Category: Home Stuff

Five kept, five thrown

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I tend to hoard things and often things I hide away show up in the weirdest places. In an attempt to declutter and reorganize my stuff here are 5 things kept and where they now belong, and five things thrown and why. Cleaning up after a big mouse infestation has resulted in some tough decisions made easier. Five Thrown 1. Box of old cables and hard drives. First off a box full of goodies. There is a set of old PC speakers, some power cables and adaptors, various audio cables, DVI, VGA, RCA, USB, FireWire, IDE Hard Drives, a mouse… Continue reading

Five kept, five thrown.

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I tend to hoard things and often things I hide away show up in the weirdest places. In an attempt to declutter and reorganize my stuff here are 5 things kept and where they now belong, and five things thrown and why. Today I started tackling the mess that makes up my desk. Five Kept 1. Dilbert Comic Book: not sure if this one will end up at work, but for now it’s back on the bookshelf. 2. Bravest Warriors Comic and Regettable Superheros book from Loot Crate: these have been deemed worth holding onto and now have joined Dilbert… Continue reading

Sign on the door

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Life with an Author Wife can be trying. Especially when attempting to make something Grand out of the mundane. Sometimes things are just not elaborate enough… When I mentioned to my wife that I had thought of a poem to attach to the external door we mainly use as an entry, things got complicated. This sign would recommend that our guests use the main door around the corner of the house instead of the laundry door. The thing is, I had complely forgotten the poem and was trying to recall it. I was going for something short and simple, something… Continue reading

My Destructive Nature

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So I get home and start cooking the dinner. As usual I get sidetracked and start doing the dishes. This REALLY annoys my wife but she can’t get mad at me because I am doing something helpful. I think that’s what frustrates her the most. Anyway so I’m there doing the dishes while the meal is cooking away. My wife has joined in and is keeping an eagle eye over everything that was cooking. Steaks were tops by the way. Did I mention how easily I get distracted…. right. This IS going somewhere, I promise. I finish up the dishes… Continue reading