little things

Impulse Buying at the Hardware Store

August 21, 2008

We received a couple of great suggestions as to what to do with our True Value sweepstakes booty, such as a compound miter saw (which we don’t have) and a RotoZip tool. Earlier this week we went to True Value Hardware in Wilmette to browse and see what they had to offer. The shelves were [...]

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Weekend Progress

March 3, 2008
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We accomplished a number of little things this weekend. Little things, big impact. For one, we finally hung a few pieces of art from the picture rail. For our larger pieces, I bought picture hooks and hanging cord from Rejuvenation. Okay, this one doesn’t look quite as good on our “distressed” bedroom walls, but it’s [...]

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Fans United

February 19, 2008
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We accomplished a fair amount of little things over the weekend. We temporarily stashed most of our books on the attic staircase during the woodwork and plaster work phase, and even though they were covered with newspaper and plastic, the books were filthy. So I cleaned them off and put them back in place in [...]

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Studfinding, the PO Way

August 26, 2007
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I’ve done some little things around the house this weekend, like rehang a door in the basement near the AC unit and furnace. I think the sound from it spooks one of the cats a little, so hopefully that will cut down the noise considerably. I’m also spackling some holes that the PO left in [...]

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Selling our Previous Home, Part I

July 31, 2007

It’s finally over! We closed on our old house yesterday, and it went off without a hitch. We pre-signed everything so we didn’t have to be present at the closing. Our lawyer prefers it that way because the buyer could start whining about something where we’d feel compelled to give up more money. This way [...]

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Not All Fun and Games

July 10, 2007

Lest you think we were goofing off all week with our houseguests (and BTW, temporarily owning 2 homes 90 feet apart comes in very handy when you have 4 adults and 2 teenage boys visiting!), here’s a list of what we accomplished last week (most of which was accomplished once they left last Thursday): sold [...]

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Stage Right

June 23, 2007
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As I’ve mentioned, over the past 6-9 months we’’ve slowly been doing a number of things to get ready for the sale of the ranch. I had been saying every year for about the past 12 or so years that we must replace the porch and deck —— the wood had been splitting and it [...]

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It’s the Little Things

June 20, 2007
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I wish I had taken the time long ago just to do some of those little things that you look at every day and think you should do something about “one day”. In the kitchen of our current house we have cabinets that used to house a double oven (way before my time). Pete converted [...]

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Staging in Stages

June 12, 2007
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Okay, yes I love watching HGTV from time to time. Pete will disagree with me here, but I usually watch it in chunks——I get a big dose of it and then I don’’t watch it again for a long time. He always rolls his eyes when I turn it on. But I’’ve gotten some great [...]

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