Still no hardwood flooring in sight so work continues on the plumbing in the kitchen and the electrics in the den. The Sub Zero is churning ...

Meanwhile back in the kitchen, the double wall oven and island range hood are installed and working the cabinets are in, the electrics have ...

The painter called at 8:00 AM to ask if he could come and touch up his not-so-handiwork. He surveyed, sighed and said "I didn't kno...

It's getting exciting at The Cool House. The demolition of the master bath is done, the renovation is underway; fixtures are here - mos...

Lots going on, some things I want to make into a special post, others are barely worthy of a tweet let alone a line on this blog but for the...

Yesterday the power went out a couple of times. In this house there are always consequences from a power outage and even though we have surg...

It's been so long since anything odd or unexplained has happened around here that I got used to normal. Hmm, there's nothing like an...

controller floodlight? Originally uploaded by modernemama I think I may have solved the mystery lighting issues we have been havi...

I have no problem admitting that I was mistaken about the cause of the scary light syndrome in the den. No one went near the garage, or the ...

den_chandelier Originally uploaded by modernemama That's my attempt at denial. That's what I did last night when we were w...

Steven thinks he has cleansed the den of its random lighting curse . Yesterday morning he managed to turn on all the lights in that room and...

This happened again last night. 7:30 just before Steven came home. For anyone counting, that's once every other evening this week. Twic...

den built-ins Originally uploaded by modernemama This is starting to freak me out - big time. This evening I went to have a sundo...

Is there a conspiracy to deprive me of a full night's sleep? Last night I'd just dozed off when Steven (who'd stayed up to get t...