My pile allergy may be coming to an end after all. The days of mail stacks are no more in the Vargo house, and once again, our love of flea markets has come to the rescue. And while our friends may have raised an eyebrow when we whipped out one buck to pay for our […]
Category Archives: Dilemma
Because I Hate Piles
I may be a drama queen (it’s true, ask any friend), but I rarely use the word hate. I love our cats and I love cupcakes and I friggin’ love my ice hockey (holla to the Steel City), but I don’t hate much. So this, my friends, is serious. Every day when I come home […]
Getting There.
We’re sorry. We don’t blame any of you who may be growing weary of the continuous tale of our basement woes. (And if you’re just joining in now, you can see what we mean starting here, questioning lost items here, and trying to keep those chins up here). But. We must. Trudge. On. While this […]
Basement Blues (and Greens)
You may have seen our recent post in which we relayed to you, dear reader, the trying tale of the great flood of 2010. But thanks to a lot of work, research, and oh-so-much patience, we now have hot water restored to our condo (after 10 days without!). And it looks like the building’s insurance […]
No More Screws Loose.
After the recent revamping of my tool collection and the introduction of the BBOT, I realized that it was finally time for me to accomplish a similar feat with all of the screws, nails, wire nuts, and other fasteners that had been cluttering our lives (and cabinets) for too long. Enter Jo-Ann fabrics, where we […]
Long Live the Houseplant
Kim and I are not exactly what you’d consider “green thumbs.” In order to end our unintentional murderous rampage of houseplants, we took a recent trip to Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood for some good-old-fashioned advice. We found a helpful expert and simply explained the quantity and frequency of natural light that our […]