We've already had a few guests. My former roommate, Carol, came from Oregon with all kinds of energy, which was just what was needed at the time. We shopped for a new microwave, toaster and some other miscellaneous items (if you know how much I hate to shop you know how much I appreciate her help), weeded the peony bed (what a job that was), and, unpacked a ton of boxes! She said she wouldn't come if I wouldn't put her to work, so..... That may be a warning to the rest of you! She left and we finished tiling the upstairs shower just in time for Maria, Ava and Meredith to arrive for a few days. We really did stop work for a few days while they were here and that was GREAT! Ava took me swimming twice in one day - LOVED it! And Maria got me out on the golf course - we are still wondering what happened to that promised beverage cart!!!!!! We are in the midst of grouting the shower as I write this, so I better go and add the photos this evening!
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| The master bedroom closet - with temporary clothes rod. This house has almost no storage space, so I have a feeling this space will be holding a lot more than clothing. Nice to have some stuff out of the suitcases. |
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| Our laundry room vinyl that we installed in a morning. Interesting stuff in that it is fiberglass backed and very flexible. It doesn't require and adhesive for installation and if you do get a knick you can cut it out relatively easily and add a new piece. |
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| Finally - a couple of shelves, albeit temporary ones, in the laundry room so you can actually see that vinyl. It's a tight space, but I am getting used to it. With the entire house only 24 feet wide one has to get used to narrow rooms. |
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| Bathroom cupboard knobs and pulls! Yahoo, no more broken fingernails! Even though my fingertips are still numb most of the time, they don't hurt so much from trying to open drawers! |
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| Our extremely stylish living room sconces! Okay, so we aren't quite there yet with them. Bill's thrilled that we are using LED lights. Now to figure out what to do for covers! |
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| The cork flooring (and Bill's feet) in the loft. Bill installed it all by himself. It was best that way after it didn't go in as easily as advertised! It will be a great surface I think. We have a little stereo up there and surprisingly it sounds great throughout the whole great room. I am sure someone could explain why, but ...... |
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| A view of the loft from the walkway. The beautiful weaving is a gift from our friends Paul & Becky. The colors are GREAT with the house. The storage unit in the background is from IKEA and will someday hold yarn and other supplies. |
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| Our new microwave and toaster! The weirdest thing about the offer the buyers made on our old house was that they only thing they wanted was our $79 microwave.... We threw it in the deal and forgot about it until we moved in and I would say to Bill, or he to me, "just zap it for a few seconds" and there was nothing to zap anything in! We traded in the toaster over for a real toaster........ Thanks to my friend Carol for getting me to go shopping without a panic attack! Well, it isn't that bad, but.... |
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| The master bathroom is looking a little kookie these days. We found the curtain track we wanted (IKEA) but finding a long enough (both ways) shower curtain has proven a bit of a challenge so far. Nice window curtain, huh? |
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| We're getting there. We grouted this today - with epoxy grout. It is a good team project and with my previous grouting partner, Meredith, out of town Bill stepped in. It went well. We need to finish one of the short walls and the floor tomorrow. If you have a good tiler do anything to hold on to him/her and it you are married to one (hey, Angela) you are one lucky person! |
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| Pete, the previous owner like gardening and pink, so we have 22 peony plants, most of which are light pink. Thanks to our friends Harriet and Andi they produced great blooms this year. |
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| Some dianthus in the rock garden - they need some company! |
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| And there are a few darker peony plants. I hope to add more variety to the fold. |
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| And lots of strawberry plants - we need to tend them better so that we beat the birds or worms to them! |
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| And a little rose peaking up in the back! |
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| The white garden around "the rock." You can see the peonies in the background, well what is left of them, We finally cleaned up the side yard a bit and moved the picnic table there. Ahhhhh, it's starting to feel like a home, not just a project. |
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| Ava helped me choose the plants and plant these pots near the entry. She positioned them as well - saying they will be good for greeting guests. I finally got some annuals in the planter along the walkway, too. It felt good to work outside again! |
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