The reason I was so anxious to get started on the baseboards may be summed up with this photo. The contrast between our beautiful new floors and the sheer ugliness of the multiple layers of paint that lay beneath the old vinyl baseboard was more than my sensabilities could stand. At Home Depot (Thank you […]
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We’re so far ahead of the U.S. time zones that I’m having to wait forever to hear the results. The polls closed at five a.m. here. Now it’s 9:45 a.m., but they won’t even start counting in Ohio until three p.m. Everyone is talking about the election and wondering what the outcome will be.
The trouble with Iceland Read More »
I shouldn’t need to tell you this but Stop reading this and go vote! Some of the Americans here are going down to the Embassy because their absentee ballots have not arrived yet. It’s hard to vote overseas, so those of you at home had darn well better take advantage of being able to hop