Ben wanted me relaxed, said take my time, so I got into cleaning the condo more than usual -- although not quite a complete white-glove treatment -- and then I cleaned out my butt -- and then invited him over ( Read more... )

This morning I discovered that the washing machine, although empty and not on, was leaking -- and not just a bit, but a lot. So my carefully planned Maids Day / Trash Day / Commute Day / T To NY Day routine fell into pieces ( Read more... )

We've got two weekends to prepare for the basement upgrade/fix, including this one.  Yesterday we made our plan.  This morning we did the most strenuous part of it.  For T, that involved dismantling part of the long closet in the storage area, and bringing its contents and a bunch of other stuff to the edge of the crawl space.

For me, that involved ( Read more... )