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Category Archives: American vs English
Installing a Wooden Porch Door: The Sawing and Chiseling Edition
Ned: You’re using my table saw to violate a court order? Homer: Well, we tried all those other tools. – The Simpsons We’re putting a new porch door on the front of the house. Stacey mentioned this when she was … Continue reading
Porch Fest 2013: Door > Floor
Helloooo? I’m cold and there are wolves after me. – Abe Simpson Given our unexpectedly lengthy search for a way to strip the porch floor AND the suddenly-very-impending winter, the Kev and I agreed that replacing the porch door was our … Continue reading
Winterizing Your Yard and Garden
Lisa: What a perfect outing for a beautiful autumn day. Marge: I feel sorry for everyone who’s cooped up inside watching the seventh game of the World Series. – The Simpsons I love fall! (And when in the UK, I … Continue reading
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Tagged fall garden maintenance, garden clean-up, winter mulch
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Before and After: Local Dump to Path and Raised Bed
I can’t believe I’m spending half my Saturday picking up garbage. I mean, half these bottles aren’t even mine! -Lenny Over the last few years, we have been redeeming the garden. Once, it was mainly lawn with a few flower … Continue reading
House Proud
One of us! One of us! – The Simpsons On Sunday mornings I ask Kevin, “Will we speak with The Boy today?” Better known as “Ben”, The Boy is a full-grown man now, but speaking (and now Skyping) with him … Continue reading
A Page is Born
Moe: You know what really aggravazes me? It’s them immigrants. They want all the benefits of living in Springfield, but they ain’t even bother to learn themselves the language. Homer: Hey, those are exactly my sentimonies! – The Simpsons Check … Continue reading
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High and Mitered
The brain is so stupid. – Homer Simpson I’ve been installing the crown molding in the bedroom. We put the same kind of molding in the other ground floor bedroom last year. Incidentally, it’s called coving in the UK. So, … Continue reading
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Tagged installing cove, installing crown molding
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Holy Nesting Site, Batman!
Lisa: When the momma bird returns to feed her babies, we’ll have a prize-winning picture. Bart: Lisa, people these days don’t want to see a baby bird; they want to see celebrities at their worst. – The Simpsons Last year, a … Continue reading
