Kitchen Ceiling Fan

Posted on September 15, 2009 by kevinyezbick

One of the first updates to the kitchen was to add a kitchen ceiling fan and replace the current overhead light.

Currently don’t have an overhead vent hood – so obviously this comes in kinda handy when smells and smoke go awry. It also keeps it good and cool when the oven and whatnot is pumpin out some serious heat. Pops was concerned because of the orientation of the fixture – the previous owner’s kitchen redo was wanting in a number of areas – and we weren’t sure we were gonna be able to use the fan – due to the awkward plaster cut you can see in one of the photos.

It went a lot smoother than we imagined — and the fan was up and running in about an hour.

Voilà . We haz fan on 12seconds.tv

Still plenty of work left to do to make this kitchen a helluva lot more functional — including finding some time to purchase that elusive kitchen cart.

Thanks to pops – of course – but thanks also to moms – who went about dusting and cleaning and beautifying the way only moms is capable of.

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On to the Kitchen

Posted on September 2, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Family Room Floor So with the help of pops, we finally managed to finish the floor.I can still feel it in my lower back and in one funky spot on my ribs.

I’ve checked out a few books from the brary on kitchens — currently getting quite a few ideas from the aptly titled 1001 Ideas for Kitchen Organization.

I imagine this will be more of a process than a back breaking endeavor. A few areas I’ve marked for improvement: herb window garden, knife rack, hooks for hanging mugs, wine rack, stemware hanger – each turn of the page seems to offer something new to think about. One thing I’m definitely going to need is a kitchen cart:

I’ll keep ya posted.

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Keeping me busy

Posted on August 23, 2009 by kevinyezbick


Maybe I have to add some words to make that slideshow show up on the front page — as it’s only showing now when you click the title of the post….let’s seeeee. Nope – you’ll have to click the title until I get it figured out.

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Quarterly Update?

Posted on August 20, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Yeah. I’m still not blogging like I used to.

I DID, however, buy a house – which I have been trying to turn into a home — which has created a giant vortex of timesuck.

More later?

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Craziness

Posted on June 23, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Been really busy of late. In the process of buying a home. I have promised a movie of the British experience, and it will come. But for now I am maintaining stress levels by playing with my new iPhone – with which this post was made

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Been Back

Posted on May 15, 2009 by kevinyezbick


Banana Creature, originally uploaded by Kevin Yezbick.

So, I’ve been back from Britain for a while – had what can only be described as an awesome vacation while over there – and now I’m slowly getting back into the rhythm of things. It’s a rhythm that has been somewhat complicated by falling ill over the past week – but thanks to well wishes from my Gramma and a scategory of other people – I’m back in the saddle again.

Being back in the saddle means being back to work – which is what happens when your vacation ends – which is just something I’ll have to deal with. Don’t get me wrong — I’m damn lucky to have a job right now — it’s just…meh.

I also have been waiting patiently for a plugin to finally kick back into gear — the plugin that generates that lifestream that you can see on the right side of this page…It’s called lifestream…and it’s not streaming. I tinkered with the site for a while — took it down, put it up, unplugged, replugged, changed permissions – and now I’m just waiting for something to pop up and say YAY – WE FIXED IT…

But I thought I should go ahead and set something down here. Keep this fresh. Like that banana.

If you haven’t already — the other pictures are up on my flickr page.

Take Luck.

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Away from the Office

Posted on April 16, 2009 by kevinyezbick


American Style Wrestling, originally uploaded by Kevin Yezbick.

I’m away from the office until the 27th – catching up on American Style Wrestling in Great Britain. Cheers.

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Welcome to April

Posted on April 1, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Ladies and gentlemen – after you have removed the cellophane from your toilets, been doused with dixie cups atop doors or whatever other April Fool’s day shenanigans you’ve had to contend with – be sure to check out Bunny's Bum Bunnys Bum

It’s part of the bums and gin calendar for 2009 that you may not have been aware of – but that can be yours by clicking on the link at the top of your screen.

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How to disable a superhero

Posted on March 31, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Some days I feel like a superhero librarian. In fact, I’ve been wrestling with the idea of a series of posts that would focus on my technological superhero librarian utility belt – and hopefully getting into the groove of this post will get those juices flowing again and I’ll eventually get around to it.

But every superhero has their kryptonite, and the other day I ran into mine.

But every superhero overcomes their kryptonite – and this is how I overcame mine:

Sometimes it’s best to channel your angry into creativity.

I’d already posted this to twitter – but I thought I’d give the fam a taste of what I sometimes encounter in my daily life.

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Five Things

Posted on February 8, 2009 by kevinyezbick

Anne at Annearchy has tagged me, so here goes…

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

What were you doing five years ago?
I was getting ready to make my move from Atlanta, Georgia to Michigan to begin my studies at the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State University

What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order)?
1. Work
2. Get Five Things out of the way
3. Read Sweethearts
4. Begin my Library Arsenal series
5. Put gas in the car.

What are five snacks you enjoy?
1. Nachos
2. Doritos
3. Chips
4. Pistachios
5. Quesadilla

What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?
1. Retire
2. Buy a house
3. Disappear
4. Buy a baseball team
5. Hide it

What are five of your bad habits?
1. Chewing fingernails
2. Falling for the wrong gal
3. Drubken emails
4. Doing anything but reading
5. Something else that I won’t say cause it’s a family blog

What are five places where you have lived?
1. Dover, New Hampshire
2. Canton, Michigan
3. Snellville, Atlanta, Tucker Georgia
4. Monterrey, Mexico
5. Farmington Hills, Michigan

What are five jobs you’ve had?
1. Deli-boy
2. Paper boy
3. Paraprofessional at Farmington Community Library
4. Librarian at Farmington Community Library
5. Web editor – freelance

I now tag:
I don’t have any Internet buddies that would do this – except maybe oomny, but she’s probably already done it.

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