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If you have never been to Goodreads.com it is an excellent place to check out a book and decide if you want to read it. You can go through many reviews by other readers, author biographies and they have lots of information. I personally don’t count how many pages I have read of a book,…

Decorating for the holidays after a serious move is always a challenge, but when you have to dig through stacked boxes to get to the ones labeled CHRISTMAS, it takes on a whole new level. I am tempted to empty all the boxes on my way to the ones marked for the holiday, but I…

A new house, new challenges, and new observations of human impatience. An understanding of the inner workings of toilets comes with age, or curiosity, I’m not sure which; but in any case, most people have fiddled with the back of a toilet at one time or another. We have a slow flushing toilet in the…

We bought a few lamps, still on the hunt for more. The ones we bought need to be assembled. We found these in the pics among the the treasures left behind. This morning with the assistance of my mother, we stumbled upon the method of setting up our voicemail. Yes, not surprising, we have a…

Our plan for the day is to fuss, organize, and buy some lamps. The fuss and organize part is to change and rearrange where this table is, and move those boxes downstairs. Then we’ll hang our hooks by the doors, so coats and hats and gloves can find a permanent home. I still have empty…

I don’t know about anybody else, but seatbelts like to creep around my neck and threaten to strangle me. This happens when I am a passenger and when I am driving so it may have to do with the shape of my body. In any case it is not a new problem and it is…

Since I was a kid, I have always known my father was brilliant, but for this recent move, he came up with an idea, I use every day. He had, or bought a very long 12 inch wide 2 inch thick board. Then he created an extension so the board was the full distance of…

Sometimes unpacking and moving in seems like a war against time. For two days because of the snow we were stuck at home and I made good use of the time. Then this morning I managed to get the boot and floor pad in place to protect the floor while we take off our snow…

The first six inches are pretty, blanketing the house, yard, and trees. It turns everything into a post card or Christmas card scene. When it continues to pile up the picture perfect image distorts, but as it drifts and the wind tries its hand at sculpting, it is amazing. However, it can reach a point…