So in the middle of all of the stuff in the house, a small point of fun: four kittens romping in the back yard. Imagine my surprise to look out the back window and find a mamma kitty with four 6-8 week old kittens. I’m going to have to contact the Knox Feral Cat rescue. Hopefully the kitties can be trapped and placed in homes. I love cats, but it isn’t fair to...
Continue reading...June 2007
Insurance, House, and other fun things!
The plumber came back out today. Guess what? There are tree roots in the sewer line. Not just a few either — enough to coat the cutting head of the snake that went through 75 feet of the sewer line. The bad news? I have to have the front sewer line replaced. This will involve digging up most of the front yard, possibly removing a tree or two (lovely dogwoods, which makes me...
Continue reading...Yet again
Here it is after 2:30 AM and the toilet has backed up again. This time there was also water in the bath tub (probably from when I took a shower). Sigh. This is getting really old. Related Images:
Continue reading...Delightful Days
Last night, at a sparkly 4:00 AM in the morning, my toilet decided it wasn’t going to flush. The water backed up from under the rim and the base of the toilet. Mopped all of that up and was too frazzled to go to bed. Figured I would write a blog post about it. SQL database gets corrupted. Definitely not a good day. The relatively good news about all of this is that...
Continue reading...Warning on WordPress 2.2
I installed WordPress 2.2 on June 12. Added some new posts. Everything seemed to be going well. Until last night. I had some issues around the house (yay toilet leaks) and blogged about it. While I was in the middle of writing the post, the SQL database got corrupted. WordPress threw an error message that prompted me to install. Everything I tried — restoring the database from backup and upgrading from 2.1.2 to...
Continue reading...Season 3 on Sci Fic
Just saw the first add for Season 3 of Doctor Who on Sci Fi channel. It starts July 6th. Woohoo! I’m so there. Of course, I’ve already watched most of season 3 on the Web… but still. It will be nice to see what is included in the US release. Related Images:
Continue reading...Costume DONE!
Okay, 90% finished, but still! Finishing the costume would not have been possible without the help of one of my friends. She spent Friday evening helping me finish the belt and the vest. Yay! Awesome person. I finished sewing the trim on the belt just in time for to leave for the performance. Related Images:
Continue reading...Easing in Seams Sucks
Easing in seams sucks. Or rather, I suck at it. I had to ease in four seams tonight. Learned how to do it while doing it. You know there aren’t any good Web sites that explain how to ease in seams? I found some pictures. The people in my belly dance class tried to explain it. None of it made any sense to me. It is really hard to visualize. If easing isn’t...
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