It rained again here last night. Originally I wasn’t too worried about the rain because the roof had been patched. The roofer had warned me that he might not have gotten all of the spot and to call him if the roof continued to leak.
The roof leaked last night. This time water actually came into the sun room — dripped from the upper window ledge onto the floor. I don’t know if the patch made the leak worse or better, or didn’t have any effect at all.
If you have friends overseas, here are some great resources for using a domestic dial-through number to make free international calls. Here’s how it works: dial the access number for the international dialtone (in this case, the number is based in Iowa), dial the international number at the dialtone, and then you’re connected to the…
A while back, Box (cloud storage, like Drop Box) offered a promo for a free 50 GB account by signing up for Box using the Android app. Sounded like a sweet deal, so I signed up. Box storage is accessible via web, desktop, iOS, and Android clients. It’s come in handy a few times, but…
My stepfather is in town helping me fix up some things on the house. So far, we’ve installed a deadbolt in the back door and have attempted to fix the side door lock (talk about a messy door). The doorknob and lock is an antique mortise lock made by Yale. Surprisingly, Yale still makes mortise…
So tonight was my first class. We reviewed the basic steps that are used in the routine we’ll be performing. We also did some advanced work — including working with a veil, which was also a blast. I was able to stay for the begininer and part of the advanced class afterwards. It was a…
Never seems to fail. I come back from a trip and I get sick. On the flight back last weekend, the kid sitting in the row behind me coughed up a storm. I started losing my voice and getting a sore throat on Thursday last week. The coughing got worse over the weekend. I was…
Okay, kinda related topics — more that they happened on the same day than anything else. House showing and allergy update. The house is showing this evening! Woohoo! That’s four showings in one week. Hopefully one of these will result in an offer… The house has had a lot of traffic but no serious inquiries….