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Before & After: Bailey's Haircut and Livingroom Furniture

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:18:06 -0400

Bailey likes her hair short so when it started to touch her shoulders, she kept asking if she could get a haircut.

Bailey's new haircut - getting ready to cut

Now her hair is how she likes it best:

Bailey's new haircut - June 2008

Our livingroom set had seen better days and the couch was downright broken. It was so bad we didn't even feel right about Freecycling it. It deserves the landfill:

Old, Tired, Broken Couch

So out with the old and in with the new, plus tables:

New livingroom set

We still need a new entertainment center and a rug, but that can wait.

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An easy weekend

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:24:08 -0400

CCFEMS 12 - Shift C and Battalion Chief

My weekend was rather subdued. Saturday was spent with some spring cleaning and laundry. I shuffled the pictures on the wall and cleared up the long livingroom wall so we can put the projector there. We put new locks on the refridgerator and cabinets to keep Tommy out. So far it's been working.

This morning, I replaced a cache in Myakkahatchee Creek Nature Park with Gary's wife, Linda, and shot a few portraits of C Shift and the Battalion Chief at CCFEMS Station 12. The chief gave me a good tour of the Technical Rescue. Station 12 is down the road from San Antonio Catholic Church and it looks like the church is done with their new sanctuary.

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Repairing hides and Spring Cleaning

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:28:34 -0400

Yellow flower

On Friday, I set up a couple our hides that needed repair or replacement. Harbor Arbor at Harbor Heights Park needed a new log, a bag, and a new case. I think this one will do better against the elements. If not, I have more options. Good Boy! at Roscoe's gravemarker needed a replacement of everything.

The remainder of the weekend was spent spring cleaning the house. This evening, I finished preparing a letterbox hide. I'm debating whether I'm going to put the information on Atlas Quest, within another letterbox, a geocache, or on a messageboard.

It's Holy Week. St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow. I still have the four remaining geocaches in Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, plus another geocache located north of I-75 in Venice.

Here's a few more images from Harbor Heights Park and a look at Roscoe's grave:

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No interruptions, happy housecleaning!

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:36:40 -0400

I've decided to turn Papa's impromptu visits into babysitting for housecleaning. While Tommy ran Tom's dad around the back and front yard, with much time spent exploring his minivan, I got the mail sorted, the coffee table cleaned off, the kitchen counters washed, the table cleaned, the floor swept, the carpet vacuumed, frebreezed everything and changed my clothes into something less sweatery since it's no longer a 48° morning.

After he falls asleep for his nap, I only have to mop, do the dishes, throw in some laundry, and clean the glass. Yay!

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Floors

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:13:08 -0400

I don't know why I look at these things, but I do.

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors offers this Ash Hardwood Flooring product:

Ash Wide Plank Hardwood Flooring

I'd put this throughout my entire house if I could. I love light wood flooring much more than ceramic tile and a hundred times more than carpet. This vendor has the most beautiful flooring products I've seen on the web so far. This gets added to my bookmark list of hopes & dreams. I did order the catalog. I love free catalogs full of stuff I can't afford.

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Love.

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:26:17 -0400

Residential	MLS No. 868754
Status Active	Area 4	List Price$149,900
Type Site Built	Er/Ea Owner Agent	Photos
Address 3413 JOHN MALLETTE DR	City Nashville	Zip 37218
County Davidson	Subd ASHTON SUB	MLS Map
Lot Number PT4	Tax ID 069-16-0-143.00	Deed Book/Page 7750/256
Directions CLARKSVILLE PK.@METRO CENTER BLVD. TO CLARKSVILLE PK., N. TO LEFT ON ASHTON-HOUSE ON CORNER OF ASHTON & JOHN MALLETTE.

General Information
Style Traditional	Stories 2.00	Year Built 1910 / Renovated
Acres 0.420	Total Rooms 7	Completion
Size 100 x 175	Lot Wooded	Assoc Fee $0 /mo
Constr Stone /	Floors Carpet / Vinyl /	Basement Other / Unfinished
Driveway Gravel	Waterfront /	Garage 0 / None
Community Amenities

Remarks: COMPLETELY RENOVATED..VERY UNIQUE..LOTS OF CHARACTER..ALL NEW CARPET & VINYL..ALL NEW PLUMBING..WATER SUPPLY LINES REPLACED IN HOUSE TO THE METER..NEW BLINDS INSTALLED ON ALL WINDOWS..NEW REFRIGERATOR-STOVE-DISHWASHER.. 25' x 30' unfinished basement

Rooms and Dimension Information
Liv 13X22 / Separate		Rec /		Bed 1 13X13 / Master BR Downstairs
Din 11X14 / Separate		Hobby /		Bed 2 11X16 /
Kit 8X27 / Eat-In		Other /		Bed 3 11X11 /
Den 12X17 / Separate		Other /		Bed 4 /
	Bedrooms	Full Baths	Half Baths	Finished Square Feet (est)
Main	1	1	0	Main	1690	Est. SqFt. Source
Other	2	1		Second	480	Tax Record
				Third
Total	3	2	0	Basement		Total	2170

Schools and Utilities
Elem1 Bordeaux Enhanced Option	Elem2	Middle/JR Ewing Park Middle School	High Whites Creek Comp High School
Water City Water	Sewer Sewer	Cool Electric / Central	Heat Gas / Central

Features
Appliances	Interior Features	Exterior Features	Miscellaneous
Range Cooktop / Electric	Firepl 1	Fence	Handicap Access No
Oven Single Oven / Electric	Drapes None	Patio/Deck Porch	Energy Storm Doors / Storm Windows /
	Master Bath Combo Tub/Shower /	Pool None
Other Ice Maker / Refrigerator / Dishwasher /	Other Ceiling Fan / Redecorated / Smoke Alarm / Wood Burning FP /	Other	Other Cable TV

Financing and Taxes
Existing	Assumable No	Non-Qualifying No	Taxes $1,365
New	Owner	FHA	VA	Conv Yes	Other

Comparable Information
Pending Date	Closing Date	Orig. List Price $159,000	Sales Price

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Information believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. Buyers should independently verify all information prior to submitting any offer to purchase.

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Weekend Plans

nobody@vox.com(yapidka) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:10:54 -0400

Today, we've been switching the children's bedrooms so that the boys, who are more regularly in greater quantity, have the bigger room.

Son3's 2nd birthday is June 30th.

Tomorrow, I have to take Daughter to south Punta Gorda at 8am so she can have Father's Day with her deadbeat father. I pick her up from the same location at 6pm. At noon, we meet yacidka's parents for lunch at Golden Corral, which is going to be packed. I'm hoping to arrive a fashionable yet lifesaving fifteen minutes late so my in-laws have already gotten a table and we can whisk our mischievous and impatient toddler from the car into a high chair.

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