After the requisite 3 trips to the hardware store, I have successfully replaced our garbage disposal. The old disposal came with the house and was, well, old and loud. The new one is neither of those things ( Read more... )

September has come in with a bit of a bump. While the days are still warm and lovely, the nights and early mornings have that hint of crisp fall about them. The trees are starting to loose their leaves and the students have returned to Big Upper Mid-western U. Work got insanely busy right along side the first week of September and looks to stay ( Read more... )

I got home today to a balmy 66 degrees Fahrenheit. It's amazing just how warm 66 feels after almost a week of mid-50s temperatures ( Read more... )