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By the time Hurricane Ike got to Southeast Michigan, it was merely a bunch of rain. We got a few inches over a couple of days -- nothing too outrageous. With the rain came just enough wind to split the remaining parts of the Bradford Pear next to the
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I completed the swap of the water heater yesterday, and with minimal complication. I did have to do a touch more plumbing than I wanted, but in the end it worked out fine. I got a hand getting the old one out, which wouldn't have happened without
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I'm thinking like this , not like this . I guess I am in a wierd mood. This week I am scrambling to get what I need to replace our water heater which is popping and hissing and dripping water on the basement floor. Last night I picked up a replacement,
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This weekend I finally replaced the steps at the back of the deck, and the steps toward the boys' sandbox. Both sets were getting to the point where I wasn't thinking they were terribly safe, and I figured I might as well do both at once. The
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Yesterday we went to Ikea in Canton and got a large bookshelf that can hold the bins that Jodi keeps the kid's toys in. Today, I assembled it and got it upstairs and secured it to the wall. It's already all filled with the bins, and it looks much
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Well, since we made it through the rest of the week without anyone going to the hospital and I promised Jodi some home improvements to make up for my expenditure on my new firearm, yesterday we went to Lowe's and looked at area rugs. The run in our
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Well, my time off has quickly gone by. Between the hunting trip, a drive to see Dad, and sick kids (and Mommy), we didn't have much time to really relax, although I did get a bit of reading in, which does count as relaxation. I went to see Dad on
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