Comments on: Post Du Jour

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:53:00 +0000

I miss your blogging.
My old house was remodeled out to the bare wood while I lived in it over a ten year period. I am not envious…the end result is worth it, but it’s such a pain to never have a clean house. So frustrating. Hope you are well.

By: LK

LK — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:03:00 +0000

I wish you the best from the depths of the crawlspace of my 1918 Craftsman. We are also having “THOSE” kinds of problems. Just think, no matter how bad it is, you haven’t ended up re-piering the front half of your house, rebuilding your fireplace, tearing out and reinsulating every exterior wall in your home, refinishing all the floors, rewiring, installing a new airconditioner, new appliances, new flooring in the kitchen and bath, new drains to the street, and bringing in a backhoe to level the whole yard – just because you wanted to paint the freakin living room green.

The sweater looks great though. Roughly the same color as my stupid living room.

By: ck

ck — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:13:00 +0000

I love the felted bag…especially with the additon of the flower.

Sorry to hear about the electrical problems. At least you had the red heart on hand to save the day

By: Maus

Maus — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:01:00 +0000

Great job on the rose baggie and sweater and wires! I love myself a good old house, repairs or not. New houses are like, I dunno, plastic cardboard mash with no character. We’ve done knob and tube replacing on an old 4 story vicotrian and it was cheaper than I had anticipated. Just be happy that you can rest with a good feeling that you did it all
We’ve found old (and I mean real old) underpants inside the walls while redoing a bathroom, and empty space was stuffed full with an assortment of “fillers” very amusing

By: Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:51:00 +0000

This winter, my husband asked me to pick up some string because we didn’t have any.

I just looked at him, gobsmacked and said that I bet if we looked real hard, we’d be able to find something suitable.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:50:00 +0000

Holes in the wall suck. But they sure beat no electricity and no A/C when it’s 94 degrees several days in a row!

Good luck with your electrical project. The sweater looks great.

From a house near you (roslindale) with former knobs n tubes!

Kathy

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:52:00 +0000

Eek! Good luck. I swear I'm going to write a book on home repair with knitting supplies one of these days... Kat (with a K)

By: Brewgal

Brewgal — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:41:00 +0000

Knob and tube! I am getting nostalgic for my old Gettysburg house. Plaster may be a pain when you disturb it but I’ll take it any day over sheetrock and not-so-true corners.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:44:00 +0000

you could always felt it again… HOT HOT WATER Ivory dish soap…

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:33:00 +0000

Ah, the joys of an older house. NOT! At least your hubby knows when to call someone. Our porch is still studs and Romex after 4 years of being unfinished.

Scoop looks great too. I really like the olive-y color that the photo shows.