The Mystery Spot

It's been sitting there, unused, in the kitchen since we bought the house. During the inspection we saw that no water was going into it ...

Been an incredibly busy few weeks. Between upheaval at work, vacation and home repair there was a lot of bashing that was nuts even when you...

Spring has arrived in Central Ohio. The leaves are forming, the grass is growing, the back gate has finally been reinstalled. Had to inform ...

In preparation for potential changes in our living situation, my Wife has been doing a massive amount of work on the house and is to be high...

It's rare that my wife and I are social. Usually on the weekends people do stuff we have my son, or a cool thing happens on a night we c...

First Mother's Day without Mom around this year and it's solemn. You scroll through all the pictures on the social media of friends ...

We've been away. In New York for a family event. On Sunday there was a dedication of a bench in the park my Mom worked. The day was beau...

We knew buying the house 11 years ago that the roof was serviceable, not old or new. The past few years, especially after a summer wind stor...

When you live in a 85 year old house and find shingles on the ground from your roof after a summer storm you know it's not going to last...

Took my son to the doctor for another follow up to his G.I. issues. He's over fifty pounds for the first time. They want to do an endosc...

The toilet that's been leaking for months, we've been waiting on someone to fix it because we'd rather give him the money than s...

In a frenzy on Saturday, I organized my record albums for the first time in well over a decade. Mostly in alphabetical order, spread out amo...

I'm having one of those days in which I feel I'm not fit to live. Of course nothing has really happened that is so dire or urgent. I...

I was at a Barnes and Noble recently, looking through the magazine rack I noticed about half a dozen soccer magazines, none of which were th...

Now that I've found a kicker for my fantasy football team, I can go. I leave for Fayetteville, Arkansas in a couple of hours to repr...

So there I was, driving down Demorest Road on the way to hardware store number two of the evening at a speed of 15 miles per hour below the ...

Coming back from a vacation in which there was little rest has been a tough adjustment. There's been a lot to do at work, which has resu...

Home repair and I are often on two different planets, it's more on the miss side than getting the job done right. My wife has been pa...

Breathing out after dealing with a surprise billing by my son's day camp. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the bill was f...

Saw the Avengers on Friday night. An hour and a half of exposition that leads to an hour of carnage as a good portion of Midtown Manhattan i...