Wii repaired

Apparently Echo is not alone among cats in her high regard for the Wii’s sensor-bar wire. Well, today we unearthed the Wii remotes from some box in the garage and I managed to fix the wire using these handy instructions. It took several tries, and the trick seems to be burning the wires [...]

Day 68: smashed toes on craigslist

Well, it’s been a long time with no house updates.

AT&T wants me to buy stamps

We got our first AT&T bill for the DSL, so I tried to create an online account with them to pay it.  Signing up for an online account required a “customer id number” which was nowhere on my statement, so I ended up calling them to ask what my number was.  Long story short, dry-loop [...]

Day 53: bedroom, blinds, etc.

Things around here are slowly but surely improving.  I’ve posted some more pictures here, and I’ll probably continue to grow this album over the next week.

Album 7 – Days 47-53

Echo’s bogus journey

It’s a nice, cloudy 70-degree day in Austin with a cool wind. Since Echo was being a pest, I decided to give her some “supervised” time in the back yard while I raked. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize there are a couple of cat-sized gaps at the back of the fence, and she escaped [...]

Day 46: lights, floors, washer!

I’m tired, so I’ll just give you some photos:

Album 6 – Days 43-46

Hrmn, 27 days until tax season.  Better get crackin’

My DSL experience

With Nick’s help I managed to get the DSL working here at the house, and it actually seems to be working pretty well.  But the experience of getting it hooked up has left me wondering how AT&T still has customers.

Day 42: Life in overdrive

We’re all moved in and the house is starting to shape up.
Everything takes a lot of time and sometimes you don’t have a lot to show for your day of work, but when you glance back a week, you really see a lot of improvement.  I’ve put new photos up here:

Album 5 – Days 28-42 [...]