January 17, 2011: A New House Perhaps?

Liesl did not let me sleep in this morning so I was up at eight and took a little bit of time to listen to “Pirate Hunter”, a biography on the legendary Captain Kidd.  It is decently interesting.  There is a lot of stuff from the era of which I was not aware at all.  …

January 16, 2011: Blues Clues, The Sims 3 and New Europe

I got up at eight this morning.  Dominica and Liesl were up just minutes after me.  Liesl immediately demanded breakfast (S’mores Poptarts) and to watch Blues’ Clues which she has started getting into since having been in Frankfort for Christmas. My first project this morning was to do some additional carpet cleaning in the living …

Stain Hunters

I recently learned that A&E, the cable television network, is proposing a new reality television series called “Stain Hunters.”  The show would follow the misadventures of a group of professional maids (think Merry Maids) as they scour Chicago or St. Louis searching for the worst possible stains, miscolorations, smells, etc. in carpeting, furniture, clothes, bathrooms, …

January 15, 2011: Meeting at Our Place

We slept in until around nine this morning.  That was some good sleep.  We often don’t get very much so getting a bit more than eight hours was awesome.  I feel great today.  And we have water and the weather is nice too. We set to work cleaning the house first thing.  That and I …