Storm – We are hunkered down waiting for an impending ice storm that should have started already. I hustled out to Starbucks to get my fix early. There is nothing like an addiction to help overcome my fear of driving. … Continue reading
Author Archives: Kate Crimmins
Sassy cats – News of the day
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Gracie here! Breaking news! Stuff is happening in the kitchen. Peeps coming and going and big boxes coming in but I’m not writing about that just yet. I have a story for you that is hysterical, at least from a … Continue reading
Can’t blame it on the smoke detectors
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I should have known better. It wasn’t 3 a.m. It wasn’t a mind numbing shrill sound but it was loud and annoying. It was 2 p.m. I was at my computer upstairs in my temporary (or maybe permanent) office wasting … Continue reading
Random 3 for January 2, 2022 – Macho, fires, supply chain
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Just a short one today! Hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Masking up again – Our area has a high vaccination rate but our cases are increasing. People seem to be taking this round seriously (which floored me). … Continue reading
Sassy cats — End of 2021
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Gracie here: This is my last report for 2021. It was a good year for us cats but not everyone else. In February we moved to a new house. That was scary but we dutifully barfed in every room to … Continue reading
The sisterhood of the traveling sink
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As part of our kitchen project we are getting a beautiful new sink. It’s a farmhouse style in coal black. It’s stunning and we picked our counter colors, faucet and handles to coordinate with it. It was ordered in July … Continue reading
Random 5 for December 26 – Strange times, Trek*, friends, phone, projects
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It was another weird week – Or maybe that’s the new norm. I’ll start with the bad news and go on from there. Saying goodbye to a blogger – If any of you follow Trek*, the American living in Austria, … Continue reading
Merry Christmas to all
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It just wouldn’t be Christmas without this!
Sassy cats – The Q-tip invasion
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Gracie here with breaking news! Another bizarre week for the peeps. There was a mystery going on! The female peep found a q-tip on the bathroom floor. That’s where they are stored (in the bathroom not on the floor) so … Continue reading
The carol of the contractors
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As regular readers know, we are in the middle of a kitchen renovation (whining all the way). It’s not quite the reno from hell but close. We started the process in January and were rejected by several kitchen contractors. We … Continue reading
