Home Ownership

Today I am a man suburbanite. We had a few inches of snow overnight, and this morning I got out the snowblower and cleared the driveway. I also did the sidewalk out front, the walkways to all the doors, and the patio in the back yard.I know that seems like no big deal to many of you, but I've never used a snowblower in my life. The last time I lived in a place where I had … [Read more...] about Blowing Snow

I'm still recovering from my move to the new house. It turns out that packing all your stuff into boxes and then trying to reassemble it back into a working life is really time-consuming. I keep running into problems like wanting to put a piece of furniture together, which would be a lot easier with the right tools, which are all in boxes, and I'd like to unpack the tools back … [Read more...] about The Bouquet Of My New Suburban Life

"What the fuck did I do?"That's what Detective Jimmy McNulty asks Bunk at the end of the first season of The Wire as he contemplates all that he has set in motion. It's a phrase that has been going through my head a lot over the past week."What the fuck did I do?"I bought a house, that's what I did.After 26 years of living in a condo, my wife and I decided … [Read more...] about What the Fuck Did I Do?