Entries tagged with 'Projects'
Fences & Flowers
May 21, 2009
Last week was surgery week - me, with more skin cancer removals, and The Varmint with a much more serious sinus surgery involving anesthesia, nose splints, and the dreaded Schnozz Hammock. This would not have been a fun week, regardless... Read more >
Project Life Reboot
January 12, 2009
From death to mayhem to illness to explosions to equipment malfunction to mold to accident after accident, things have sucked for our clan these past three months. I don't want to tarry around the universal mischief at work, (for to... Read more >
The Hostess with the Leastest
October 5, 2008
I haven't spoken at length to anybody but The Varmint, Baby Mak and Deb for more than seven days straight. This remains true despite the fact I hosted book club with 4 of my favorite gal pals in attendance on... Read more >
Getting Zen in the Zuchini
July 2, 2008
Nearly a year and a half back, when the kid started getting mobile, I was forced to uproot my rose garden. The whole puncturing an eyeball on a rosebush thing trumped that wee hobby. For awhile there, the roses had... Read more >
Project Patio: From Grey to Groovy
June 27, 2008
Being designers is like being professional fidgeters. It's really hard to sit still if it something isn't to our iiking. So, after a few months of staring at our new patio in its slabby, gray monochrome conformity, we knew we... Read more >
Hurrah for Small Victories
June 22, 2007
Having had a couple months of The Universe Smacking Our Asses, I would now like to claim a few small victories. These small accomplishments are proof positive that Murphy's Law occasionally malfunctions:1) Welcome to the Hub: Amidst the mayhem, we... Read more >
Wet Paint
May 16, 2007
It only took a year, but our studio officially has a fresh coat of paint. Adieu, Hardy Panel beige! Hell-o uber-urban camouflage. I took forever to select the palette for this thing, mostly because we plan to use it as... Read more >
Bitey Lingers Despite Being Fired
March 17, 2007
Despite being fired for the egregious divets he's carved from countless shins, Bitey lingers on in our house. Bitey, for those of you wondering what the hell I'm talking about, is the name of our current coffee table. Alternatively, Bitey... Read more >
Before & After
March 16, 2007
What, you might wonder, would make freakishly busy new parents, their itty bitty baby, and 2/3 of the grandparent contingent travel 400 miles out to Arizona for three days? If you guessed a reunion, a holiday or fun-in-the-sun, you'd be... Read more >
A Perfect Poop Storm
February 22, 2007
For the past three weeks, things at Chez Varmint have been a simmering pile of clenched butts and grinding teeth. Initially I couldn't write because we were hard at work on the new One Good Life site; we were transferring... Read more >
Our Commute’s Now 10 Times Shorter
June 8, 2006
You’ll notice we are no longer calling our backyard structure “The Shed.” That’s because we’ve updated our plans. Our new, far more practical (read: affordable) plan is to skip the garage conversion and make our new building world headquarters for... Read more >
Creating Space (or Nice Erection!)
April 30, 2006
Progress. Yes, indeedy. Our art studio / storage shed is emerging from a hulking pile of tools and lumber, with great thanks to our good friend Brad, his trusty sidekick Dwayne - and heart-wrenchingly helpful donations of a big, beautiful... Read more >
Everything's Getting Bigger
March 29, 2006
Monday, the second contractor came by the house to tell us exactly how much of our hard-earned savings he felt we were going to have to cough up in order to make our postage stamp-sized, two-person home livable with a... Read more >
Sur la Table
December 3, 2005
In the first-ever One Good Life blog request, The Sallivator made me promise that I'd post a picture of the table we tiled together so she might visit it from time-to-time.I like to think of it as Glamour Shots for... Read more >
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