The Grass is Greener on the Sides

posted on July 18, 2013

The west and east sides of the house have been getting some much needed attention over the last two weeks and Richie continues to repair, caulk, sand, and paint the outside of the house. He also managed to finish laying down the last of the sod needed to complete the yard.

Every do-it-yourselfer who is renovating their homes (or at least the ones I’ve had the privilege to meet) deals with time restraints, money issues, weather delays, and physical exhaustion. All of which make doing projects in little blocks a necessity. We got a great start to the outside of the ….

“Who’ll Stop the Rain”

posted on July 16, 2012

Credence Clearwater pondered it, Prince colored it purple, Adele set fire to it, Gene Kelly sang in it, Led Zepplin were fools in it, The Cure prayed for it, Husker Du stood in it, Willie Nelson saw blue eyes crying in it, The Jesus and Mary Chain were only happy when it happened, the Eurythmics let it fall on their heads, and Bob Dylan knew a hard rain’s gonna fall……. but I’m just SICK OF IT!

My drive to work most days looks like this.

Every day for the last 12 days it has RAINED! I know, I know, most of the country ….