Thursday, April 24th, 2008
It's raining today, so I won't be working on the gardens as I have each of the past few days. Fortunately, I've already had a chance to break in the sweet new set of hand pruners that I picked up recently.
I stopped by a swanky local mall yesterday morning ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
I know I'm supposed to wait to buy things for myself for a couple more weeks-- especially when they're things I told people I wanted as a Christmas gift. But I couldn't resist.
I need a new cordless drill. I have outgrown my old 9.6v firestorm drill, and passed ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Our house was built in 1923 with an attached garage for a car. Now I've got a 1923 Minnesota license plate that could have been attached to that car.
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Friday, May 11th, 2007
Our boulevard is thick with dandelions this spring and I have been looking for a good non-chemical tool to clear them out. I already have a hand-held weeding tool, but for an area this large, I really wanted something I could use standing up.
On a walk through the neighborhood ...
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
I love finding good deals on renovation supplies. It helps soften the blow of those times when I measure once and cut twice. (Why are those mistaken cuts always too short?)
I stopped in to Sherwin Williams today to pick up a bucket of Peel Away 1 paint remover ...
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