Janie bought a paint stirrer to stir the 5 gallons of white paint we bought for painting the kitchen, trim, etc. But when she tried to use it she found that the stirrer is 3/8″.
Our vintage drill (a hand-me-down from Dad)…
…is 1/4″.
So after failing to find some sort of 1/4″ to 3/8″ adapter, Janie taped a 1/4″ drill bit to the stirrer with packing tape. And it worked! Low rpms only, please.
This is our kitchen sink light pull/wedding ring holder. It works so well, our wedding rings spend more time here than on our fingers. Man, that wall is disgusting.
Some people have their cats declawed so they don’t scratch the furniture. Stewart doesn’t really scratch our furniture, but we went one step further and had his legs removed.
I bought myself a kitchen scale because I’m baking pies for some of our new neighbors this Christmas. I figured a serious baker like myself shouldn’t be messing around with measuring cups.
Brad says when he came around the corner “that is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen”….
See guy in Right corner on ATV with bucket on front and flood lamps….
until he realized that stupid thing removed our snow too!
the neighbor pressure is pretty tough.
but we have support. Our attached neighbor is a florist and I think she knew we wouldn’t be able to keep up, being the new kids, so she gave us a wreath.
She will get a pie.
we hung lights.
across the street, the guy who only wears pajamas, has conservatively decorated his yard, but please imagine the sound…
the lights stay lit during christmas carols which sound like they are being played on a fisher price keyboard. when a song is completed all is silent, then it all begins again. keep in mind you can hear this shit across the street in our back yard. merry christmas. It is better than the bass of the 70s rock station from johns deli. We can’t hear it in the house, and it doesn’t seem to be on at ridiculous times of the day and night.
He will not get a pie.
and our house is drafty. I spend much of my time running my hands along windows and doors finding drafts.
I made a door cozy.
and an old shirt became a door draft stopper thingy.
Those of you who knew the brooklyn stewart (14.5lbs) , will recall he would not have been able to do this. He is fetching kibbles. Now weighing in at 9.2lbs. So he is pissed off at us, but he looks good. don’t you think?
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