Monthly Archives: August 2011

Entry 47: Hurricane Journal, Day II

Posted on August 31, 2011 by markhal

Sunday, 1:30am: I am awakened by howling wind. Although I don’t really have to, I go to the bathroom. If we lose power, our pump can’t give us water from the well, and we’ll have to ration flushes. I go … Continue reading →

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Entry 46: Hurricane Journal, Day I

Posted on August 30, 2011 by markhal

As you may have heard, we had a few weather-related issues over the weekend. I kept a journal… Saturday, 7:15am: I go to the bank to get some cash because that’s what all the people on TV are saying to … Continue reading →

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Entry 45: Don’t Call Me; I’ll Call You

Posted on August 29, 2011 by markhal

Although we’ve only been living here for a few months, if you were to ask me for my phone number right now, I could give it to you without a moment’s hesitation. Unfortunately, that’s only because right now I’m sitting … Continue reading →

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Entry 44: This Landscape is My Landscape

Posted on August 26, 2011 by markhal

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, we bought our new home in the dead of winter, without benefit of ever having seen the actual property, which was buried under about 8,000 feet of snow. (See photo at right.) What we … Continue reading →

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Entry 43: Got Any Breadcrumbs?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by markhal

You have to make a left, a right and two lefts to get to our new home. It took me a few weeks to figure that out. I don’t want to imply that I’m directionally-impaired, but let us say that … Continue reading →

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Entry 42: Kitchen Update: Halftime Recap

Posted on August 22, 2011 by markhal

Here we are at Week 5, and we’re about half-way through the 7-week project, so let’s see where we stand. Well, we can stand in the kitchen, because there’s a floor, so we won’t fall through to the garage. There’s … Continue reading →

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Entry 41: Hello…lo…lo…lo

Posted on August 19, 2011 by markhal

One of the problems with moving to a larger house is that I never know where my wife is. My daughter, when she’s home, is always downstairs. My dog follows me around the house as if he’s on a leash. … Continue reading →

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Entry 40: Appendages

Posted on August 17, 2011 by markhal

There is an awful lot of stuff attached to our new house. No outside surface is without a protuberance or two. I know about the gutter drains and the vents; we even had those on our old condo townhouse, although the … Continue reading →

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Entry 39: Creative License

Posted on August 15, 2011 by markhal

One of the things I had been dreading about moving to Connecticut was getting a new driver’s license and re-registering our three vehicles. I knew I had a month to do one, and two months to do the other, but … Continue reading →

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Entry 38: Daughter in Residence

Posted on August 12, 2011 by markhal

Our grown daughter lives with us in our new house. She lived with us in our old townhouse condo, too, but there she was on the second floor and had to pass by us to come and go. Now she’s … Continue reading →

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