Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Now that I’d spent a great deal of time and energy digging a big ass hole in the ground the only natural thing to do was . . . fill it back in! Our city provides free woodchips, the only catch was that we had to take a dump truck full, or about 7 cubic […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 3 – Woodchips)With the parts ready we were now. . . nowhere near ready to start construction. I knew there was still a lot of work to do before the first hammer would be raised. I just wanted to be sure that if we were missing any parts the company would have time to ship them to […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 2 – Let the Digging Begin)Why is it that so many of my posts must come in multiple parts? I haven’t yet begun to write but the task seems daunting, much like the project itself. That’s right, Molly and I realized this year that we had two young kids as well as a 30 by 10 foot piece of yard […]
Read More “Play on swing set?!” (part 1)For the first time this year I’m writing from our patio. Not that I have much to write, but I am pretty excited that the weather is finally turning nice!
Read More Does this mean spring is here?Tonight before dinner our doorbell rang. The UPS man dropped off a 19 inch Polaroid LCD TV. As Zoe said “open that, two!”
Read More TV Hell Follow-UpThis has been quite the journey through customer service. It’s time to reflect on what I’ve learned: US Postal Service – The tracking information apparently doesn’t actually track anything. In fact I’m not sure what it did other than cost me $.75. I am glad we bought the insurance though even though we didn’t get […]
Read More TV Hell (conclusion)It would seem that at this point our story has reached its happy conclusion, but there is of course one more problem. Since the TV we ended up with is significantly larger than the one we began with the wall mount we bought and put up is too small. After a bit of online bargain […]
Read More TV Hell (part 8)The next day Molly (after bringing Zoe to the doctor for her ear infection) returned home at 12:30 to find a note from FedEx that they had attempted to deliver the package and no one had been home. I found it a little unnerving that FedEx seemed to think that 12:30 fell between 2 and […]
Read More TV Hell (part 7)The next day I got a message from Mr. Anderson with a FedEx tracking number! He had even sent it 2 day express so we were expecting to receive it the following Monday morning. Unfortunately, Molly and the girls had plans both Monday and Tuesday mornings so Tuesday evening (after taking Zoe out for Pizza! […]
Read More TV Hell (part 6)Zoe was the first one of us to spot a robin this year. She often watches the tree right outside our window while she eats since the squirrels like to romp around in it. She must have been surprised the other day as we were eating lunch because she abruptly pointed out the window and […]
Read More First Robin of Spring