July 30, 2011

Rehab (House): Carpet toss

My husband was kind enough to pull together tools for my daughter and I, though he was clearly dubious. Our tool bucket (that my husband called a North Carolina tool box) was chock full of useful stuff. ...

July 30, 2011

Rehab (House): Day 1

I currently have a home rehab project (purchase and resale).  I should close on August 1, but have been given access to the home.  It is a nice project that takes me into a very hands-on world.  Not a bad thing in that sometimes it feels that I'm permanently attached to a computer. ...

July 28, 2011

The Space In Between

Yesterday I attended the funeral of a man who I did not know well--an architect who died suddenly from a brain aneurysm, .  I had met him at parties of a mutual friend.  His long-time companion is a beautiful and vivacious woman to whom I and another long-time friend of mine always gravitate...

July 17, 2011

Saturday With Ollie

Yesterday, I transported a handsome and charming English Setter,  Ollie, from Ashland Va to Rocky Mount, NC.  My sister was in from Bedford.  Though she had a 3 hour drive into town on...

July 10, 2011

July 10, 2011

Parsing out Leisa-land "Stuff" from The Perplexed Investor

Not that I need something else to do, but I'm electing to prospectively post non-market stuff to this blog. (My market stuff is rather thin of late, but I'm currently in the fully flummoxed mode.  Accordingly, I've gone mute. As I frequently refer to Leisa-land and Notes from My life, I've elected...