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Basement Blues (and Greens)

You may have seen our recent post in which we relayed to you, dear reader, the trying tale of the great flood of 2010. But thanks to a lot of work, research, and  oh-so-much patience, we now have hot water restored to our condo (after 10 days without!). And it looks like the building’s insurance…

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No More Screws Loose.

After the recent revamping of my tool collection and the introduction of the BBOT, I realized that it was finally time for me to accomplish a similar feat with all of the screws, nails, wire nuts, and other fasteners that had been cluttering our lives (and cabinets) for too long. Enter Jo-Ann fabrics, where we…

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Long Live the Houseplant

Kim and I are not exactly what you’d consider “green thumbs.” In order to end our unintentional murderous rampage of houseplants, we took a recent trip to Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood for some good-old-fashioned advice. We found a helpful expert and simply explained the quantity and frequency of natural light that our…

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