tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47430249431321413182024-03-05T16:42:41.763-06:00Still Metzing Aroundlaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-3564075188819672962014-04-04T11:36:00.001-05:002014-04-04T17:31:20.346-05:00Back with brownies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My counters are filthy, my sink is full of dirty dishes, I haven't posted in a year (?) and I took this poorly composed picture with my iPhone. </div>
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There. All of my reasons to hold off on posting this.</div>
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But, I haven't posted in a year, and I really want to start again. I am still trying to figure out in what kind of capacity I want our newest addition to be featured, so I won't hit on that yet. </div>
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But, I have been thinking and talking and talking and talking about homemade brownies lately and wanted to share my favorite recipe. Despite trying different types of "favorites" from my favorite blogs, I ended up going back to an old standby in my recipe book; the brownie recipe that I use to make brownie cupcakes, only to find that even in a bar form, this is an amazing recipe! </div>
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For those of you that still use and love the boxes...they're great, right? But let me just make the case for homemade, from-scratch brownies for you.</div>
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quick (I would contend that they are almost as quick as the box mix)</div>
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My Favorite Brownies</div>
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4oz dark chocolate*</div>
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1. Using a serrated knife, chop the chocolate</div>
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3. Whisk the sugar, then the eggs, and finally, the vanilla and salt in to the chocolate and butter</div>
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*Use a good quality here with a high cocoa content -- but, you don't have to break the bank; my go-to baking chocolate is the 72% dark chocolate pound plus bar from Trader Joe's. You can't beat $7.99 for 17.6 oz of chocolate.</div>
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**Mint chocolate chips is a favorite to add in our household.</div>
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-46879702279607216502013-04-11T12:22:00.000-05:002013-04-11T12:23:49.714-05:00RugsUSA.com Purchase Review<div style="text-align: center;">
I posted this teaser about our purchase from RugsUSA.com a few weeks ago. Ok, more like forever ago, I'm a horrible blogger. </div>
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The delivery packaging was a bit sparce, I must admit, but we did only pay $350 for an 8x12 100% wool rug, so I suppose I can't be too picky. And though there was a small hole (maybe an inch), I did rip it open a bit more to get a peek. </div>
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Thankfully, it was a nice sunny day when it arrived, but I was home anyway so it wouldn't have mattered in our case. Not everyone is lucky enough to almost always be home for deliveries though. </div>
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As you can tell the animals were obsessed with the off-gassing (which really wasn't as bad as I had braced myself for...reviewers can be really harsh on that topic). </div>
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And when it is all put back together, the room looks a bit crazy but I expected as much. You see, the rug purchase is the first step in a nearly whole-room makeover. So, in the end, the chairs will be traded out for some smaller, solid colored chairs, and the couch will be traded out for a brown leather couch. In my dreams, <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?link=Kensington&categoryId=cat1661032">this</a> couch would grace us with its presence, but we'll see how much money we can save up for that purchase! </div>
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And while I love the restored antiques we use currently as a TV stand and coffee table, eventually I would like to replace them with some slimmer pieces and move these to bedrooms. </div>
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The gray is a bit darker than I had anticipated and shows our white pet fur like nobodies business but that's not a fault of the rug. </div>
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It is a looped wool rug that I was concerned would be a problem with our darling, un-declawed kitty but thankfully, he hasn't shown much interest in it. He is too set in his old couch-destructing ways, I suppose. </div>
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And a few of the loops are a bit off in a few places where the two colors meet, but again...$350, 8x12, 100% wool. </div>
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And it sheds, quite a bit at first. We're still filling up the Dyson canister every few weeks but it has tapered off drastically in the past few days. I am confident we are nearing the end of that issue. </div>
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And the nasty plastic backing is covered with a nice layer of cotton burlap-ish fabric (pet-peeve from the old rug). </div>
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On the whole, we are very pleased with the purchase (though I'm still convincing Michael of my eventual vision), and I honestly don't think we could have done better for the price. Even those at Value City Furniture that were comparable in size and price were made of horrible scratchy synthetics. No Thank You! </div>
laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-67029510625978261532013-02-26T11:56:00.001-06:002013-02-26T11:57:49.789-06:00It's here!The new rug arrived today just as I'm off to visit a friend and her darling baby. <br />
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I'll be leaving it in the wrapper until Michael gets home to stretch out the suspense. It's also kind of a joint valentines day gift so I don't feel right opening it without him. <br />
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There was a little rip in the packaging though...which I may have made a <i>little</i> bit bigger. So, here is a little sneak peak. I'm liking the feel and color of it so far but we'll have to wait for the full reveal for an actual review. <br />
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...that make all the difference. Am I right?<br />
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I showed you this picture a few weeks ago to highlight the beautiful work Michael had done carving down and installing the crown molding over our cabinets.<br />
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What this photo also highlights is how horribly unfinished the kitchen looks without window molding or a windowsill. (And believe me, it also feels unfinished without a windowsill to <i>sit</i> stuff on!)<br />
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I've been trucking along (...well, crawling at a snails pace), stripping the layers and layers of most likely lead laden paint from the original molding and it is finally all stripped, sanded, the seemingly millions of old nails hold have been filled and now it's (almost) all primed.*<br />
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<i> </i>And up on the wall it goes!<br />
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How are we doing? Kidding...<br />
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I thought this would be as far as this update went; lots and lots of beautiful molding going up all around our kitchen. I was wrong though...<br />
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This apparently happened while I was at work** this morning. Granted, the window sill is just <i>sitting </i>there, unattached, and the lower molding is being held up with tape, but it's a start. It needs some further leveling and calking before being permanently fixed in place. <br />
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And this is happening now! Working with all the weird/slightly off angles in our house has been no picnic for the resident woodworker, but it's getting there.<br />
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I'm not sure if you all are aware of this, but we adopted this adorable puppy last year. </div>
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Welp, over the past few weeks we started weening her off of her kennel while we were gone for quick trips out. </div>
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2 Sundays ago we headed to the store on a supposed hour long grocery store trip that ended up lasting more like 3 or 4 hours. </div>
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We were good and scoured the countertops for tempting treats before
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So, after arriving back at home and putting away the goods, I started searching for my butter. It was nowhere to be found, not even the bright red wrapper. </div>
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This, my friends, is what he found. Rather, he found it with 2 less holes, the other two apparently came through the week as the lingering butter tempted her more and more as I showered or generally left her unattended. (The rug has since been doused in bitter apple spray in this locale.)</div>
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The proof that this was indeed the place of death for the butter was found on the slimy, greasy computer cord that lay nearby. Thank goodness she didn't decide to eat that as well! </div>
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Ah well, we weren't planning to have the perfect puppy-hood anyway. And while we love and appreciate this (hand-me-down) rug, it has never been our living room style, really. We had been planning to replace it for the 2 years we've been here in St Louis. </div>
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It's not the greatest quality photo but my fingers are crossed that it'll be great in real life. And in reality, it won't match our current furniture that well either but those are also to be replaced in the near future with something in a brown leather. </div>
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We found it on sale on a <a href="http://pinterest.com/laurenreindl/">Pinterest</a> popular <a href="http://www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/control/rugs">discount rug website</a> for $350 for a 100% wool 8'6"x11'6" rug. I'll be sure to give a review of the quality and company when it arrives.</div>
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Coming from a colorful household, I never understood just how overwhelming it would be to choose a color pallet for an entirely white house. </div>
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I went through our choice of the chartreuse walls in the kitchen a few posts ago but essentially, we wanted a light and bright kitchen. There is a lot of stainless steel going on in that room so we didn't want it to look too "industrial". </div>
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The dining room was next and because of our very bright and eclectic dining room furniture (orange and french blue) we wanted to go with a neutral-ish color. We ended up going with Sherwin-Williams brand in the "Pewter Tempest" color. I love the medium tone grey because it is just dark enough to not feel bland but not so dark that you feel closed in and it has a slight warmness to it that goes with the wood molding nicely. </div>
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In the living room we went for this, admittedly, dark indigo blue color. Michael has a thing for old, dark Victorian houses and since the mantle offers so much dark woodwork we decided to make it the theme of the room. The color is another Sherwin-Williams color (we will soon become their best clients...thankfully they are less than a block away) Indigo Batik. </div>
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We had to try hard to coordinate the colors since there really aren't hallways or "neutral" spaces between the room to act as a color buffer but I like the coordination of the three cooler colors. </div>
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Yup, yup. It's been forever, I know.</div>
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I have no excuse. Ok, maybe I do and it mostly pertains to my own laziness in dealing with the fact that our photo library is on an external hard drive up in the spare bedroom that I never want to step foot in since it appears that a craft store blew up in there. </div>
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Enter: new phone with easy blogging capabilities. </div>
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Anyway, we've been trucking away on the kitchen and making lots of progress. </div>
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We both got iPhone 5s this past week and I'm still learning how to use it. The panoramic photo function is a great way for us to show everything that is going on in our tight little kitchen. Of course, I forgot to crop out the weird black parts on the top and bottom before posting. </div>
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And please ignore the construction material that is currently taking up 1/3 of my large swath of counter space. It's the only way to stay motivated. </div>
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Feel free to admire my new giant rolling pin purchased for $9 at the restaurant supply store. I love that place! </div>
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Not much has happened on this side of the kitchen. We need to put up some 1/4 round molding around the other molding and build out some new, wide windowsills both so I can fill them with plants and so Pepin has a nice place to sit while we cook. </div>
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We're loving our new Overstock.com <a href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Tabouret-Tangerine-Metal-24-inch-Counter-Stools-Set-of-2/6640815/product.html">stools</a> and even purchased an extra set so more people can squeeze in if wanted. And at a price of $80 for two, it wasn't too much of a stretch. Have you priced stools lately? Apparently spending over $100 on a single stool is not crazy! </div>
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And they come in lots of fun colors. We opted for the fun, tangerine hue because at this point, why avoid color? </div>
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The sink area has been one of my planning triumphs of this project. I was pretty insistent on an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YWSB6C/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=">undermount sink</a> so water wouldn't pool around the overhang and damage the wood. I also wanted to have access to all of the butchers block for oiling purposes. And while a little pricy, we manages to save a good bit by purchasing a "used" one from Amazon Warehouse (meaning that someone had it shipped to them then returned it, it had never actually been installed). The extra cost was totally worth it for two reasons: 1) The thick gague stainless is sturdy, soundproof, and doesn't vibrate the whole counter when using the garbage disposal. 2) The sink is extra deep (10" as opposed to the 7"-8" norm) which is so helpful to those of us with gigantic pots and pans but without the space to install a wider sink. </div>
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And I am totally in love with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037EN594/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=kitchen-bath">faucet</a>. It is sturdy, the finish doesn't show fingerprints (a true triumph in our house!), and can be operated with a wrist when hands are messy. And the actual pull-out sprayer has an awesome momentary shut off button so we can pull it over to the stove to fill a pot rather than lugging it out of our extra deep sink after full (so maybe the extra depth is a mixed bag). </div>
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Crown molding over the cabinets has been a slow, slow process. The ceiling is nowhere near level and the area around the leftmost cabinet is totally out of whack. The stretch of ceiling where we pulled out the old soffit had some bulging plaster that had to be butted up against my drywall patchwork leaving a distinct high spot (or low spot?) that the crown molding had to fit around. So Michael was left with the task of planing down those two pieces of molding on the left cabinet for at least 10 hrs until it was a perfect fit. The middle cabinet's molding went up relatively quickly (only a few hours, maybe) but the last cabinet is going to be another pill, requiring a good bit of carving to fit. </div>
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After last month's (or two months ago...holy crap!) photo upload debacle, there is much to catch up on. So, to that point, the blog is going to turn into a major photo drop for the next 5 (or 10...or 20) posts while I play catch-up on all that has happened in the past month+.</div>
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Don't worry though, we've been so, so busy with the kitchen, the pup, a Reindl siblings visit, an amazing (and very scenic) trip to Alaska, the installation of our new stove, some first meals on said new stove and much, much more that I can't begin to think of at the moment that I am sure everyone will have something interesting to look at. </div>
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I'll start off with the pre-Alaska bit of the history:</div>
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The pup and kitty update goes as follows: they still love to play but Frieda has recent decided that she also wants Pep as her cuddle buddy. Unfortunately, Pep doesn't quite understand this since for all of his time with her, Frieda jumping up on the chair with him meant her very quickly en robing his head in her mouth. </div>
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You're a little bi-polar when it comes to the kitty, Frieda. I can't blame him for giving a pissed-off look and jumping off whenever you jump up on the chair with him to cuddle. Maybe one day.</div>
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I rented a drum sander from Home Depot where I had not my first, but my second incredibly sexist encounter with a Home Depot employee. (HD -- you have some training to catch up on in this dept, at least at this store).</div>
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And the next day we rented the edger and finished up the floor sanding. It looks purdy now.</div>
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Frieda discovered that Michael is very helpful when it comes to her lack of opposable thumbs.</div>
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And I discovered that Frieda is adorable, well, all the time, but especially when she is cuddled up on a down comfortor.</div>
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My 26th Birthday was celebrated with homemade sushi. The tuna and salmon were delish but the real star of the show was the raw scallop sushi; it was incredibly sweet and just melted in your mouth.</div>
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We started the waxing process on the floor which was, indeed, a process. This wax didn't end up working well in the end.</div>
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Funny story: while we were in Sherwin-Williams trying to decide on a paint color that we had given absolutely no though to up until that point, I decided to Google "paint color for kitchen" since some colors can affect you psychologically (i.e. some make you hungry, some make you angry) and the first search result on Google said not to paint your kitchen green because it is horrible for resale. So, what did we do? We painted it green.</div>
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We finally bit the bullet and purchased a 3Tb external hard drive so I am doing our first ever time machine backup while simultaneously clearing out a much smaller (128Gb, I think) portable hard drive that will solely be used for photo backup. </div>
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And this doesn't even begin to touch on the Reindl sibling visit last
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This is what you call a brave kitty. The sander was extremely loud but his curiosity got the better of his concerns. He came in an plopped down next to me for a good chunk of the sanding.</div>
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On Tuesday (after the visitors left) we rented the edge sander which was much more unruly and difficult to use. We managed though and now we just need to finally purchase a palm sander to get back in the corners and we'll be ready to wax!</div>
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In other news, a good knitting friend, Sharon offered up these lovely chairs for free last week. We jumped all over the offer thinking: "We'll finally have somewhere for guests to sit other than our super-saggy couch!" but as you can see here, the animals are of the thinking that the chairs are just for them. Don't worry if you visit though, they'll gladly share if you scratch their ears/cheeks.</div>
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As a preview of the Reindl siblings weekend visit I offer up this photo of three gigantic goblets of beer served to us Friday afternoon at the super-delicious <a href="http://www.fuzzystacoshop.com/">Fuzzy's Taco Shop</a>.</div>
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And now, I'm off to the mechanics to have my exhaust system strapped to the bottom of my car once and for all! </div>
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The most difficult part of this kitchen renovation by far has been the somewhat level placement of drywall on these few walls. </div>
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And I honestly don't know how we did it but they finally came together.</div>
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Please don't ask me to explain all of the strange pieces of wood poking through the drywall. I honestly don't understand it all myself but what I am sure of is really the only thing that matters: when it is all finished, it will both look good and function properly.</div>
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The bay widow walls were certainly a challenge but Michael did a great job of building some mini walls to support the drywall.</div>
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Then came my part of the job: mudding. It really is incredible how similar mud and Italian Buttercream Icing are. And since I've been without an oven for the past 3 months, joint compound mud is filling a serious void in my life. </div>
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I'll admit it, I love to mud drywall! </div>
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The hole-less ceiling looks so pretty with the new canister lights.</div>
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Finally, my lovely pastry degree is getting some use!</div>
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Once the mudding was almost complete (I have one more coat before we start to sand), the floors were next to go. And the ugly laminate flooring in the entryway happened first since it was actually stapled on top of the laminate flooring in the kitchen. </div>
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Staples, staples everywhere! This find necessitated a 9:30pm run to Home Depot since we couldn't exactly have a minefield of staples in our path to bed.</div>
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Look at that: Gorgeous! I will never understand why homeowners feel the need to "protect" their hardwood floors. </div>
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And here's where we are now, stripping section after section of laminate adhesive that was made to last a lifetime. Thankfully, we are nearly done with this step with only the section I am standing in to take the photo left to strip. </div>
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So far, we've stripped the laminate adhesive from approximately 1/3 of the kitchen floor. </div>
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After stripping this little 18st. ft. patch by myself on Friday I have decided that if Cinderella ever truly existed, she would have had abs and arms of steel. </div>
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P.S. To the Reindl siblings: I apologize if we are still stripping laminate adhesive off of the floor when you visit in T-7 days. It is a B*%$! of a job! </div>
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So...all of this stuff has happened recently. </div>
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I made Michael install a fan.</div>
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I can't sleep without air circulation.</div>
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We enjoyed a fabulous weekend at a friend's lake house. Thank you, Sean!</div>
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We hosted visitors (Michael's parents) and promptly put them to work.</div>
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We hosted more visitors. We didn't make this group work though. They were already exhausted from their <a href="http://theanchorite.tumblr.com/">cross country trip including song-playing and movie-making</a>. (Really, I'll do more on this later but it will require a loooong post to explain the peculiarities of this story).</div>
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Pep made fast friends with the band/movie crew. He'll sleep with anyone willing to be lazy with him though. </div>
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We attended a birthday party for two of our friends that entailed me sewing a Medieval dress for myself and a tunic for Michael. It was a lot of fun!</div>
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The bay window turned out quite well, especially now that I've accepted that the walls will never be truly level in this house. Sigh. </div>
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And we started to work on slapping drywall on the sink wall. This was truly the most difficult part of the project so far. </div>
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Frieda developed some separation anxiety. She sits with her head up on the back of the couch and watched and wimpers every morning as Michael drives away. </div>
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After my last garden related <a href="http://metzingaround.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-does-your-garden-grow.html?showComment=1339698998667#c79997602057652332">post</a>, my dad made a quick call suggesting that perhaps (even though I had already dumped a ton of lime on the soil) that the soil was perhaps still too acidic. His pH meter, on loan, was placed in the mail the next day. </div>
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And in the meantime, I took the suggestion of one <a href="http://mneumanns.wordpress.com/">commenter</a> and threw on as much nutrition as possible in the forms of fish emulsion, epsom salts, and an organic, all-around fertilizer. </div>
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And while I have certainly lost a few plants, on the whole, the garden seems to be turning around. </div>
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And keep in mind that these photos were taken last week and each of these plants have probably grown by 50-100% since then. </div>
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One lost tomato plant on the left but a thriving basil on the right</div>
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A few tomatoes truly taking over their cages</div>
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These cukes now fill out that back fence</div>
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Though not as jealous as my parents' gorden setter, Malena, Frieda sure does love attention. And she'll happily take said attention from anyone. </div>
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Frieda took her first trip to the dog park today and had lots and lots of other dogs paying attention to her. I'll try to remember to snap some photos of the doggie-cuteness next time we go. </div>
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As a side note, as you may tell form the blurry photos, I am pretty adamantly an anti-flash photographer. I apologize, but not really because I'm not changing my ways. </div>
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Upon seeing this <a href="http://metzingaround.blogspot.com/2012/05/video-tour.html">post</a> (or maybe it was this <a href="http://metzingaround.blogspot.com/2012/05/vogler-visit-palooza.html">post</a>) a few weeks back, our nephew Noah said something along the lines of, "Wow, Aunt Lauren and Uncle Michael's kitchen is a mess!"</div>
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Here we have our beloved <a href="http://www.cutleryandmore.com/john-boos-maple/end-grain-cutting-board-p116614">John Boos end-grain cutting board</a>, our knife block, mortar & pestle, hand-crank coffee grinder, and our hot water kettle all living on a hand-me-down library table.</div>
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And if you think about it, we have far more kitchen space now than we ever did in France.</div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-80562021863305240972012-06-14T09:34:00.003-05:002012-06-14T09:34:50.862-05:00Brick Masons to the Rescue!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I mentioned in my Monday <a href="http://metzingaround.blogspot.com/2012/06/walls-fall-down.html">post</a> that while ripping down the tile walls in the kitchen, we did some unexpected (further) damage to our bay window wall. </div>
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While I was busy typing on the computer, the brick masons (<a href="http://bobmayhall.com/1.html">Bob & Steve</a>, I highly recommend them!)
were here fixing the exterior brick and while they were here, we went
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The interior looks much better (and much more solid) than it had:</div>
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If I'm being honest, not very well, really.</div>
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I'm having issues getting the watering right and I'm not sure the pH
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I think we'll also lose a significant number of plants because they
were purchased so late in the season and had become root-bound, we'll
see though. Despite their stunted growth and some leaf yellowing, many
of the pepper plants are producing peppers and I even have a few
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Here we have 12 tomatoes of many varieties along with some basil plants and carrot and radish seedlings popping up. (I'm trying my best to use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_planting">companion planting</a> theories.)<br />
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Also, in my <a href="http://www.growgreatgrub.com/">gardening book</a> it was suggested that pumpkins and winter squash are so hardy that they can grow and thrive in the compost bin and since we had a pile of leaf compost left over from the garden-building, I though...why not? I planted some French potiron pumpkins and sugar pumpkins back there and so far, one has popped up!</div>
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Of course, I didn't note which was which when I planted so for now, they are mystery pumpkins.</div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-64925184879965116622012-06-12T06:30:00.000-05:002012-06-12T06:30:05.764-05:00No Bunnies Allowed<div style="text-align: center;">
A few weekends ago (the weekend we got Frieda, in fact) We managed to fill out the rest of the garden with more veggies. We already had many, many tomato plants in the ground both from my dad and our <a href="http://fairshares.org/">CSA</a> (we didn't get the plants in our share but they were selling them on the side). That planting happened the weekend my parents left but we hadn't had time to do much else. </div>
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In the meantime, the bunnies were having their fill of tomato seedling branches from the bottom so as soon as we filled up the rest of the garden we got straight to work building a solution. </div>
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Of course, the whatever fence we put up would have to be removable so I can get in and play in the dirt, so to speak. </div>
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Step one (not really pictured): staple wire fencing to the back of the raised beds. </div>
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Step two: build 8' long frames from 1x2s</div>
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Step four: cut 1-1/2" PVC pieces to length for the bottom of each wooden frame and attache to the side of the raised bed with pipe strapping and screws (we didn't do this exactly, we used nails but they're under so much strain that they pull out so we need to go back and change them out for screws)</div>
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Et Voilà! A raised bed fence that is removable in portions so you can get in to weed and generally tend the garden. </div>
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I should note that for the time being (since we ran out of 1x2s) that the right end of the garden just has the metal fencing stapled on but we will be putting up a non-removable framed fence to look a little nicer. It's hard to see but that is what is on the left end. It is an identical frame to the removable ones but simply screwed to the raised bed instead of being held in with the PVC.</div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-48310305142007443242012-06-11T08:00:00.000-05:002012-06-11T09:40:22.589-05:00Walls Fall Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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See all that lovely tile? </div>
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We could have kept it in the kitchen, especially on this side where there won't be any cabinets needing the extra wall space. </div>
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But we're crazy and can't leave well enough alone (and it was cracked and broken in places) so we decided that while we're tearing down the rest of the walls, these had to go too. </div>
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Unfortunately, that last little bit of wall was a...well, a word that rhymes with Witch to get down, if you catch my drift.<br />
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At some point in the house's history there was water damage to the bay window in the kitchen, which caused pretty much all of the clay insulating tile (the layer between the tile cement and the exterior brick) to crack from freezing. Because of this damage, Michael had a rough time pulling the tile off without the wall crumbling behind him. In fact, it was impossible so a couple of brick masons are currently here to sure up the wall and fill in the voids where the insulating tile used to be.</div>
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(fun fact: they use DIY-ing as a verb in the UK, according to our British French teacher from Metz; in french the word is bricolage)<br />
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Wall no more!<br />
This one was significantly easier to demo since the tile and concrete wasn't fused to hollow clay bricks.<br />
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We're getting closer to a functional kitchen but the list of things to do before the cabinets and appliances go in seems to get longer and longer. </div>
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<li>Run electrical outlets for 3 GCFIs and light switched for the sink light and garbage disposal</li>
<li>Run plumbing line off of sink line for dishwasher</li>
<li>Run electrical line to hard-wire dishwasher</li>
<li>Run new grounded wire to the outlet where the fridge will reside </li>
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I think that's all...eek!laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-76581448383029115692012-06-10T09:49:00.001-05:002012-06-10T11:32:38.557-05:00Uncommon Fighting Practices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
After a mere two weeks together, Frieda and Pep are having a great time play-fighting. </div>
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1. I am still learning to focus while taking videos on the<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Digital-SLR-Cameras/25468/D7000.html"> camera</a>, so please ignore any fuzziness. </div>
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2. Pepin makes the most horrible cat fight noises while they play; I am dreading what we'll wake up to when we allow them both out of our room at night in the future.</div>
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3. Pep's best offense: rolling over on his back and using all fours </div>
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4. Frieda's best offense: sitting on Pep</div>
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5. Perhaps <a href="http://alaskarella.wordpress.com/">Alaskarella</a> (my dear sister-in-law) should bring her clan to St. Louis if they want to see wild animals?<br />
6. The video was taken in 1080p so you can choose to view it in HD if you'd like. </div>
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It's hard to believe that Michael and I have been married now for 3 years!<br />
I know everyone says this but the time really has flown by!<br />
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Blog-readers, meet little (ha, for now!) Miss Frieda.</div>
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We adopted her Saturday after scouring the adoption events at about 5 nearby pet superstores.</div>
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She nibbles of course, but really is a sweetie; which was really the main reason we decided on her. Of all the puppies we looked at on that long, long Saturday (have any of you shopped with Michael lately?), she was the sweetest. </div>
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She and Pepin have already become quite accustomed to the other and Pep is starting to lure her around the house in a play-chase. Unfortunately, Frieda occasionally gets a little nip on Pep but Pep is quick to let her know and they go back to the chase. </div>
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Frieda is still a young girl, only 8 weeks old and already 11 pounds, which means she'll be a big girl, probably 60-70 pounds when she's finally finished growing. </div>
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We were told that the mother was a purebred boxer (which is really only noticeable in the brindle colored spots) and their best guess for the father was a Saint Bernard mix. But after spending some time with her we've started to notice that she naturally points quite often and without informing the vet of this little fact yesterday, she pointed out that Frieda bears some resemblance to an English Pointer puppy which we are thinking seems more probable than Saint Bernard. </div>
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She has some adorable spots below her fur that will sadly disappear when her shaved spot from her spaying surgery grows back.</div>
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Oh, and there was some lobster in the Anniversary deal as well -- my favorite!</div>
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On Sunday, Frieda offered her abilities in dragging around fencing supplies.</div>
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It was a hot day here in St Louis though so she spent most of the say either in the cool shade or in the sunroom.</div>
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And Michael's foot has quickly become her favorite pillow during her many daily naps. </div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-78156242514273248072012-05-27T19:58:00.000-05:002012-05-27T20:00:50.586-05:00Vogler Visit-A-Palooza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Mom, Malena, my Dad, and all of his tools arrived just about two weeks ago. </div>
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Give my dad a week and his tools (and 24 hr access to the house that you're not evening living in yet) and before you know it, </div>
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Every pipe that runs though your basement will be found lying on the floor of said basement.</div>
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This is our pretty new plumbing stack. This wasn't courtesy of my dad but of the sellers and a great plumber.</div>
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And just when we get on a roll (in this case, tearing down the kitchen soffit and just about to slice his ear open)</div>
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And right when we were getting into the plumbing groove, I had a freak accident where I dropped a piece of copper pipe that I was in the process of cutting on the spigot of our hot water heater. Water surged out of the heater and it was unusable for the next 3 or so days that it took us to locate a new spigot and a tap to make some new threads. </div>
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And on to the most dreaded part of the week (as soon as we were able to find another strapping young man to help us), moving my 500lb mixer into the basement. </div>
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There's bits of kitchen debris in the wheelburrow, lumber for our raised-bed garden and a big mixer all occupying our back yard.</div>
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The scariest part, down the stairs.</div>
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Mischief managed</div>
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And there's a mixer in my basement! (and new copper pipe behind!)</div>
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Hello best friend. Too bad I have no oven to bake anything I make in you.</div>
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Why won't anyone play wiffle ball with me?</div>
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It's didn't take long for Malena to usurp the couch.</div>
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Raised-bed garden going in</div>
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We had another puppy visitor, I just had to see Fozzie (and Carolyn) before the move to DC.</div>
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Slowly, slowly filling up.</div>
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And on our last night together, Malena got to go to a restaurant with and clean all of those yummy plates.</div>
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Thank you SO MUCH Mom and Dad! Without you coming out to visit, we'd have no garden planted and terrible water pressure! </div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-7574786769473559522012-05-07T10:19:00.001-05:002012-05-07T10:19:43.470-05:00Video TourI hate, hate, HATE hearing audio of my own voice so I am honestly not even going to watch through this video.<br />
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Ok, I did look through it quickly. Sorry for any ensuing motion-sickness and for the muffled audio around minute 6.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743024943132141318.post-19281728106168338872012-05-07T08:27:00.002-05:002012-05-07T10:19:53.002-05:00Job #1: change locks<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am trying desperately at the moment to upload a full house tour for everyone to see but for some reason, our MacBook isn't allowing the connection to may camera for that purpose. </div>
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So, instead I will be updating you slowing on the progress we've made so far. It's been a hectic couple of weeks (as you all can imagine) and I will say that DIY home renovation is not for the faint of heart. I think that the only reason I am OK with having a huge hole-to-be-patched in my wall is because drywall and works-in-progress were a common part of my childhood in a 1870's farmhouse that was (and still is, kinda) mid-rehab. </div>
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Our main goal is to have the stuff ripped out that needs to be ripped out (mostly, the kitchen) by the time my parents get here so that we can start with a clean slate and focus on adding things back in while they're here. But, I digress...</div>
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These are all of the keys bequeathed to us upon taking possession of our new house.</div>
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That's 6 keys for 4 entrances and the worst part is that two of the doors didn't have real deadbolts. And to add insult to injury, the non-deadbolts also required a key to unlock from the inside. So, not only were we not really all that protected from intrusion but if we were to have a fire or emergency near the one door with a thumb lock, we would be stuck inside until we could manage to find the one key out of six that worked. </div>
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And that's not mentioning the fact that the previous owners of the house were in it since the 1960's, making it very possible that someone on the street is still in possession of a key to our house. </div>
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Do I really need to say here that our first weekend project as homeowners was to change the locks?</div>
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This back french door (leading into the sunroom) was one of the two requiring a new hold for the deadbolt. </div>
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The side door required the same treatment but unfortunately, the more cheaply-made-than-expected guide that we purchased to help place the hole wasn't working by this time and the drill bit that came with the inferior guide had warped, leaving us with a terribly ripped apart door.</div>
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Oh well, it works for now and you can really only see a bit of the raw wood peaking through at the top of the lock. There will be wood filling and staining later on to match the door but that doesn't need to happen yet. </div>
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The best part: Every deadbolt uses the same key. And, we can easily change the locks to a new key whenever we feel like it (go out of town, give the pet-sitter a key, change the locks when you get home).</div>
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Phew! Project # 1 down, 3241 to go.</div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842341611100543046noreply@blogger.com1