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July 20, 2005
Got grill?
I love Craigslist. Better than the classified ads, faster than eBay, and copious. I bought a Char Broil grill, looks like it's about two years old, cheap. Has a rotisserie, cover, bunch of tools, and a 2/3 full tank. Tomorrow, I grill!
I also found out that my big burly cat Biscuit lives in mortal terror of the ceiling fan. If the fan's on he skulks around like something's going to eat him, and if you turn the fan on while he's in the room you might as well light his tail on fire.
He's gonna love it when we put one in the dining room.
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July 17, 2005
Productive weekend...
Yesterday, B and I hung a new ceiling fan in our den. This fan is way less gross than the one that was in here before, which was wired in a rather, ah, clever way. The fan and the light were both drawing power through the dimmer switch, which was itself mis-wired. Now we've got rid of the goofy dimmer, and we're using a remote control switch mounted in the wall. Unlike the one I helped install at Tommy's, the switch isn't wired into the wall at all. So there's no reason I couldn't, say, mount it in a coffee table. Hmmm....
Today we cut some limbs that were too near our house and our fence. The little cordless electric chainsaw seems to work great. I won't be felling redwoods with it, but for cutting a few branches and breaking down the limbs, it works great. I managed to not die when I climbed up on the roof. Yay!
On another front, our little kitty Maggie seems to be feeling much better. We had some really, uh, exciting vet bills the last two weeks, and it's really nice to see that the care is working. Poor thing was feeling pretty rough, but she's definitely perking up more.
And now I know how to give a sub-cutaneous injection of lactated Ringer's solution. It's really kinda creepy: I put the needle in the scruff of her neck, and fill 'er up. It makes this big bubble of fluid between her shoulders, which then gets absorbed by her body. She doesn't like it very much, but it definitely helps her keep hydrated.
Oooh! AND my copy of Harry Potter book 6 came. Yay!
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July 10, 2005
Well, we got the last of our furniture.
Barb's dad helped us get the last of our big furniture today. He's a bold packer: There was a lot of stuff hangin' out the tailgate on the way back home. He's packed his truck a few times, though, and he knows what he's doing. He seemed pleased with our house. Not like he's going to tell us "Wow, looks like it's gonna fall on your head!" but I think he's right: It IS a good house.
This afternoon, I hung a couple hammocks in our gazebo in the back yard. We also put out our birdbath, and we cut a big root ball out of the ground with a Sawzall. That was pretty exciting. My dad's going to hate reading that we were both wearing sandals when we cut that sucker out of there. Don't worry: I counted. All nine toes are still there.
I'm watching the remarkably crappy CBS coverage of the Tour de France. It sounds like they got this guy from a tennis telecast and said "Hey, try to make cycling sound interesting. Be sure to talk about France and World War II." Huh? If I want to watch the Discovery Channel, I'll do that. Shut up and cover the race. He needs to shut up and let Phil Liggett talk. Unfortunately, I don't get OLN, which is the channel that actually carries the daily Tour coverage. Stupid Comcast.
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July 03, 2005
Whee! More house stuff!
Well, we just sent our first houseguest home. OnoMatt just headed back to Canadia this afternoon. He's got some great pictures, like this one of Haystack Rock, and this one, of a ginormous dog who has apparently just eaten Haystack Rock.
After leaving Cannon Beach, we went to the Tillamook Creamery, and watched enormous piles of cheddar cheese be fabricated. We then ate squeakycheese (very fresh cheddar cheese curds) and ice cream. For dinner, we went to Corbett Fish House for the finest fish n' chips you're likely to find. Oh yeah, and some DEEP FRIED cheddar cheese curds. Yeah, we got our dairy on.
Today, we had breakfast, and Matt headed out around noon. We went to Home Depot and bought a pile of stuff, including a really super nifty tool kit (happy engagement to me!) and a pile of garden stuff. Then we went to the nursery (which, as I'm sure we will come to regret, is about a block from home) and bought a bunch o' herbs. And strawberries. And blueberries. And flowers. And a suet cake for the birdies.
This house thing is getting expensive. But it's worth it. The place is just beautiful.
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