I got the basement cleared.  I have to say, it is very sad to see it devoid of its ground furniture.  Things that suck: picking up a giant black chair by yourself, finding an old piece of carpet padding that had soaked up some water somehow, and rolling a giant rickety whiskey barrel into the […]

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Well, at least for tonight.  The red room was a tall order for one day, however Team Dalcher prevailed in the end.  I’m taking a short break before going downstairs to see how much I can get moved on my own.  I may have to use the second day of installation just to get the […]

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Tonight, after a surprise visit by a certain photographer buddy of ours, Tasha and I launched into the final (and perhaps most daunting) phase of cleaning to prepare for the carpet installation.  The red room has long been a bastion of memories long forgotten… boxes ranging back to my junior high school days stacked up […]

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Tonight was our belt test, and it was JAM PACKED!  We had to line up differently in order to accomodate the whole crowd.  It was nice to see such a good group of yellow and white belts, everyone did a fantastic job. I had intended on arriving early to do kata with Mike, but I […]

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Yep, that’s right.  More cleaning in preparation for the new carpet.  We’ve got 1.5 of 3 bedrooms cleaned out and boxed up, tomorrow we’re going to try to finish up our master bedroom around Tasha working late and me going to karate. I have kicked up a vast and horrifying cloud of ancient dust, most […]

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Some of you may have heard by now, but we’re getting new carpet in the house this week.  Thanks to this, I got to spend my weekend sorting boxes, moving furniture, and generally just busting my butt.  My brother-in-law came over to help me dismantle an old computer desk and move some of the larger […]

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I got a late start today, the cool weather made my bedroom very condusive to sleeping in.  Despite that, I did manage to get a good hour long workout.  Everyone was doing some basic combinations when I came in, so I joined in on that.  Shortly thereafter, we moved into the black belt katas which […]

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I started off the day by dropping a significant chunk of change on carpeting.  These home repairs are getting a bit pricey, but they certainly are good to get knocked out.  On my lunch hour (or the designated break period, whichever came first) I spotted a deal on Ben’s Bargains for an external hard drive. […]

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I am once again catching up on my workout blogging… I made it to train Tuesday and Wednesday night.  We worked on a lot of good basics stuff in preparation for the upcoming kyu rank test, and we’ve also been focusing quite a bit on foot sweeping lately which has been a fun change of […]

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Crazy Butterfly Attack!! Originally uploaded by dalcher. My Dad called tonight asking me to return his dolly so he could move some furniture. While I was getting it out of my garage, something swooped by my face. I thought it was a bird or bat or something so I freaked a little, then Tasha realized […]

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