http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:04:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, basically what it says above. Ronin has grown like 7 feet, weighs in at a whopping 30 pounds, and can read simple words when she's feeling obliging. She is intensely willful and inordinately contrary. We like to say that she inherited the contrary gene from her great-grandma Nikki. She ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/10/summer-is-gone-and-we-never-posted-anything-about-it-2/ Some before photos of the kitchen. People were telling me (people who had never seen it in person, that is), that the kitchen didn't seem so bad. And it wasn't as bad as the bathroom or anything, but I pretty much had it in for the kitchen from the moment ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/09/kitchen-remodel-part-ii-finished-mostly/ We had these crazy plants spring up out of nothing right after we moved in. They grew insanely fast and had cool succulent-like speckly patterned stalks and wavy fanned leaves. The neighbor told us to "pull it out; the flowers smell really bad." We have one in the front next ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/06/voodoo-lily/ So, the bathroom didn't kick our asses hard enough so we decided it was time to rip out the kitchen. Who needs to eat, right? Besides, this one will be super easy because we won't have to rip out any of the walls. Right. And the floor will be totally low-key ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/06/kitchen-remodel-part-i/ I was actually starting to get used to it. Comfortable. The toilet works, the sink works, the shower works. Do we really need the walls? I see now how easy it would be to just spend the rest of one's days without cupboard doors ever installed. I mean, you can ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/05/bathroom-is-finished-mostly/ This weekend we went to a bird festival/show/thing in the rain at Sellwood park. When it really started to pour, all the children crowded under the craft tent to color bird masks and wings. Ronin colored her mask and called it "Medicine Crow." We looked at each other all, huh. ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/05/medicine-crow/ The bathroom is almost done, I think. Everything seems to be just about ready to be finished except that it is waiting on some other really minor thing that probably involves a trip to Lowes to buy some lame part that they probably won't have (but Home Depot might). We ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/04/bunkbed/ So, I figured that it would take us one, maybe two days to totally demo the bathroom, a day or two to lay and grout the tile, and the last day would be spent replacing sink, faucets, spigots, painting, etc. Maybe we could create a built-in closet as well in ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/03/the-bathroom-before/ It all happened very fast. We viewed it and put in our offer the first day it got listed and our offer was accepted. We did inspections the following Tuesday, and the Tuesday after that, we had the keys! The whole process took 11 days. [Main living/dining area. Floors were just ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/03/we-bought-a-house/ Here's the recipe for the ice cream. The bacon is just bacon. Well good thick bacon (uncured apple smoked from Trader Joes). http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2011/03/maple-bacon-ice-cream/