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Friday, August 20th, 2010
Our A/C is busted. My wife was out most of the day yesterday and had pushed the thermostat up before she left. When she came home, she found the house several degrees warmer than what she had it set to. Our house is hard to cool, so I just assumed ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Our house is 18 years old and it still has the original roof. Some of our neighbors have gotten new roofs (rooves?) within the past couple of years, so I know that is an expense that we will have to undertake sooner than later.
Yesterday, there was a guy canvassing the ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I was in the backyard pushing my son on the swing when I see this middle school-aged kid in my neighbor's yard lurking about. My house backs to a major road and on the other side of the fence and through some trees, I see two other kids standing there. ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
I had been looking forward to the Super Bowl all week. The last couple of years we just hung out at home with the kids, had a special dinner, and watched the game. I really enjoy the whole experience...usually.
The day started out pretty good. I took my daughter to Sunday ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
Over the weekend, I opened up my garage door to find a tiny little bird sitting at the top of my driveway. As I approached, it didn't move or react. I thought that maybe it was dead, but as I got closer, I could see that it was still breathing. ...
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
Last spring, my wife was given a beautiful, orange, Asiatic Lilly as a gift for helping out at my daughter's pre-school. My wife and I have the blackest thumbs in the world. We let the plant sit in the plastic pot on our deck and had every intention of planting ...
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Monday, September 19th, 2005
When we bought our house last year, we noticed that there was some kind of underground sprinkler system. It was not advertised as a feature of the house and we were told that it didn't work. Our new neighbors told us that the original owner put it in himself and ...
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
I put out another trap and caught another mouse. This time it didn't disappear. The funny thing is that I don't think it's a mouse. I'm not sure what it is. I think it's either a small mole or a shrew. I did a little research on the Internet ...
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
About two weeks ago, I was mowing the lawn and I thought I saw 2 mice scurrying along the perimeter of the house. I went out and bought a couple of traps and put them out on Sunday night. On Monday evening, I went to check on the traps.
As I ...
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Monday, July 11th, 2005
I did some caulking in the bathroom over the weekend. I don't particularly like caulking. I'm not very good at it and I'm never happy with the results. I had some work to finish up in the bathroom, so I bit the bullet. My caulk gun already had a tube ...
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