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What a fine and funny film! I really liked how you could see him wake up as the movie progressed and the drugs lost their hold over him and he found new things to enjoy. I know a sequel wouldn’t be the same, but I’d like to see what happens next to these characters. If […]

We grilled our hotdogs and heated up some chili for dinner. Then we actually went inside and cleared away enough stuff to watch a movie (Garden State) to make the cat feel better because we decided it’s easier to keep him trapped in the part of the house that isn’t being done. Then made sure […]

This morning we moved the last few things to the tv room, and moved what we need to live to the RV (like food, tooth brushes, towels). I’m glad that’s done. Now we just need the floor guys to show up and get to work. Next weekend we can work on moving everything back in […]

Now that I’ve finally seen the season finale of Lost I have some thoughts coming to me. Spoilers here… I think Sawyer will end up dead. Nicole pointed out to me that the craxy French lady said she heard they were coming for the boy, we didn’t think the boy was Walt though. Is this […]

Moth of our closet is moved, most of the living room is moved, most of the dining room is moved. We still need to move the stuff in our room and Nicole’s room and take care of the misc in the other rooms. Oh yeah. We also need to move the wood burning stove. It’s […]

That was tonight’s dinner. I tried it ont he grill but I think without the meat thermometer it wasnt as warm as I would have liked it. It was cooked all the way through and it wasn’t rare, but the connective tissue hadn’t broken down enough. The tater tots were fine of course (new extra […]

It’s been a few weeks since I got the new tire and I decided I should check the pressure this morning. It was almost 50PSI!! It’s only rated for 36. I guess that shows it’s a well made tire considering I’ve been abusing it and hitting all manner of bumps. I lowered the pressure to […]

Put up the towel rack yesterday. Still need to get a medicine cabinet. Put up the doors yesterday. Need to cut some off the bottom of the bedroom door so it can be moved… It’s not just hard to move, it’s stuck.

We were in Marini’s and I saw a bottle of candy bubbles, red (“cherry”) flavored. I had to try them, being a fan of the spray candy. Spray candy is liquid candy in a spray pump. The beauty is that you feel like you just had candy and it’s such a small ammount that it’s […]

In Santa Cruz you can build a large opaque wall if it is set back 6 feet from the front property line (not counting easements to the city, etc.). You can have a fence on the line as long as it is no more than 3.5 feet high and you can see through it (picket […]