The Ministry of Housinge
Thursday, September 04, 2003
Mini entry:
"The other day in Rhode Island, a couple was arrested because their three-year-old son accidentally brought a bag of marijuana to his day-care center. The teachers got suspicious at snack time when the boy ate 4,000 animal crackers." -Conan O'Brien
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
What shall we use
To fill the empty spaces
Where we used to talk?
How shall I fill
The final places?
How can I complete the wall...
That's right folks: I'm still listening to it. I played The Wall on my computer at home pretty much all weekend, on repeat. My wife is convinced that there's really only 3 songs total. I can see her point, but I just can't stop listening to it.
There's some new pics of the incredibly handsome Mr. Chance Atlanta Swan up. He's starting to show some personality...it's so cool! He smiles and giggles and makes faces and follows things with his eyes, even turns his head when things leave his field of vision. And farts loudly in public.
We finally got the garage cleaned out. It was a chore. We have decided that we can still only fit 1 vehicle in there, with all our bikes and stuff. I'm fine with that. The Jeep has been an "outside pet" since I got it, anyway. Maybe we can hang the bikes and stuff up during the winter, and fit it in. If not, oh well. I'm not concerned.
We are trying to decide what we want to do between the house and the garage. The breezeway is nice, but there's a lot of wasted space there. I'm torn between pouring a couple yards of concrete to make a large patio area, and building a floating deck. Either way, there are issues. I'm pretty sure it will be at least next spring before that gets taken care of.
I still need to get rid of a couple trees, and do something with the basement windows/window wells. It's looking like next spring before we can get the new window wells installed, so I'll need to cover and seal the existing ones to keep out the cold and damp.
It seems like we get a new home improvement idea every day. Heather is hell-bent on painting the lavatory in the bathroom and replacing the handles and pulls. I'm wondering if it would be better to just replace the whole cabinet...she doesn't like the drawers, anyway.
Madelyn seems to like kindergarten...even though she can never remember what she did at school that day. I picked her up from school one day, and here is the ensuing conversation:
Me: "Hi honey...did you have fun today?
Her: "Yes!"
Me: "Cool! What did you do?"
Her: "Ummm....I don't remember..."
This was literally 2 minutes after leaving the classroom. She remembers what she had for lunch; that's about it.
Bowling started last Thursday. After nearly launching a ball through the ceiling (I guess my thumb has swollen more this summer than most), I managed a respectable 598 series. I'm seriously concerned about the thumb, though. I've even lost weight since last year. Strange. But I did pick up a couple of bucks in the after-bowling pitch game...
I better get back to work now...
But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.
