We’re pretty soft on our dog, Sparky. While a lot of neighborhood dogs are still outside (we can hear them barking) in cold weather, we tend to bring him inside when the temps get below 40 degrees. Sometimes when he’s outside, though, he’ll come sit right in front of the sliding glass door that leads [...]

The new house is now locked and we can no longer get inside and walk around when no one’s there (which isn’t often these days, anyway). We had some people come to look at our current house on Friday, so we used that as an excuse to go see how the new place is coming [...]

56% of registered voters said they’d vote yes if their ballot included the option to replace every member of Congress. on.wsj.com/AmP6nU — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 26, 2012 Me, too. Just as I said almost two years ago: If it were up to me, we’d toss out the president and every member of both [...]

I think TLC’s Trading Places was the first home-related reality show I watched. That was due, in part, to the crush that I had on the host, Paige Davis, but also due to the fact that it was a fun idea: your help upgrade a room in your neighbor’s house while they help upgrade a [...]

The first real winter storm of the year finally hit this past week, but it doesn’t seem like it’ll have any impact on progress at the new house. As best we can tell, and from what the project supervisor told us last week, everything is still right on schedule for completion right around March 1st. [...]

The new house is really coming along! Holy moses, it looks terrific. Cari and I did a walk-through earlier this week with the electrician to choose where TV, Internet and other cables and wires will be placed, along with lighting and everything else involved with an electrical signal. We have another walk-through next week that [...]