http://www.jakandybennu.com No tagline either. Sucks. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:30:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... the hole in the cabinets made for the refrigerator, that is. But yes, there is a story behind it.... and only the salesman at Patterson's and Jake know how it played out. We are replacing the refrigerator in the kitchen (soon to be the kegorator) with a brand new fridge. But ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/28/dealing-with-a-little-ass-hole/ We closed the sale on Jake's house yesterday. Papers were signed and checks were exchanged. Wow. It's been on the market for 6 months and Realtorchick SOLD THE HOUSE!!! For real.. Woot! It's been an awesome week. We were on vacation for 7 days- didn't go to Bonaroo like we had ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/20/it-really-happened/ A 1 lb box of 2-inch deck screws is sufficient to screw down ONE 3/8 inch 4x8 piece of plywood. Screws around the perimeter = 3 inches apart Screws through the middle = 6 inches apart So- if you have 10 boards to screw down, buy more than 3 boxes of screws. http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/12/screwing/ So.. Wildcat got this little 8' x 30" pool for his birthday. It wasn't expensive and it didn't look too hard for us to set up. We saw that is required a level place to set up... but we didn't realize it had to be EXACTLY-ON-THE-DOT level. We live on a ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/11/the-slope-sensitive-pool/ Today we got Dragons fourth and final report card for 5th grade. After the ultimate grounding of all time (we were actually running out of ideas, short of sweatshops in Mexico), parents looking over every bit of his homework & grades, parent correspondence with teachers and a family trip ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/07/holy-crap-it-worked/ We saw this on tv the other night. Laughed ourselves off our couch. Evidently this fella thinks his leg is trying to steal his bone. http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/07/silly-dog/ Where have we been? Well... busy. Between the grass-growing at a phenominal rate (requiring weekly mowing) and our home project we started.... we are here, we're just consumed by "things" at the moment. Here's kinda how it's going-- click to embiggen....   Whew! Be back soon. We promise. http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/06/05/weekend-project-1/ We had an awesome weekend. I got to see most of my family..my parents, my bros and their girls and my niece and nephew. (except my 2nd brother- who is a Marine Recruiter - who's stupid CO made the entire office work all weekend- that's another rant - ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/05/28/memorial-day-at-watts-bar/ Christabel and the Jons are playing out of the Cerwin-Vegas at the ancestral beach house right now. I've been drinking a good deal of alcohol, flitting around on a nice speedboat, and talking with folks that feel like they've always been family, but only have been (in reality) for a ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/05/24/the-lake/ I'm not a complainer. But I'm really ready for the upcoming long weekend. My last few weeks have run together. One week, really bad cold. Next week, getting the congestion out of my chest from the really bad cold. Then... a 2 day trip to Myrtle Beach (drive included).. add a ... http://www.jakandybennu.com/2008/05/23/whew/