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Stuff about our house

Snow!

Posted on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 by TsuKata

Thankfully, I have a snowblower. So, 30 minutes later, the driveway and walkway were clear. I thought I’d taken a picture of that, too, but I guess it didn’t take. Unfortunately, the streets haven’t been plowed, and I couldn’t easily … Continue reading →

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I can hear you now

Posted on Saturday, 06 February 2010 by TsuKata

My Awesome brother-in-law and adorable nephew #2 spent a few days with us this past week. AwesomeBIL was installing a surround sound system for us in the basement, to go with our casino-won HDTV. He also built us a custom … Continue reading →

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Snow! For the blowing!

Posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2009 by TsuKata

This past weekend, in anticipation of the zOMGWTFSNOWYQ!!!!FIRST WINTER STORMIZATION!!!!, we bought a Craftsman 250cc 28″ Two-stage Snowblower. Today was my first chance to use it, on the 2-4 inches of wet slimy snow that had accumulated on the driveway … Continue reading →

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Create a Sun Jar: TsuKata’s Edition

Posted on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 by TsuKata

This is a derivative of the Instructables/Lifehacker “Create Your Own Sun Jar” instructions. My version requires no screwdrivers or glue, which makes it simpler and easier than their version. Make sure to read all instructions before attempting this on your … Continue reading →

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The Pooh Room

Posted on Saturday, 18 April 2009 by TsuKata

The last touch on the Pooh room is complete: The series of pictures toward the back is a relatively hard-to-find set of prints released by Disney back in 2001. I wanted them for my apartment when they were released, but … Continue reading →

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Not again…

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2009 by TsuKata

It feels like writing this will make it more real, so I kind of dread writing about it…but I need to get it out of my system, as well as inform the people who read this and thus care. You … Continue reading →

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New rooms!

Posted on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 by TsuKata

Our bath and laundry/mud rooms are done! They’re so pretty. The laundry room, aside from the improvements to flooring, shelving, and venting, is very similar to before. The blue is slightly different, but it wouldn’t be noticeable unless you had … Continue reading →

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Door leaking from the top?

Posted on Tuesday, 10 March 2009 by TsuKata

I need the collective brain… Our front door is leaking…from the top. That is, we have a drip (or rivulet the past few days) of water that forms at the top center of the door and runs down into the … Continue reading →

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Time Travel

Posted on Friday, 30 January 2009 by TsuKata

As many of you have noticed, the blog has gone back in time to catch up on posts from our (very awesome, wanna go back NOW) Disney trip. As such, I skipped over quite a few events that would normally … Continue reading →

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Laundry=yes; bathroom=no.

Posted on Friday, 26 December 2008 by TsuKata

Our carpet on the 1st floor is dry. The basement still has some moisture, so the fans are running there. All the fans and equipment have been moved out of the 1st floor. We’re happy to have some quiet on … Continue reading →

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