Our New Old House

I thought you might want to see where I blog from.  This is where the magic happens, folks! 

Oh, that’s Zoot the cat in the foreground.  The top of our coffee table lifts up on arms and leaves these two apparently cat sized boxes.

[tags]cats, random, furniture, photos, living room[/tags]

A few weeks back my friend Gianfranco visited from Chicago.  We had a great time while he was in town and even got a little work done!

We had a picnic in the park!

Franco helped Brandon get started building the shed.

The instructions were confusing.

We went to the Farmer’s Market with Christa and Lars. Christa bought leeks and was VERY happy about it.

There were some herbal delights…

Some alien tomatoes…

And Franco found a booth where he really fit in.

At the end of a long hot day we were all very tired.

The end!

 [tags] farmer’s market, photos, des moines, shed [/tags]

I’m a big fan of the website Timothy McSweeney: Curses With Pox, Not Plague. It’s a creative writing website.

My friend Dan the Librarian told me about an entry on the site called, “An Open Letter to the Man Who Installed the Carpet in 1974 for the Previous Owners of the Home We Just Bought.”

I’ve thought of making a Previous Owners Hitlist, composed of the infuriating, confusing, and just plain bad decisions previous owners have made about “improving” their houses.

Have you ever composed an open letter to a previous owner? If you feel so inclined, leave me a comment on this post or send me an email with your open letter to a previous owner of your house. I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts on this.

Sorry for the few days’ downtime, folks.  I committed one of the classic newbie mistakes and tried to update my blogging software without running a full backup first.  Lost my formatting but that should be back soon.

Thanks for your patience.

Well, here it is, folks!  The reason I haven’t been writing many updates to my blog (aside from the appalling lack of work I’ve gotten done around the house) is that I’ve been putting together this lovely new home for my blog!  Please take note, update your links, and please excuse my dust, because like everything else in my life, the site is still under construction in some spots.

Lots of good exciting stuff coming soon, though.  For example, I was surprised with a houseful of furniture!  Also, I get to use spray paint soon.  Oh, and we’ve been drawing graffiti on our bathroom wall.  Lots of good things to look forward to.

So see you next time!  Same Bat time, NEW Bat website!  (That sounded cooler in my head.)