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We bought an old house. The previous owners made some Choices. We’re fixing them (and swearing a lot).
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Sometimes you have to just enjoy the moment, regardless of the hellfire that surrounds you. May you all have a great night.

May your night be bright,
May you enjoy the moment,
Minnesota strong.

#Photography #Haiku #MinnesotaStrong
A photo of the Big Dipper reflecting in the calm waters. Surprise northern lights light up the distant sky with colors of purple and pink. The far shoreline is alight with night lights.
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Next up: fixing the fuckass plumbing. The copper pipes are so old that they’ve started threatening to leak. A nonzero number of valves simply don’t close anymore. I’m redoing it in PEX. Crimped, not sharkbite. I’m also taking this opportunity to ease up on the pipe spaghetti. 🙄
Pipe spaghetti. A view of plumbing (wildly not to code) that crosses over each other and goes in a bunch of different directions. There are valves colored in both blue and red simultaneously. As a workaround we have simply ID’d the hot water lines with painters tape. We can do better, y’all.
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Today, the Old Haus is not out to get us. Structural engineer braved the snow and came out to assess, and while yes, the house IS a little jank, none of the problems were unfixable or even overwhelmingly expensive. Good job not being a POS for once, ya bastard house. 🥹💕
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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I’ll be DIY-blogging (skeeting, whatever) the repairs & renos of our 1960whatever death trap.

To be clear: I LOVE this house.

But seriously, fuck this house, tho.

It was well loved once before (by the first owners)—and then they retired & sold it to people who had NO BUSINESS “renovating” 😬
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM