I've just spent a couple hours with lawn care. We bought a riding mower, and I have been zipping back and forth trying to beat the sunset. Hung said the other day that he enjoys cutting lawns–what is he smoking? What is the American fascination with that green parcel of land called the lawn, that […]

We’ve been working on fixing up our new house. Little things here and there, and bigger things in between. Windows, doors, and furniture are just some of the things we need to take care of. This is taking a lot of time, but this semester is light with school work, and I am just finishing […]

We are getting new windows tomorrow. They are state of the art, double-hung, argon-filled, low-E, environmentally friendly windows–with lasers on their heads. Although the price is somewhat high, our old windows are in incredible disrepair. I avoid opening them at all costs, as there is no guarantee I can get them to go back down. […]

We awoke today to find our lowest level partially flooded. It sidetracked plans for the day, as we scrambled to dry everything and determine the problem. In the crawl space, I found two mouse carcasses which have now been neatly disposed of. In the garage, somehow a frog had entered and startled me! Later, Lisa […]