Roofers uncovered good size hole in the sun room roof: approximately eight inches long, by two inches deep, by a sloping four inches wide. No wonder patching the roof didn’t work. The low pitch of the roof combined with three-tab shingles meant water didn’t run away cleanly. Instead, it meandered through the shingles and into…
On the list of things that would be cool but utterly useless (except maybe to entertain the cats), was Spooky Books from Things You Never Knew Existed Web site. This set of antique-looking books hold a surprise: the middle book pushes out on it’s own when someone walks by. Accompanied, of course, by spooky sounds….
Whoever coined the phrase “happy homeowner” should be shot. I like my house, but you know I’ve had to repair almost every major system in the house since I bought it. It gets old after a while. Money pit, but at least it’s an investment (small comfort when you look at the checking account balance)….
I haven’t written much about my Dad. As with any parent, there are times when you love your parents and other things that you find a little embarassing. I just found an article from the Manassas-Warrenton Camera Club, a photography club my Dad founded quite a few years ago. Photography was a passion of his….
Farrier came tonight. She was very pleased with how Isis’ feet looked, and Rajiyyah’s front feet — until we spotted the cut on Rajiyyah’s back leg. The cut is in a location that is hard to stitch due to the tension on the location. Rajiyyah was not lame (a good thing) — which means that…
Online game where you earn XP for completing chores called, of course, Chore Wars. Earn XP for completing chores around the house. Sign up the household and see who levels first… http://www.chorewars.com/help.php#2 Cute idea. If Mom had used this when we were little, my sisters and I probably would have been more enthusiastic about completing…
You know how a word processor will break a long word at the end of a line? Well you can tell HTML to do the same thing. It won’t automatically break words, but you can use a soft hyphen to define where a word should break. I’ve often wondered how to do that. Jukka…
I rode the Grey Wonder Mare today, for the first time in several weeks. She was amazing. The best trick I’ve learned with Rajiyyah is to let her warm herself up doing free lunging. Her concentration is much better after she exercises herself for a little while. So much improved overall. I wasn’t going to…
Great news today! Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 2.1 has become a candidate recommendation. Finally! It’s only been around for five or six years. Pretty soon it should be a full recommendation. Excellent work! Related Images:
The Back Yard Kitties(tm) are gradually getting accustomed to me. Last night, I discovered that they are spending time at my back porch on the patio. This is right up against the house. (Luckily they don’t get into the trash or anything.) Today was the first time they ever ventured out when I was nearby….
From an article in the Guardian today, entitled “New Fiandial Tool for Iraq Fight,” by Jeannine Aversa: WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration announced a new tool Tuesday aimed at putting a financial squeeze on people who run networks that recruit and send would-be terrorists into Iraq. President Bush unveiled an executive order that allows…
In light of the question about when/if to share an email, I put together a brief FAQ on copyright, netiquette, and fair use. I thought it might be useful to include here, in case other people wanted to use it. Please feel free to use this FAQ, so long as it is attributed to Ceffyl….
Youngest sister graduated from MMC today with a certificate in Massage Therapy. She has finally found something she loves and has done really well with it. It’s fun to see her talk about a topic with confidence and have lots of ideas. Go Steph! Related Images:
Driving to NC this weekend for my sister’s graduation. The really cool thing? I might get to meet one fo the authors of an English-language publication on Epona. She lives in Hillsborough, which is directly on my way to Raleigh along I-40. Sweet! It’s going to take a while to get out of town, though….
The tile is finished being installed. The new faucet and vanity are in. Here are some (not so good) pictures of before the tile and afterwards. The picture with the old white tile is rather blurry — that’s what I get for using my cell phone camera in low light. Old tile New tile Related…