The curb in front of our house has been sinking for years, leading to a near constant puddle going on lake in front of our driveway. We used to slide around on it while we waited for the bus in winter and jump over it on the way back. After years of badgering the town to fix the curb and lay mosquito-breeding Lake Boisvert to rest, they ripped up ( Read more... )

Reasons why Mr. White/ Herr Weiss is a good German teacher ( Read more... )

Our kitchen has now cooked a meal using every part of it and been blessed by an Indian, so I am declaring it done ( Read more... )

So, an update on the kitchen.

Our current kitchen has been shrinking. First we lost the pantry, door, and ovens. This resulted in the loss of cabinets once we moved the refrigerator in front of them and making life difficult for anyone who wanted to get to the sink or dishwasher. So we had to move everything in the pantry and cabinets to the den and ( Read more... )

So, they started digging up our back lawn today. We know have a four foot deep trench where our porch used to be and it is growing. At the moment, they are concentrating on moving all the dirt out to some other place. And my reaction to this was to a) bet how long it would take to cut off the tree branch that the excavator kept hitting and b) start ( Read more... )