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Tag Archives: Home renovations
Painting
We moved into our home in 1989 and when we did, we inherited some unusual features. Two of the bedroom doors had holes in them. They were punched in by angry fists. Mike, having run the YMCA, was not unacquainted … Continue reading
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Tagged Home renovations, Mike, Painting
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Secretary of the Complaints Committee
That was the title given to Mike today. If you follow my blog on a very regular basis, you may know that we have been under a regular cloud of dust where we live. I wrote about it two months … Continue reading
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Tagged home maintenance, Home renovations, Sun Valley Dust
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Of Building Alterations and To-Do Lists
We haven’t done this for a long time. We are making a small alteration to the house. Here we go…angle grinding begins! They got that entire window out with not a single crack of glass. Out with the old, in … Continue reading