Now the fence is really really done. Astute (asleep) readers may remember that though the fence and gate were finished a while ago, the fenceposts still stuck up much higher than the rails. Armed with a new Japanese pull saw…
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Fence Project Done. Again.
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A Weekend of Luxury
Twice we had a babysitter for Baby Harbat this weekend. Two times. That’s more than the last six months. On Friday we got to go out to see Julie and Julia while BH was watched by our neighbor friends. Sunday…
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Staycation 3: Peril on the High Seas
We have lived in San Diego for five years and still haven’t done the bonfire at the beach thing yet. That was reconciled during Staycation ’09. We all packed up and went to Coronado Beach, a beautiful wide sandy strip…
Staycation 2: Bread and Heat
During my vacation I wanted to tackle the Next Big Thing in bread. Namely, natural levain. I tried making a sourdough starter once before, but didn’t keep up with feeding and didn’t know how to use it. This time I…
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Staycation 1: Mountain Biking
Okay, I didn’t get to this yesterday afternoon. But don’t they say that tomorrow is the new today? Well. In response to the proddings of my brother, I decided to get my mountain bike back up to running condition. The…
Triumphant Return
I am back from an action-packed week-long vacation. It began on Saturday morning when the waste lines in our house clogged up. The first five hours of my vacation? Running the snake down the drain, getting it stuck and bent,…
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