Archive for the ‘Day-to-day life’ Category

It’s finished! The shed is finally off the ground and in its home on top of the slab.

Built in only two days, here is what it looked like after they left on the first day:

The outside looks a little bit like a temporary builder’s cabin and desperately needs softening up with a stack of plants, but [...]

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July 7th, 2010

Courtesy of Tim’s Mum, I found two great recipes for homemade dog food and homemade dog treats.
Here is the recipe for the dog food.
And here is the recipe for the dog treats.
Since March, I have been feeding Smokey and Cloe homemade dog food using the above recipe.r I find it is a little bit cheaper [...]

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June 13th, 2010

Today I had a long overdue small victory. A few weeks ago, a large gust of wind came through the valley that we live in and it tore half the roof off our patio and sent it somewhere else. We still haven’t found all the bits of the roof so god knows where it landed. That [...]

June 1st, 2010

Ugh. What a horrible experience this shed has been for us. The pieces of the shed are still sitting on the ground outside and every time I go out there I look at it and feel like crying. I’ve paid $9,500 for a shed that I’m not getting an ounce of benefit from – in fact, [...]

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May 28th, 2010

Tim fell over and rolled his ankle 5 minutes into the shed project. We were in the process of removing the pieces of furniture that are being stored in the existing shed. Here is the terrible injury. See the difference between the left and the right ankle?

Check out the swelling and the bruising. Poor thing.

At first I thought [...]

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March 29th, 2010