Happy Holiday!
Happy Passover and Happy Easter to those of you celebrating. I’m taking the day off: most of the Reno follies are paused (after kicking my butt) and I am going to pause to smell the roses, or at least the… Continue Reading
Blame Tom
Old Versus New: Estée Lauder Youth Dew
Okay, first we will get the latest of the building follies out of the way. This one isn’t even about the painters. This past weekend was pretty glorious after may rainy ones so I took off for a drive. This… Continue Reading
Goofing Off, Part Deux
Well, at least part of the reno follies are drawing slowly to a close. The painters are almost at the point where the building is done. Of course, their idea of this and mine may be slightly different since in… Continue Reading
Goofing Off
Okay, so you are likely thinking that I am the laziest perfume reviewer in the West these days and your likely right. Work, and the work at work has been pretty ongoing, and most days lately I’ve been just hitting… Continue Reading
Off Topic: Whining
Well another week of the construction follies here at the homestead. Structural engineers haven’t decided whether the roof of the garage can be patched or if it’s a nuke-and-pave situation. Our record rains came and thankfully went and while I… Continue Reading
Off Topic: Books
Well, the remodeling continues. The front yard people have found the retaining walls need to be replaced and have been jackhammering the old one out (If it was falling apart why is it so hard to take down?) Now I… Continue Reading
What I Did on my Winter Vacation
Mostly I hacked up a lung. THe flu that I had returned with a vengeance so Christmas weekend was spent in bed with various teas, take-out and Netflix. To be honest it was kind of great- I wasn’t asked to… Continue Reading