Author: TheJessle

May 8, 2011 / / The Stronghold

Two weeks into the project and we finally started measuring the post locations for the front and sides where we planned on putting the spruce dogear.  Keep a few things in mind when you’re gleefully running around the yard dreaming of the landscaping possibilities though or you might end up…

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May 7, 2011 / / The Stronghold

Let’s look back to early 2010: TheJessle and Chonathan were hopelessly feeling out the real estate market. We pined for a place that was had both easy access to the city and a large enough back yard to fence in and have enough space for all sorts of outdoor mayhem.…

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March 2, 2011 / / overview

Please meet our sump pump. Sump pump, don’t be rude – say hello. See, he’s not as scary as we thought. Just a little misguided. Now that we’ve all been introduced I would like to tell a little story involving our little pumper here and how the incredibly stupid previously…

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January 6, 2011 / / overview

While the water heater was melting like a western witch in a swimming pool, the furnace decided that it didn’t like the Sepco having all the fun and decided to throw a tantrum of it’s own.  Not a big one – but it was just enough to throw a little…

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January 4, 2011 / / overview

Over the last few weeks some pretty amazing things happened.  There was the water heater thing for starters.  Ok, to say “thing” is a pretty overbroad, ambiguous term.  There was the water heater “I’m going to stop working and leak all over your basement” issue.  Better?  More descriptive anyway. Like…

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