Sprigler Collective

We've been home now for almost 2 months, and yet, we still aren't done replacing furniture and decor, but we are well on our way.  Right now, it's just a matter of playing the insurance game, buying what we can afford, turning in receipts, waiting for reimbursement, buying what we can afford, turning in receipts, waiting for reimbursements, ...

  The goal was to re-create the original wallpaper in our foyer that came down with the walls.  What I have left is to finish the artwork inside each emblem, which is proving to be a huge pain.  Here's a quick comparison:   I've also got it down to the core repeatable image, which leaves me with two buildings to finish ...

After having made some good progress last week with the all of the new electrical wiring and plumbing and framing passing inspection, and insulation in the house having been completed, and all the drywall having been delivered (and currently residing inside the house where the heat is on at a toasty 65 degrees (15 degrees warmer than it would be ...

For letting the world now think New Albany is a city of racists: From the Chicago Tribune: ''For others, like David Ward, who runs an antique shop with his wife in New Albany, the issue is race. Ward, a registered Democrat, said he will vote for McCain ''mainly because he's not black.''''

This morning someone broke into the house and stole most, if not all, of the contractors' tools that are being stored in our house during the rebuilding. Apparently, they had gotten in through the cellar door, which has never had the best lock in the world on it.  From there, they were able to get into the kitchen and unlock the back ...

Since I had posted a while back when we were gutting the bathroom, I figured it was time for a follow up posting to show pictures of the renovations (plus, Tabitha was trying to push all of my posts off the front page, so I had to do something :) Here's a photo of what the bathroom looked like the month before we bought the house (this would have ...

How do you win a video format war?  Create your own format and thumb your nose at the group that was created to avoid a format war, and then with your own format, buy out and pay off the content providers so there's no choice for consumers to decide. What's the total payout? Sony buys Columbia/Tristar for $3.4 billionSony buys MGM for $4.9 ...

I'm currently smack dab in the middle of the process of stripping about 5 layers of paint off of the bathtub exterior (including all four legs). Here's a nice before shot of a leg:   Then here's the 3 hours worth of work later:   I seriously don't look forward to doing the rest :P

Anyone recall my post on how if you got suckered into buying a BluRay player, come later this year, you are more than likely going to have to buy another once they roll out the new titles that are incompatible?  Well, those titles started rolling out last week.  What happens when you try to play those if you have an older player (heck, ...

When you are hanging out in Phoenix for a week with no car and not much within walking distance, you want the shuttle at the place you are staying to be your friend.  Unfortunately, my friend it is not.  I have to be a about a mile and a half down the street for a training seminar.  So far, the shuttle has been 3 for 3 at actually ...