A long day at the office yesterday netted mixed results but I think we made some progress on one or two important issues. I achieved escape velocity from the office sometime around 1920 hours and made my way up to Kenosha, arriving something like an hour later. Even when I-294 is under construction I can still travel a great distance in ( Read more... )

Good wishes of birthday cheer go to my lady_curmudgeon, for today she celebrates a circuit of the sun on this little mudball we call home.

Happy birthday, sweets.

( My last two weekends and how they were spent. )

I guess I'm having a streak of luck from Friday the 13th, or something. Or at least that's what some would have you believe. Let's see... last night I tagged those traffic barriers with the Expedition, right? And just a moment ago I gave lady_curmudgeon muscle spasms on her bruised rib cage when she bent over the recliner to see a video that was playing on my ( Read more... )

Nothing, except an unending hatred for cellulose insulation and the knowledge that my roof was built using trusses instead of stick framing. Oh, and that I need to go back up there next weekend with some duct tape and tape some venting hoses back together so they actually reach the vents instead of laying open on top of the insulation. And that ( Read more... )

I've driven past it perhaps dozens of times in the last five or six years, but I've never stopped there. That was taken care of last night, however, when lady_curmudgeon and I were just out for a drive in the area -- I can now officially (and with great pride) say that I have been to the Mars' Cheese Castle in Kenosha, WI ( Read more... )