I love the office in my home. I have a view (albeit, somewhat restricted to about 30 degrees due to the neighbors house) of the undeveloped greenbelt behind my house. Right now I see about two dozen birds of around four species walking the grass just outside of the dense trees, looking for grubs and other ground-dwelling tasties that tend to come ( Read more... )

I've been dealing with carpenter ants for about a year. I wanted to take care of them myself, and thought things were going well since I haven't seen them all winter. Apparently they were just on break. Anyway I'm finding that a year later they STILL HAVEN'T BUILT ANYTHING USEFUL. Worst carpenters ever. I paid a guy stupid sums of money to have ( Read more... )

I'm trying to decide where I'm going to put the hot tub and I'd like your help ( Read more... )

I think I found a hot tub that'll work perfectly. Just in time for the cool weather. AND it's only 10 minutes away from my place. I'm going to check it out today and make sure I can extract it without having to do anything crazy ( Read more... )

Fairly boring post of yardwork and sunburns.

Last Saturday I did a bit of yard work right after getting back from camping with eyeawry. I figured I was sweaty and gross as it is, I might as well just jump right in and knock out a few of the delightful outdoor chores that being a homeowner yields. First, I pulled weeds from the flower bed, which were ( Read more... )

I just discovered that I have an **amazing** view west of Dallas. I can see the planes on final approach and taking off from DFW airport, which is approximately 10 miles away. I believe I can even see one of the control towers. I can see all the way to the horizon and it's fantastic. However, my roof is extremely steep, and not very welcoming of ( Read more... )

peglegpete, havoktheraven, crista, insideyourhead, and ponderduck came by last night and we all had a fantastic time on the patio enjoying our beverages of choice. The rest of you totally missed out ( Read more... )

I closed on my house yesterday and everything funded and was finalized today. I got the keys about about 3pm.

It's really weird going to what was another person's house, and just going in. I confess, I did ring the doorbell first, just in case ( Read more... )

I need your help! Which bed do you think suits me most?


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Performing a quick inventory, I realized I have enough long-sleeve button-down dress shirts to wear a unique one every day for a month. I think I've got the shirt situation covered now. I'm pretty bad about buying dress shirts and ties. I love ties. I think they're classy, and look fantastic with a jacket. Unfortunately, the only time I ever wear ( Read more... )