Toby is Gone

Yesterday, we had to have out beloved cat, Toby, put to sleep. We're devastated. He was only six! It was kidney failure. He had been showing symptoms for a few months and we'd taken him to the vet before and changed his diet as a result, but a couple of weeks ago, he became really …

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Busy!

Boy, I've been busy since I last wrote! Lessee.... We had the house closing. That went pretty well. The sellers were nice. It didn't take too long. I immediately went to the house and had the locks changed, though, which is something I always do. I've made arrangements to have a handyman start working on …

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Hardwood Flooring

Can anyone recommend a good hardwood for home flooring? In the past, I've had very expensive bamboo, which I wasn't really satisfied with, and I don't know what our current wood floor is. We're thinking about getting part of the new house redone with hardwood floors, and I don't know the difference between hickory or …

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Snippets of 2013

Last December 31st, I wrote an End of the Year Post where I wrote about highlights (and lowlights) of each month. In fact, I did so for the previous year as well. Well, obviously I didn't this year. However, I thought I'd take some time to write a few snippets about some things that happened …

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