by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 25, 2006 | Commentary, HousePosts
And other stories… We celebrated a lovely Thanksgiving at my brother-in-law’s house up in New Paltz. (New Paltz being home to one of North America’s first Huguenot settlements and a town selected this year by Outside Magazine as a top destination for...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 22, 2006 | Food, HousePosts
Lovingly stolen from Cuisine Magazine Several years ago my mother gave Kathy and me a subscription to Cuisine At Home. It has since become our absolute favorite cooking magazine. There hasn’t been a single recipe that we’ve tried that hasn’t been an...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 21, 2006 | HousePosts
Porch posts too… The final stage of outdoor work is about to commence. I got word yesterday that the reclaimed 6 x 6 straight-grained fir posts for our porch are due to arrive sometime within the next two or three days. (Perhaps an after-Thanksgiving project?)...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 20, 2006 | Commentary, HousePosts
Ruin the database… The message from my ISP stated that there would be routine maintenance on their servers starting at 1:00 am Sunday morning and that it should be finished by 8:00 am the same morning. We had a pretty busy weekend as both my girls were involved...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 17, 2006 | Commentary, HousePosts
As Often As You Change Your Clothesâ€â€Part#1 As I mentioned in an earlier post on my old site, I’m in the process of transferring my blogging platform from TypePad’s hosted service to a WordPress site sitting on my own servers. This will save me a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 15, 2006 | HousePosts
The Scaffold Disappears… Actually, it’s more like when the moon rises the scaffold disappears. Stone guys worked until about 8:00 pm last night cleaning up the roof and stone and taking down the scaffolding. As of right now this job is officially complete....