In a moment of “purge mode”, A. & I decided to strip the slips out of our CD jewel cases and discard the cases themselves (the CDs have already all been ripped to MP3 and/or AAC and been scooted into books for easier storage and access). Turns out we were able to fill two garbage […]
Tonight, A. and I had different reaction to our latest round of house-hunting. She passed out. I sat down and looked over even more listings and crunched even more numbers. To put it bluntly: the Burlington-area market is nasty and stilted and tough. The feeling I get is that properties are over-valued but the supply/demand […]
Back from Philly Monday night… NCAA Lacrosse action did not disappoint. Cortland vs. Salisbury for the D3 final turned out to be the highlight game of the weekend, I think – – but it was also fuckin’ sweet to watch UVA chastise UMass for their Saturday-borne arrogance. See also: That said, it was good to […]
Closing the lid on this laptop for the long weekend. Off to Philadelphia with my dad and brother for some NCAA lacrosse tournament action. (Call it a pilgrimage.) Going through my final checklist to make sure that I get myself good and packed. Don’t want to forget the sunscreen like last year. It’ll be a […]
House hunt goes very average. Price points are tough in greater Burlington. We saw a half-dozen places in 48 hours that have left us feeling very flat. We’re not afraid of a little elbow grease to get a place in order but it also seems a little ridiculous that something should need $10-20k in immediate […]
When your house is on the market, cook lots of tasty, good-smelling things in the crockpot. Get that thing started in the a.m. and let it run all day. Let people think about how good your house smells in addition to how good it looks. Whatever works, right? currently playing: Sasha & John Digweed “Delta […]
A crazy couple of weeks tearing by. Seems like we just got through the grand’rents’ 50th and then our own kitchen counters ordeal and things just keep grinding on. Aside from the usual hands full action (work for me, dissertation writing for A.), all the other down time is filled with those all-important projects like […]
Apparently I can now add re-laminating kitchen counters to my repertoire: currently playing: Candy Machine “Anderson’s Lookout”
Just back from Maine where we helped my maternal grandparents to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Grandpa didn’t want the pageantry of a full-on cake, so we talked him down to cupcakes: (The cupcakes in lieu of cake.) It’s been a little hard for me to come to grips with it. I was certainly eager […]