tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:35:13 +0000home improvementbeginningsmoviesvacationhttp://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (MisterH)Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-7756271321646639503Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:56:00 +00002009-11-18T09:08:18.242-05:00The arrival of the holidays reminded me that I created this blog last summer. It's a classic WNFH time of year when my little family gets tugged back and forth between our extended families. This year has been especially frustrating. We originally planned to go to my sister's house, about an eight hour drive away. We haven't seen each other since last Thanksgiving, which means that my kids http://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/11/returning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-510969018099504031Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +00002009-08-02T23:44:53.166-04:00moviesMy wife was out of town this weekend, so I was home alone to tend to our two rambunctious kids and entertain myself in the evenings. I took the opportunity to watch a movie that she might not have cared to watch with me: Sherman's March. It's the consummate "we're not from here" movie, and I relate to its themes particularly well since I come from a family with a Southern heritage, just as the http://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/08/shermans-march.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-1012285743724469985Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:59:00 +00002009-07-31T14:07:59.997-04:00vacationWow, I haven't blogged in over a month. I'm sure that's pretty typical of new bloggers...I'm just not in the habit yet of blogging regularly. Oh yeah, and I don't really have any readers yet. Anyway the hiatus should mean that I'll be blogging more actively in the near term cuz I have come up with lots of ideas while I've been away.So part of the reason that I haven't blogged in a while is that http://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-from-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-8362380479651367448Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:57:00 +00002009-06-24T16:12:41.858-04:00home improvementJust a quick blog posting today to say that my Father's Day gift arrived, belatedly, yesterday. I'm now the proud owner of the book "Home Energy Diet" along with a Kill A Watt device. Honestly, my wife read my mind. I had just noticed that we managed to keep our energy bill pretty low for the last month and wondered what we could do improve it further and lo & behold, look what arrived in thehttp://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/home-energy-use.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-3035852089023119979Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:10:00 +00002009-06-23T10:36:17.615-04:00home improvementNot being from here, we don't know a thing about who to call to get things fixed. I'd say it takes at least five years of living somewhere to even begin to have a list of regular people who are trustworthy artisans of one kind or another: mechanics, plumbers, electricians, HVAC, you name it. Thank goodness for the internets! We have used Angie's List many, many times now both to research possiblehttp://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/angies-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552684537818624852.post-34539308430084852Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:35:00 +00002009-06-22T15:31:23.469-04:00beginningsI'm starting this blog as a place to write about where and how I live with my family. The phrase "we're not from here", or some variation of it, is one that I've uttered all my life to explain that we don't have family in town, or we don't know the way to get to some obscure neighborhood, or simply to say "I'm sorry, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about". I come from a long line http://werenotfromhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/about-this-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MisterH)0