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Practice What I Bleat

This post has been toned down from it's original rant. You read that right: this is the toned down version! "If you want something badly enough to whine about it you better be willing to do it yourself."1me, every damn day Backstory: The kids are constantly asking for things (toys, food, clothes, video games, liberty), … Continue reading Practice What I Bleat →

as1neth Home Page Leave a comment August 3, 2021 8 Minutes

Little Victories

It's a stressful time, so we've got to celebrate the wins when we get them. Kitchen As you may remember, we are (very slowly) preparing the kitchen for renovation, and this necessitated the removal of a built-in cabinet/drawers thing that acted as a wall between the original kitchen and the mud room (prep room? laundry … Continue reading Little Victories →

as1neth Uncategorized 3 Comments April 14, 2020 7 Minutes

Gate part two!

Remember the gate? I was unhappy with it, but also just happy it was up? Gate looking shiny on its first day... before it started sloping downward into the mud. Well, over the following weeks/months it just kept slowly (not that slowly) sinking down to the point where it was pretty much unusable. I thought … Continue reading Gate part two! →

as1neth Uncategorized Leave a comment March 31, 2020 2 Minutes

The Metalwork.

The world was a different place in 1870 - in most ways it was terrible. Women had practically no rights, racism was even more rampant than today (slavery had just been abolished, on paper), and residential indoor plumbing was pretty rare.* Life wasn't too bad (comparably) if you were a land-owning white male, but decidedly … Continue reading The Metalwork. →

as1neth Uncategorized 4 Comments June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 2 Minutes

The Chimney.

From the ground, the chimney appears reasonably sized - we thought it was up to Sergiu's chest or shoulders. Oh how wrong we were... When the roofers were replacing the crazy roof, they mentioned that the chimney (the bit sticking out of the roof) was in truly awful shape - crumbling into nothingness. Given the … Continue reading The Chimney. →

as1neth Uncategorized 6 Comments May 26, 2019 3 Minutes

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