Boys and Toys

We have a decent amount of new friends around the blog these days, so I thought it might be time for a round-up ( ... . And of course, little houses for all of us.We're currently making plans to replace the old house ... more pleasant. Ideas have ranged from a cabin to a simple house to a park model RV to a ...Well, this is where [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 16:31:00

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Presevationists Rally Around Historic Farmhouse

It's not often that a historic preservation battle focuses on and old farmhouse ... plans to move the 139-year-old Mumford House, which was named for the school's original Dean of Agriculture. The house reportedly stands in the way of new landscaped plaza and bell tower.This "Model [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:47:00

A new baby.

Santa brought her a new baby (and a new stroller that Santa and Grandma Bev worked on together). So I had big plans of uploading the remainder of my Christmas shots today ... either). Oh, and that's inside the new, old house.  I just painted those olive green walls [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:04:27

Family Finds Man Living in their Attic

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - One family’s Christmas wasn’t very merry due to an unexpected guest to come visit for the holidays ... and noticing a laptop, cash, and a new ipod had dissapeared. Her father, the owner of the duplex ... of the plans the 21 year old un-welcomed house guest emerged from attic willingly. Stanley Carter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 01:05:52

Home Design News - January 2009

Home Design News - January 2009 By admin | 13th Jan 2009 | Filed under Newsletters HAPPY NEW YEAR! ... and business practice.  This month’s featured plans are a good example of the variety to be found on our website. The Prichard is old-fashioned simplicity of a ranch style house plan perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:53:39

I Say “In With The Old!”

Dolores and I visiting a historic site in Tulsa this past October. Both of us resolve to see more of them in 2009. 2009 is right around the corner. As we all make exciting plans to celebrate the new year ... , the Robie House and Unity Temple. The Pui Tak Center taught me about the history of Chinese [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:18:03

Army, Sears clothing deal irks lawmakers

Army, Sears clothing deal irks lawmakers By: David Rogers September 9, 2008 09:22 AM EST From Cantigny, France, ... is from another world, a clash between the New Army and Old over plans to commercialize the 1st Division’ ... to be disclosed. “I’m astounded,” said Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), who chairs the House [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 20:09:56

Blogging Hiatus

It has been a month since I last posted on this blog ... my callings, to create a "HOUSE OF ORDER"...more on that later) that I haven't had much time ... to spend in DC because we had dinner plans with more old DC friends in New York. Here is Oliver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:39:00

The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"

From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00

McCain mocks Obama's premature inauguration plans, but...

John McCain has mocked Democrat Barack Obama all week as so cocky that he is already “measuring the drapes” in the White House Oval Office ... video by clicking on the Read more line below) in a newspaper story on White House transition planning ... was confirmed. Addressing a sun-washed rally in the Old West plaza of historic Mesilla, in southern New [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 02:26:02

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady Setting Up House?

Gisele Bundchen’s noviocito Tom Brady bought a house. A big, big house ... canyons - comes with plans for an 11,500-square-foot Mediterranean-style manse by award-winning ... . A house so big, it would make about three or so of your abuelito’s old world hacienda. New [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 19:17:56

Home Loan

When I went home for a vacation last month, I met some of my old friends again. It was so nice seeing some of them ... and distance! So we were chatting about our life, family and our plans. One friend shared how she wants to have her new house early next year. And since they are still applying for a home loan, I think the said [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 14:06:38

If U.S. Attorneys Resign When A New President Is Elected, Why Did Clinton Fire 93 Of Them?

Think Progress is in a tizzy because U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has no plans to resign: Indeed, when a new president is elected, U.S ... off the House Post Office investigation of Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. The network ... mentions, with only NBC noting the Rosty angle. Only NBC’s Garrick Utley kept the old outrage, declaring [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:05:01

Out with the old, in with the new

Well, New Year's Eve didn't exactly go out with a bang this year at Nappy Valley Central. Our original plans having fallen through some time ago, we felt too exhausted by Christmas ... of money - were we mad?".In one way it felt good to offload some of the contents of our house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:56:00

Dead Pigeons, The Kid from Jerry Maguire & Other Past Inauguration Guests

The crowd at Barack Obama’s momentous inauguration will include a number of special guests, ... of guests flooded the White House for a celebration of the populist leader that quickly devolved ... s plans went awry when he got up to read his new work, though. The 87-year-old poet no longer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:52:00

No Time like the Present: Repurposing Christmas Decorations

It may be a new year, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to salvage from the old one! ... , and plans ahead. So today I thought I'd show you a few of the post-Christmas sale finds I'd gotten ... seemed just right at home in my house...Here are a couple of purple and silver tree-topper-type stars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:00:00

Recent events:)

  Success!  Yesterday we got a new computer, after having the same one for well over 6 years and working with the same old programs, ... , but the powers that be had other plans for me!  My leg was swollen up about 1 and 1/2 times the size of the other one & hurt like hell, but we all thought I had strained it in getting the house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 22:21:12

Hoyer: No Plans to Reinstall Offshore Drilling Moratorium

For environmentalists hoping that the new Democratic margins in Congress might lead to the return of a decades-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling — you might not want to hold your breath. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats have no plans to reinstate the drilling ban, which Congress let [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 20:05:10

Local Color

I snapped these at the church before the social on Saturday night. The clouds were gorgeous, and the air smelled like rain ... websites for building plans for new old houses in the Craftsman and bungalow styles, some of which ... t turn out so well. Here is a charming brick house cue the soundtrack , complete with my beloved [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 10:27:01

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