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To my regular readers, I have been a novice genealogist for years (I still have a mimeographed family tree I filled out for 6th grade history class.) To my new readers, I hope you enjoy my first su...

Yesterday, about noon, power was resumed to Chez Sockbug. There was much happy dancing and gingerly turning on of the appliances. Screw that now, all computers are on, the A/C is cranked to the max...

Today, I am hooked up via inverter to the car battery, sitting in my driveway. Neighbor on the side of me is running his deafening generator about 20 feet from me, my ears will be ringing for hours...

#1. Turn on TV#2. Add a veteran saint , for that touch of authenticity.

For some reason, my last blog entry hit bloglines again. I already got that whole ING thing taken care of, so back to your regularly scheduled blog reading.However, I'll send a little update while ...

I am looking to open an account at INGDirect. Drop me an email at heysockbug at yahoo if you have a $25 referral link for me to use. I'd much rather pass the $10 onto one of you guys than some rand...

about my new house... Instead of putting my spices in a cabinet like always, I bought cute little cans from the Container Store and made labels for them. Love them!

Pattern is here . Yarn is from Walmart.

I have been in my new house for a little over two months. You'd think I'd be able to eek out a few minutes for this blog, huh? Well, better late than never.Here's a picture I took shortly after our...

The last month and a half have been so traumatizing, I am not sure I want to relive them. Do you know that when you close a home sale here in Houston, all the parties are supposed to meet around th...