Archive for March, 2009

Bathroom Renovation, Part V: Done!

Friday, March 20th, 2009 by drummonds

This past week Ruth and I finally acquired and installed the final pieces to the remodeled bathroom.  The hard work being behind us, its a relative joy to attach the final accouterments. Well, they’re not entirely aesthetic, obviously, as a bathroom ain’t quite complete until it has light and a mirror.

Bathroom Renovation, Part IV: Interlude

Monday, March 16th, 2009 by drummonds

The bathroom renovation is nearly behind us now and only a few more changes are needed to polish the room off. There was an unanticipated complexity in many of the tasks but things progressed on schedule and we weren’t ever derailed for long. Before offering the last piece showing the completed room with [...]

Bathroom Renovation, Part III: New Material

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 by drummonds

After installing our beautiful new tile throughout the downstairs entryway and bathroom we finally came to the most anticipated part of the project: installation and painting.  Deconstruction is a thankless task that only begets more work.  But the process of adding new things always improves the environment and each addition rewarded us with a sense [...]

Applying for Irish Citizenship

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 by drummonds

Several years back I developed an interest in applying for Irish citizenship through ancestry.  Ireland provides the children and grandchildren of Irish citizens the ability to apply for Irish citizenship and I’d very much like to have dual citizenship.  I spent a little time on this a few years back but became totally discouraged with [...]