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Today was Awesome

by Jonathan 18 March 2010 House and Home

I had an entirely productive day today. Things got rolling with work-from-home work today. I was busting-through things left and right and it was good. I got some development work finished, did a little bit of analysis, and got a lot of catch-up reading accomplished. During lunch, I went over to Arnold Feed and asked [...]

Tagged as: business, gardening, Photography

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The Ex-Husband from Eat, Pray, Love Tells His Side of the Story

by Jenny 22 July 2009 House and Home

I have to admit that I am having a really hard time getting into Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir “Eat, Pray, Love.” I bought this book several months ago. I can tell you exactly where I am in the book without giving away any spoilers. My bookmark is stuck after the author’s divorce and shortly after her arrival in Italy. She is planning to take Italian lessons in Rome. After she leaves Rome, she will travel to India and Bali. I can’t tell you what will happen after that.

Tagged as: Books

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Nice Things that Jonathan Did; Frabel Glass at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh

by Jenny 16 July 2009 House and Home

Last weekend, Jonathan took me to see flowers and butterflies and shop for shoes.

Tagged as: family, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania

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Dreaming About My Day Job

by Jenny 11 July 2009 House and Home

Do you ever dream about your job? I do, sometimes. I work in the insurance industry. One night I dreamt that my office insured a bunch of employees who were bitten by vampires. In my dream, my office provided Workers Compensation coverage for the affected employees, but the policy had a Vampire Exclusion. Therefore, all of the claims related to the vampire incident were being denied. I woke up just as my office was being sued over the lack of coverage due to the Vampire Exclusion.

Tagged as: Career Moves, Horror, Insurance, Wal-Mart

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Get Your Wal-Mart Flip-Flops Now

by Jenny 2 July 2009 House and Home

If you are planning on buying Wal-Mart flip-flops, you should probably buy them now. Another week, and your size (not to mention preferred color and style) could very well be gone, not to be seen again until next March. How do I know this? I’m an expert because I worked in the shoe department of a Wal-Mart during the summer of 1999.

Jenny at Age 21: My First Post-College Job

Tagged as: American Studies, Career Moves, Pennsylvania, Summer, Wal-Mart, Western Pennsylvania

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Good weekend…

by Jonathan 28 June 2009 House and Home

This was a pretty darn good weekend. I left early Wednesday morning on a train to Washington, DC. I was there for a workshop and to present at the workshop, which I did on Friday morning. I’m told that the presentation went well, so yay for that.

Tagged as: firefighting, neighborhood, trains

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There is something fascinating about machines

by Jonathan 23 May 2009 House and Home

The past two weeks have seen several new chapters starting here, and probably the closing of at least one.

Tagged as: firefighting, house, neighborhood

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A new camera, a picnic, maybe some other new technology, and a collapsing retaining wall

by Jonathan 7 March 2009 House and Home

Jenny and I just got home after a most delightful picnic. I am working as Sound Designer for a show over in the Riverview school district (that’s in Oakmont, PA, in case you’re not from these parts). There was a tech work session today, so I was busy over there for that. I was done with my part right around 15:00.

Tagged as: blog, house, Photography, picnic, Technology

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Do odd things happen in your old house, too?

by Jonathan 2 March 2009 House and Home

Do odd things happen in your old house, too? Jenny and I have never really felt “alone” here in our home, though we’ve also not had a whole lot happen that we thought was out of the ordinary. Lately, though, we’ve had at least two incidents that seemed to be strange.

Tagged as: blog, house, restoration

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A warm end to a cold week

by Jonathan 14 February 2009 House and Home

Jenny and I are sitting here in our now-warm house. A few weeks ago, during one of the big cold snaps we had here, our furnace started to make a squeaking noise. Upon investigation, it turned out the noise was coming from the combustion chamber blower, which pulls cool air through the combustion chamber and then exhausts the hot air and gasses out the flue. It sounded like its bearings were going bad. We didn’t have time to have it serviced right away, and it was otherwise running just fine, so we figured we could call on a day when I was going to be working from home.

Tagged as: cooking, house

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