Archive - January, 2008

Don’t Cry Over Expired Milk

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I am rather perplexed as to why things started off on such a bad note this morning – my dad took the dogs for their morning poopy walk, the shower water was warm, coffee was made, and I even had time to make [...]

100 Posts, Here’s to 100 More!

Today, not-withstanding my Christmastime blogging break, I am writing my 100th post as the Startup Fiance. Given that I usually spend roughly 30 minutes writing, editing, and publishing each post, I have now officially spent at least 50 hours perfecting my literary craft; I think 50 hours is a gross understatement, but is not [...]

Pit Bull Play Date

Pennsylvania decided to have its own tribute to global warming while we were in town, and last week the temperatures hit the upper 60s for two days. This presented a perfect opportunity for us to take our dogs to meet Butterfinger’s dad’s dogs, and have a doggy play date in the park. We [...]

GE Adora Washing Machine Is Not Draining

January 13 3 Comments Category: Friendly Encounters, The House

You know how they say things happen in threes? Well apparently when you buy your appliances from Home Depot this holds true – we bought them together and they broke together. The first to go was our stainless Maytag refrigerator with the french doors, the next to go was the matching Maytag stainless [...]

Mobile Office – Optimized

Yesterday the framework was laid for productivity success within the confines of the VW Eurovan office, but a few key pieces to the efficiency puzzle were still missing. We still had to run the van to charge the laptops and for heat, which we knew was not fair to Grimace, and an optimal comfort [...]