American Family » Home Sweet Home http://american-family.org Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lucky me http://american-family.org/2012/04/27/lucky-me/ http://american-family.org/2012/04/27/lucky-me/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:16:39 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4373 Because I love painting so much AND because painting the kitchen ceiling once just isn’t enough, the universe sent me this little jem last night:

The (full!) bathtub drain burst, apparently because whoever originally installed it did not use glue on one joint.  Awesome sauce.

The lighing is bad in the picture because we [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/04/27/lucky-me/feed/ 8 absentee blog landlord http://american-family.org/2012/04/17/absentee-blog-landloord/ http://american-family.org/2012/04/17/absentee-blog-landloord/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:35:56 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4355 Yesterday, I was soundly chastised by a friend for not posting more here.  I have been (wait for it)…..working on the house.  Anyone want to guess what kind of work I’ve been doing?

Painting.

If you said painting, you can give yourself a high five for being an uber reader who knows that 90% of the [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/04/17/absentee-blog-landloord/feed/ 0 Stuff (and staging) http://american-family.org/2012/04/03/stuff-and-staging/ http://american-family.org/2012/04/03/stuff-and-staging/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:02:54 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4337 Today, I did a little spring cleaning and pre-staging in the girls’ rooms.  I have written before about my war on Stuff and Clutter.  Despite the general messiness in the rooms, once they were cleaned up, it was clear we are winning the war.  Each girl keeps all her toys in her own room. [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/04/03/stuff-and-staging/feed/ 17 house update http://american-family.org/2012/03/12/house-update/ http://american-family.org/2012/03/12/house-update/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:11:22 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4266 This is the third house I have staged.  The first was our old house.  Then I helped my mom and dad stage their extra lake house (don’t ask!).  And now we are working on this house.  I knew this house had a lot of potential.  It is super cute and looks very impressive from the [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/03/12/house-update/feed/ 7 in lieu of the post I was going to write… http://american-family.org/2012/03/06/in-lieu-of-the-post-i-was-going-to-write/ http://american-family.org/2012/03/06/in-lieu-of-the-post-i-was-going-to-write/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:21:28 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4256 I was going to write about L’s new taught-by-a-laowai chinese class, but then I thought it would be more appropriate to write about my newest distraction:

Calculating exactly how much new house I can buy with the cash I have on hand.

For example, last month I had the girl do a short and [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2012/03/06/in-lieu-of-the-post-i-was-going-to-write/feed/ 9