We woke up this morning to find that the faucet in the garage – the freshly repaired faucet with the nice cozy insulation and foam jacked tucked around it – had frozen again. Fortunately, no breaks or leaks. We decided to leave the heat on “normal” all day, leave the hall bath faucet dripping, and hope for the best. David got some tips on adding venting to the inside wall so the faucet gets warm air from the bathroom heat (and yes, I’m thinking the hall bath is going to be hella cold all winter, too. Aren’t you?). Was it…

Former leak in pipe remains fixed. Skating rink fundraiser in garage cancelled. Noticed that DH mentions the incident in his blog also. The wall painting project has progressed to the “touch up places where paint bled under masking tape” stage, but it’s basically done. The ceiling touch-ups are more along the lines of “roller-size swipes of orange paint on white must be painted over with big brush” stage. Yep, next time we mask the ceiling with tape at least as wide as the paint roller. The hardwood floor project in the third bedroom, formerly known as the Tiny Room Full…

So today, David and I are off to Home Despot to pick out some paint and get a few supplies for painting one wall in our house. We have one of those modern semi-open plan homes with big blank walls and rooms that flow from one to another, making it hard to figure out where to stop painting (I know, this very topic was covered on a recent “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” episode).