A month ago we decided to renovate the house. We needed to resurface 25 years old pool, which was leaking, we needed to replace an upstairs rail, which was not to code, and we needed to put texture and new paint on the walls. Our house started out as a builder house, constructed as the
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The odd one out
In the year and a half I’ve had the privilege to be your blog mod (how time flies!), a few of you have asked me where I come from, since I live in England but I’m not British or a native English speaker. Transylvania, Ultrasylvania, or Überwald (if you’re of the Pratchett persuasion). Siebenbürgen, the
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Fandom Tea Party
Horde, horde, horde. We really have to work on sneakiness. No sooner did I say to be cool and act like nothing happened, that I feel the Earth start to shake and a roaring squeee reaches me in London: KAAAAAAAAAAATE! I guess one could say you loved it hehe. Ilona was so right when she
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Threat Assessment Sneaky Treat
Hi Devouring Horde! Because you have been a most lovely, patient and fine and fluffy horde lately, behold, I have stolen you a treat from the equally lovely House Andrews! Don’t ask me if there will be more, when will there be more and how will there be more. This never happened. ::Mod R melts
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Sweep of the Blade Graphic Audio Update
Hi all, The update for Sweep of the Blade dramatic adaptation has been released by Graphic Audio here. Thank you for your patience and watch this space for a sneaky treat. If you have already downloaded it last week, please delete your old file and redownload. You have also received an email from GA with
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Admin: No Innkeeper this week
Hi everyone, House Andrews are on holiday this week and what most of us wished for them has come true: they have entered vacation mode! Which I wish for all of us this weekend. They’ve shared with me that they have had a very productive week creative-wise, and made progress on several projects. Apparently, allowing
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Sweep of the Blade Graphic Audio – Sound Editing Errors
Hi everyone, We received your feedback about the Graphic Audio adaptation of Sweep of the Blade released yesterday, we are aware of the editing issues and we apologise on behalf of Graphic Audio. The delay in release and the editing issues had a common cause, which was COVID cases in the sound editing team. Graphic
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The BDH Flotilla
In fandom lingo, shipping refers to wanting and advocating for a romantic relationship between two characters. Their names are typically meshed together into a portmanteau which becomes the name of the ship (think Brangelina). You will read things like “I ship these two!” and “I’m boarding that ship!” meaning the readers want to see the
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Insider knowledge
Hi all, it’s Mod R here. How’s my favourite Horde keeping up? House Andrews are on a working vacation for the next two weeks. In order to sweeten the pill of mod posts, today I’m going to share most of the insider info I know about the books. Yes, I said most, a lady must
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I Said What I Meant and I Meant What I Said
The guidelines for posting on the Book Recommendation thread mention one book per comment. That was not a suggestion, guys. We really do need you to keep it to one book. In the interest of preserving as many comments as possible, we will expand this to one book/one series/one author but anything that mentions more
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Tales From the Texas Garden
And now for something completely different. Yesterday, Kid 1 went outside to check her peppers – more on that later – and came back inside. “Something is screaming in the jasmine bush.” We all know that there are cardinals nesting in that giant bush, so Gordon and I run outside. I stand by the bush
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A Busy Saturday
During the week, I put things off. I focus mostly on professional tasks and chores that must be done, like cooking or cleaning. I make my tea, then I make my water. If I am up before Gordon, I will make his coffee. I drink my tea, tackling the little things that have to be
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