June 25th, 2010
Three years ago today we became the proud owners of this fine bungalow and haven’t regretted it for one minute.
The blog began about a month earlier, and it has been great to “chronicle” all that we’ve done and see how much the house has changed. Since I recently compiled the renovation highlights in the 2nd [...]
July 21st, 2008
As part of the Houseblogs.net “Look What I Did” Sweepstakes, it’s a perfect time to show the Before-and-After of our flagstone patio and the progress we’ve made on our yard to date. (I’m also happy for the chance to win some cold hard cash/plastic from our sponsor, True Value!)
When we moved into our bungalow, our [...]
July 15th, 2008
Remember Phil Hartman from Saturday Night Live as The Anal Retentive Chef? He would show some perfectly chopped red bell peppers and proceed to throw out one that was chopped just a little too big, one that was a little wrinkly, etc. until he finds fault with all of it and has to start over. [...]
July 11th, 2008
Earlier this week I mentioned that we finally started building our WC — not a Water Closet, as a flush toilet was originally called (and what bathrooms are still called today in German), but a Waste Corral to house our garbage, recycling and compost bins. Still housing waste, but a much less icky kind.
We had [...]
July 8th, 2008
Pete and I enjoyed a well-deserved four-day 4th of July weekend.
On a very chilly Thursday night we strolled over to the Morton Grove Days Festival, an annual event complete with carnival, live bands and the all-important beer tent. Although one of my good high school friends only lives a few blocks away from us, [...]
August 15th, 2007
See that mailbox? Is this a mailbox that belongs on the lawn of a bungalow? I think not. A farmhouse perhaps, but not a bungalow.
And so began my quest for a new mailbox. I saw some worthy candidates on the web, but nothing really bowled me over. Finally, as we were making another fun house [...]