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Don't waste time reading this blog - go Google today!!

Wordle fun!

I decided to make a Wordle of the blog*, just for fun.

I'm glad one of the largest words is "thinking".

I'm somewhat startled another of the largest is "tomato".

I might need help.  

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*I'm pretty sure Wordle  just captures the first page of any web site, so this is not an accurate portrayal of my blog.  Except the "thinking" part :)

To the person searching for...

... 70s porn, my deepest apologies that you got this instead.

;)

As an aside, the most common search term that brings people to this blog is some variation on "dead things found in old houses" or "things found in the attic", which makes this page the most viewed.  People are strange* :) 

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*Hey!  I just blog about dead bodies in the attic and 70s porn, I don't actually go looking for them on the interwebs!!!

You know you've been working too hard when...

...the sawhorses start staring at you.

But at least they aren't talking to me.

Yet.

I promise to post an update on the house soon.  Really.  :)

My immune system goes all the way to 11

"Dog Vomit" slime mold

Argh.

There is yet another washed-up actress trying desperately to promote herself by jumping on the "I'm not a doctor, and I didn't even play one on TV" bandwagon. 

First we have Jenny McCarthy on autism*.  Now, it's Susanne Somers on cancer (I think - her "interview" on Larry King Live was a bit.... asinine idiotic laughable vague).

I'm not against alternative medicines, homeopathy, "natural" remedies, etc.  But I am against medical "miracles" that cannot be proven - especially when people are making money off of them. 


This site mentions that what she may have had was a fungal infection - one that generally only affects people with a compromised immune system.

One wonders if she sees the irony in that??

* Please note - I am in no way denying the severity of issues like autism, just mocking the face time "famous" people get who have NO idea what the hell they are talking about, and the people who for some reason look to these "stars" for information...

Hey! Wasn't this supposed to be a home reno blog?

Yes, yes it was. So here, without further ado, some home renos.

Actually, making pie pastry is remarkably similar to mixing up concrete (mix wet to dry until the right consistency is achieved...), making this weekend eerily similar to last one, just with fewer peaches.

There were holes in the foundation, which allowed water into the crawlspace, which meant the insulation guys couldn't spray the foam onto the crawlspace walls (something about water and electricity not mixing). So, after a few (finally!) dry days, a batch of hydraulic cement, some grubby clothes, and hey presto, a patched foundation. And yes, I did this by myself!!


Those were the largest cracks; there were a few smaller ones that patched easily. In fact, it was all pretty easy. It's not perfect, but it will do the job until I get the entire thing re-parged (which won't happen until the new siding is put on, which won't happen for a couple of years yet).

The astute amongst you will wonder at my lack of hysteria re: a cracked foundation. That's because what was patched isn't actually what's holding the house up. The house is on a pier foundation, and the cracks are only in the areas between the piers, which are not structural at all. The astute may also wonder at the green pipe. We* think it was the old waste water pipe, but it's not actually connected to anything inside the house. Where is goes and what it's connected to outside the house is anyone's guess. I told my boss this week at work that the more I look into things there, the more mistakes I find, so I'm going to stop looking. The same goes for certain things in the house... like the green pipe :)

*We = Dad. I have no opinion on odd green pipes.