Browsing Archive: March, 2009

Washington Post's Mensa Invitational

Posted by Ivy Bickl on Monday, March 23, 2009, In : This and that 
My friend Becca sent me this and oh' man did it have me laughing!

Here is the  Washington  Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton : ...


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Our new town...

Posted by Ivy Bickl on Monday, March 16, 2009, In : Building our home 

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Bringing this blog upto date...

Posted by Ivy Bickl on Monday, March 16, 2009, In : Building our home 
This new blog doesn't give us the ability to do backdated posts so I'm going to try to update it this way I guess :(

This is our bedrooms with a view!



These pics show the mess that is to be our new home. You'll often hear me describe it as scary..lol





and this is how far we've came!
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A new front deck!

Posted by Ivy Bickl on Monday, March 16, 2009, In : Building our home 
We had been using a very scary, rickety porch that was obviously built just to be temporary by the previous owners. A very dear friend of ours, Barbara, had given us some 2 x 6's so we threw them together and built a nice deck that measures about 8'x 8'. We probably should have thought about the low overhanging eave off the front of our house more when we placed it so there isn't a step down from the house. Just watch it, if your tall, when you walk out to the edge...lol

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