I think one the worst things about the washing machine breaking and flooding the house is that I had to live without a washing machine for a month. We did wash clothes of course, at the hotel in those coin-operated machines. And a few times I camped out at friends houses for the afternoon and [...]
As though having a newborn baby were not enough drama, our washer flooded when DD-1 was only three weeks old. It was the first time that she slept for four hours. I had turned on the washer, since it soothes her. And there is always laundry to do when there are two children to look [...]
Ah, the porch. The most fantastic, wonderful place in the world to relax and drink coffee when the weather is good. We had the house assessed a while back and the assessor said that the porch would sell the house, but sadly he hardly ever sees anybody using their outdoor spaces. Not so for our [...]
Hooray, I’ve got a reasonably useful connection in the library. That only took an hour. Bah. For anybody who needs to know, the secure connection at the Forsyth County Public Library requires WPA2/TKIP. Not AES. And Service Pack 2 for XP. Yes, I’m sure you wanted to know that. However, that has been my morning, [...]
Our new county library opened. It’s a miracle. It was scheduled to open this past Fall, then delayed. And since something seems to always go wrong with a new municipal service, I had expected it to be delayed again and open eventually. Not so. I am happy that my pessimism was unwarranted. DOWNSTAIRES LIBRARY EMPTY [...]
