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Things are more comfortable at the Jackalope House

There is nothing like a long, hot shower curtesy of one of these babies:

My new hot water heater. His name is Bliss.

A fully functioning one of these makes my heart happy:

The stove with a fully functioning oven. He doesn't have a name yet.

And yes, that is a coffee pot on one of the burners - I am woefully short on outlets in the kitchen, so it is catch where catch can so there is the coffee pot. Not terribly convient, but nothing in a house this old really is!

And my office is pretty much set up, even though I have YET to paint the trim in it. Or any of the house - it has had to wait. At least I have some pictures up. I haven't put up my law school diploma yet because I actually dropped the damn thing and broke the glass in the frame.

Nothing like dropping a piece of paper that cost more than the house I just bought to make you think about the direction your life is going!



I am still playing the doggie shuffle due to Rodear being in heat. Sniper is on my "you're this close to being strangled" list. He, like his Daddy Snap and Brother Sin, is a world class non-stop whiner. Life with the Rat Dogs will always be interesting!
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  1. Michelle MNovember 6, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    Call the oven "Bernie" and call the coffe pot "Bean" hehehe

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