Monthly Archives: March 2011

Being the neighborhood handy man can often prove to be one monumentally large and intensely sharp tack driven deep into my ass. However , once in a while one of the proffered jobs comes with the promise of payment in … Continue reading →

As of late we’ve been watching a pair of Cardinals flitting about the front yard. Its a species I have long admired. In fact I hold to the ancient thought that it brings good luck to have one fly across … Continue reading →

I’ve developed a bad habit these past two years and its caused a lot of Spanish slang to be slung in my direction and though it may be well deserved….I’m fed up with it. Its to do with the amount … Continue reading →

As you know I’ve entered a new career position in the plumbing department of HD. Now after 35 years in masonry there are aspects of that trade in which I can definitely walk the walk….talk the talk. In fact I … Continue reading →

I watched my wife cry tonight. A real honest to God sob from the heart as we watched a special report on her favored Spanish language channel Univision. And of course that special report was of Japan. Hers were the … Continue reading →

  Mag and I left a hood a few years ago,……. a hard core inner city hood, to live in a quiet fleck of suburbia in tropical Southwest Florida. In all honesty we were bowled over by the things we didn’t realize we would miss … Continue reading →

You may remember our story of the crap we went through getting the debit cards’ on our new Sun Trust account to work while we were back in North Carolina. …….well, the other day it started happening again. My left footedness is … Continue reading →

      HD…….as its termed in Home Depot speak……runs like a well tuned clock . It possesses all the same sharp military thought processes I suffered through as a blob in the navy all those years ago. For instance, the proper use of a … Continue reading →

 So a couple of phone interviews inclusive of a Spanish language test and two personal interviews brings me to the point where I successfully argue my starting wage UP to a whopping $9.50 an hour….bringing me almost to the point … Continue reading →

Seems as though every time I get a really good idea you get to sit there and read about it. The latest greatest good idea occurred yesterday when we were heading out to choose bathroom tile. It was raining serious … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzi3LNedz-M&feature=player_detailpageExperienced Brick Masons needed …….that’s what the ad said yesterday morning and its the first time I’ve seen one like it…well, in years and the memory of a life long lifestyle came flooding back.  “One more time…just one more brick job” I thought  … Continue reading →

 The guest bath…good grief. Olive colored bath and a heavy non pro wall texture that had the appearance of something a blind man had thrown there. Well I did a good job of plastering the walls smooth and then used … Continue reading →

We banked with Bank of America for years…I liked the name. I will fess up to being a little pissed when BOA made it clear a few years back that they would issue credit cards to people whether they could provide a social … Continue reading →

    God knows I’ve given an effort to finding gainful employment. The day starts religiously before 5:00 a.m. perusing the job ads in the paper and Craigslist and sending out resumes and cover letters and following up on leads however remote. … Continue reading →

       Well here we go again….another one of those things that puts a ball in the pit of my stomach…..color choices. Of all the handyman skills the wife and I possess picking colors ain’t one of em. We just … Continue reading →

 Its those seemingly unimportant details that snag me….” How important can that be?”  is a question I frequently ask and its usualy the preamble to some sort of glitch. It was like that when we purchased new toilets for the … Continue reading →

Just recently our dear friend  Deb used a descriptive term….a melt down…in explaining the anguish of painting a room only to need to do it again. We certainly understood the anguish, us  being decorated veterans of the Paint, Paint and Repaint Campaigns. … Continue reading →

We recently purchased a home in the old hood as you know. Its certainly not the same hood it was three years ago when we sold our house around the corner…but such is our present finacial lot in life and I make no … Continue reading →