This morning Dad came over, followed shortly thereafter by Sarah and Ger. Dad brought his tool belt and several years of skills. Sarah and Ger brought lunch as well as tons of beautiful tools. Items accomplished today include: two trips to HD, tacking on 3 additional inches of framing to...
Being a plumber and all he’s dying to have been here. But, alas, he was stuck in NY on call for the entire holiday week. He was able to offer excellent advice via the internet though and that certainly counts!!! So we turned the plumber away this afternoon. I went...
So the plumber came and the plumber has gone. He gave me a quote of $1595 and told me that he’d be back on Tuesday to do the job. I told him no thanks. He didn’t understand why so I explained that I’d been very specific on the phone when...
I have this love-hate relationship going on with my house right now. I love that I’m not paying rent to cover someone else’s mortgage, and the fact that I don’t have to ask permission before I paint a room any color that I wish, and the fact that I can...
What a day! We got up early and had a very long day. Chris’ brother Bob came over at about 7:30, and the sheetrock got delivered at 8:00. I got to go grocery shopping with Mom at Whole Foods so that we’d have some fresh fruits and veggies for the...
These are some of the things that are in bloom around our yard
Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that I don’t photograph well. Apparently that is multiplied two-fold if I’m taking the picture of myself. Here they are, my new nerd glasses. Mostly for driving and especially at night.
So last night consisted of more measuring to be sure that we had every number locked down tight. Then we did some math to calculate square footage and determine amounts of materials necessary for our project. We made a three-page list, and hit Home Depot. About $800+ later we came...
Yes, that’s me, returned from the land of the dead. I woke up at 6:00 Sunday morning feeling very tired (as I’d only had about four hours’ sleep) but not so bad. I went downstairs to get a bottle of water and went back to sleep on the sofa until...
So I woke up at 6:00 this morning (I can actually say that is sleeping in for me). I grabbed the sugar cookie dough out of the fridge that I’ve been storing for about a week, grabbed the 101 piece cookie cutter set and got to work. Mitchell was coming...