The ongoing saga of the house

In which it occurs to her that the garden is very much larger than she realized

25 April 2011 The ongoing saga of the house

I‘ve been daydreaming of putting in a lovely vegetable garden since the day we first saw this house last August. The yard is so huge, there’s tonnes of room for it. You know what else is huge? The garden. I’m thinking that I may want to try keeping up with the existing garden for a […]

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Oh really? She can blog about something other than pictures??

23 February 2011 The ongoing saga of the house

Each time I even think about writing a new blog post, a voice in my head says, “You’ve really got to blog about something other than photography. You may be obsessed, but you’re going to bore them to tears. For the love of all things holy, is there nothing else in your head except photo […]

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Adventures in hiring a contractor and other housey updates

14 February 2011 The ongoing saga of the house

I dashed off this post on the weekend, and then I thought it was rather pointless and whiny and took it back down again, but apparently feedburner launched it into your feed-readers because a few of you took the time to e-mail me and commiserate and offer basement renovation advice and support — so I’ve […]

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In which the house of her dreams continues to vex her

26 December 2010 Happy @ home

We’ve just put the final bit of shiny wrap and silky ribbon on our first Christmas in our new house. It was, by all accounts, a lovely Christmas. Now with the insanity of the season more or less behind us, I thought I’d bring you up to speed on the ongoing saga of the house […]

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Today’s cautionary tale brought to you by the letter F, for furnace. And failure. And f*ck.

3 December 2010 Happy @ home

So here’s my nickel’s worth of free advice for you. When your 19 year old (but only two months old to you) furnace starts making odd squeaky noises when it starts up, you should not ignore it. You may wish to ignore it, especially if you are in the midst of a newly identified mould […]

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In which she discusses home repair and other issues with the Universe

30 November 2010 The ongoing saga of the house

It went something like this. *ring, ring* Hello? Hey, Universe, it’s DaniGirl again. DaniGirl! Delightful to hear from you. How’s that new house of yours? We love the house, Universe. We truly love it. It felt like home from the day we moved in. I still keep pinching myself, I’m so amazed that we’re lucky […]

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This isn’t a post about water conservation

5 November 2010 The ongoing saga of the house

Today’s post was supposed to be the next in my fledgling series on accidental environmentalism, and how moving to a well and septic system and a larger plot of land has helped one family become more aware of its environmental footprint. That was the plan, anyway, until today turned into a panic of messages and […]

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The Accidental Environmentalist

25 October 2010 The ongoing saga of the house

I‘ve been thinking about this post, which may eventually be a whole category on its own, quite a bit lately. Even though you haven’t seen much evidence of it, I’ve been busy blogging in my head throughout the chaos that has been the move, and I’m swimming in ideas and inspiration, if not free time […]

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Our house, is a very very very fine house!

26 August 2010 Postcards from Manotick

It’s official!! Conditions have been waived and agreements have been signed — come hell or high water, we’re moving to Manotick a little more than 60 days from today!! Wanna see the new house? It’s beee-yooo-ti-ful! It’s a three-plus-two bedroom bungalow that was built in 1968, and it sits on about a half-acre of land […]

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