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mmm... tomatoes

Erin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:50:03 -0700

Will there be any left in a couple weeks? I’m going to be gone for a while, otherwise I’d totally be there, pulling weeds and all.

Oh, is it that time?

Phaedra — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:53:38 -0700

See MY tomatoes (planted July 4th you will recall) are not yet full grown, let alone close to producing fruit.

Ha ha ha ha!

Maybe I can get it together a little earlier next year!

I'll be coming over this evening!

Ziemendorf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:10:10 -0700

Well, trying to move stuff, but I’ll take tomatoes!

City of Madison Loan

Phaedra — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:40:19 -0700

http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/cedu.html

I got the housing rehabilitation loan from the city for my windows and solar cells:

http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/cedu/Documents/HRSPILsum.pdf

Good luck! And I love your house AND location!!!

Violations, etc

kirstin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:22:46 -0700

Oh, there are some bare wires coming out of an, um, junction box thingy in the ceiling. Some romex pulled around vents instead of being pulled through holes drilled in the joists, a switch mere inches (like 2”) above a basement sink, and a couple others which I forget. The guy quoted the re-wire because that’s what he does a lot of, electrical renovation in old houses. We don’t have knob and tube wiring, but previous owners have done some creative wiring in the past that have created and/or compounded the blowing the circuit problem.

But, on the bright side… we bought this house because of size, price and location. We knew that there would be some things that required fixing, repairing, or replacing.

Really, I just like to “complain” about things. And blogging about it gives me a place to look back to when I want to know when we did a certain thing to the house.

Ow

murph — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:04:08 -0700

Holy crap. Dude was willing to quote a re-wire – but you don’t really need one do you?

What kind of violations? exposed splices or ulp knob & tube….?

Say it ain’t so…

Self-reassurance

Ryan K — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:52:59 -0700

As you know, Ryan and I have been serial-movers in the past. I’ve usually felt a little guilty about always buying a new house when we move instead of a pre-existing home… especially during the last move when the market was going bad and I felt some guilt over not helping out a fellow house-seller.

There were always 2 reason we chose new instead of resale:

#1 – I could get exactly (or almost exactly) what I want without having to do extensive remodeling.

#2 – Even with a home inspection, you never really know what you’re going to get in a pre-existing home. With new construction, you can walk the house as it’s going up and know the location of every wire and pipe.

A lot of people use “charm” and “personality” as reasons to buy a resale. I don’t want to make you feel worse about your house fixing needs… but you’ve made me feel better about the decision to buy new this last time. Charm is lovely, but so is the knowledge that I won’t need to rewire my entire house.

Have you put any effort into seeing if you can get a government grant or assistance of some type to help you fix these issues? Who knows, there could be some obscure law on the books to help you out.

Beautiful

Jonathan — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:27:20 -0700

Thanks for sharing Mike. My favorites are the ones showing the rock formations in the Badlands. I’ve got to go there someday.

London...

Ryan K — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:26:41 -0700

I have a copy of London that I don’t think I purchased. But it’s in pretty bad shape (no cover, yellowed pages) and I’ve had it since I spent the summer in the UK in 2001. Is it yours?

I'm jealous

Erin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:44 -0700

I definitely want to see Yellowstone again. I was 7 the last time, and most of Yellowstone was on fire. I believe we went in the east side and were forced to exit the west side instead of the south side. That extended our vacation a little. I still remember seeing lots of cool stuff, and I was kind of in awe of the big fire. I remember seeing a moose, and I also distinctly remember a road with lots of single car pull outs over a cliff, where my dad liked to stop quickly and scare the crap out of my mom. And we were in a 2 door Blazer… ah, memories.

Good Luck!

Phaedra — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:47:40 -0700

Good luck with the roads and have a safe and fun trip!!!!

Then don't do it!!!!

Phaedra — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:30:27 -0700

My professionl (?) opinion is, DON’T press on it anymore!!!!

Mostly Gone

kirstin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:22:21 -0700

It seems to be mostly gone unless I lie down and start pressing on my rib cartilage.

Cracking the Chest

Phaedra — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:17:21 -0700

Sometimes when I crack my neck, my sternum will crack too. I’ve never had pain with it (just my neck and back are in constant pain!).

Will your costochondritis go away? Is there anything that you can do to make it better?

I think my sister had that...

ziemendorf — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:43:17 -0700

…her husband gave her a bear hug from behind, in which he tried to lift her up.

Bad, bad idea.

She still ran the triathlon though.