November 13, 2009
November 7, 2009
October 20, 2009
August 20, 2009
Catching up on life
While vacation, moving, and life took up a lot of my time, I'm finally working on things I should have done six months ago. Like uploading photos. Here's what you missed:
The pinewood derby
Aspiring doctors
Birthday boys
Tough guys
Crying girls
Hot cocoa
Big hugs
First haircuts
Little League
Guitar Hero
Group reading
Bi Hawks
Ballet recitals
Six Flags
Paddle boats
Fishing
Long drives
New looks
Shooting guns
Crazy faces
Chickens
Capturing kittens
Visiting Grandmas
Swimming with cousins
Cool castles
The pinewood derby
Aspiring doctors
Birthday boys
Tough guys
Crying girls
Hot cocoa
Big hugs
First haircuts
Little League
Guitar Hero
Group reading
Bi Hawks
Ballet recitals
Six Flags
Paddle boats
Fishing
Long drives
New looks
Shooting guns
Crazy faces
Chickens
Capturing kittens
Visiting Grandmas
Swimming with cousins
Cool castles
June 22, 2009
June 12, 2009
Today's accomplishments
Now I'm really tired, but we made some unexpected progress. It started with the replacement of the back door knob, and ended with the wallpaper being down from the living and dining rooms. Curt found only one area in the stair well that was three layers deep, and worked on it the whole time I did the living room. He was not happy. Tomorrow is glue removal, as there is no way we are doing that tonight. It is going to be a pain since the walls are plaster, and every time they took old wallpaper off in the past they...well let's just say they weren't picky. Scrub scrub scrub. Wipe wipe wipe. But I am very excited that I won't ever have to take off paper in those rooms again, and soon we get to paint! Now if we could only agree on colors...
Yesterday's accomplishments
It's nice to know that I actually get something done each day besides the 'norm'. Today was a slow day for sure, but we did have our first guests that I actually cooked a full dinner and dessert for. Nothing extravagant, just chili and southern banana pudding with Nutter Butters. Yum. Curt also found a spare sink fixture thing downstairs in the old workbench, since I gave the other one away to the guy who was wonderful enough to take my dishwasher, making one more thing we don't have to buy. No one wanted the blinds and valance I'm trying to give away, but tomorrow's another day. Oh yeah, the hedges got trimmed too. That's pretty exciting. Not.
June 7, 2009
Hidden Treasure
I impulsively decided to start ripping carpet the other day, hoping to find something in decent condition. I did in the first two rooms, but then the living and dining rooms surprised me. The edges of the floor were all finished, but a square of about 8' x 10' feet in the center of each was totally unfinished, moving floors up to a much higher priority. Whoops. I am still working on getting up all the tack board or whatever it's called, but at least the dusty old nastiness is gone, and I think I am breathing a lot better. Here's the first room I did, the office:
New House
Here's our new house. It does need some major updating, but it shouldn't be too hard. Just time consuming. It was built in 1920 and has some cool details like built in bookshelves in Winnie's room. The big tree on the right has already been cut down, as well as one by the back porch. Our outside plans for now are to paint the shutters and front porch white, and take down a lot of the overwhelming shrubbery and garage and put on a new roof. Oh yeah, all the stuff inside is NOT ours, just the previous owners.