Bud burned for (maybe) the final time of the year last night. In the snow -- which still wasn't heavy enough to mention, but I'm doing it anyway again.
No s'mores or hot dogs because work grumped me out so much that I couldn't deal with just going to the grocery for some buns and marshmallows. I'll be glad when Thanksgiving gets here!
Notice a trend with the nighttime photos? I'm not going through a phase. It's winter, and it's never freakin' light outside when I'm home! How many days 'til spring?
We tried to reintroduce one of our many clocks into the house this evening, but we couldn't figure out how to hang the pendulum. So we're still mostly blissfully unaware of the passage of time when we're in the great room.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By the light of the deck
Our first snow in the new house wasn't much to write home about, but I'm doing it anyway. Here's hoping it foretells a deep, white winter.
I'm not exactly sure what has happened since my last post. It was a lot easier to keep up when I wrote daily.
We got another round of furniture back from refinishing. And we decided that we can use one of those pieces for Bud's side table/remote control storage vault. So we got to cancel the table we ordered from Macy's.
Speaking of Macy's, the great-room rug arrived safely, and we love it.
In appliance news, we thought the dishwasher was leaking, but apparently it was our imaginations. The appliance repair has got to think we're crazy by now.
The treadmill finally made it over from the other house. It came in through a second-floor window. We're hoping that's the last airlift for a while, seeing as how the truck leaked fluids on our pristine new driveway, which made Bud very sad.
I'm not exactly sure what has happened since my last post. It was a lot easier to keep up when I wrote daily.
We got another round of furniture back from refinishing. And we decided that we can use one of those pieces for Bud's side table/remote control storage vault. So we got to cancel the table we ordered from Macy's.
Speaking of Macy's, the great-room rug arrived safely, and we love it.
In appliance news, we thought the dishwasher was leaking, but apparently it was our imaginations. The appliance repair has got to think we're crazy by now.
The treadmill finally made it over from the other house. It came in through a second-floor window. We're hoping that's the last airlift for a while, seeing as how the truck leaked fluids on our pristine new driveway, which made Bud very sad.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Oscar Delance Blevins: March 9, 1929 - Nov. 11, 2008
Laura's dad died Tuesday morning. It's fitting that her family will forever remember their hero, who served in the Army in the early 1950s, on Veterans Day.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Goodbye, gravel!
Hello, blacktop! The biggest house news from the week is that we're no longer stirring up gravel dust every time we pull into the driveway. The pavers came Monday and Tuesday, and by Friday at lunch, we could stop taking the back way in and hiking up to the house from the beyond the garage.
I've delayed posting because I wanted to put up a picture of the new driveway, but seeing as how I haven't posted in a week and the pictures are still on the camera, I thought it was time for a photoless update.
The rug we ordered last week is supposed to arrive Monday. The cable guy is coming back Tuesday to install a jack upstairs.
In non-house news, basketball season started. We enjoyed watching Kentucky win both of their exhibition games by large margins, which we hope is an indicator that we won't be just hoping not to be embarrassed every time we head to Rupp this year.
We were excited that Barack Obama won the presidential election, but it was pretty embarrassing to see Kentucky glowing red from all the network and website maps long before any other states had been called.
I'm sad to say things aren't looking good for Laura's dad. He's home from the hospital, surrounded by family and being assisted by Hospice. Those are the bright spots.
I've delayed posting because I wanted to put up a picture of the new driveway, but seeing as how I haven't posted in a week and the pictures are still on the camera, I thought it was time for a photoless update.
The rug we ordered last week is supposed to arrive Monday. The cable guy is coming back Tuesday to install a jack upstairs.
In non-house news, basketball season started. We enjoyed watching Kentucky win both of their exhibition games by large margins, which we hope is an indicator that we won't be just hoping not to be embarrassed every time we head to Rupp this year.
We were excited that Barack Obama won the presidential election, but it was pretty embarrassing to see Kentucky glowing red from all the network and website maps long before any other states had been called.
I'm sad to say things aren't looking good for Laura's dad. He's home from the hospital, surrounded by family and being assisted by Hospice. Those are the bright spots.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Move a little, buy a little
With all of things we still have to move, you've got to wonder how we could possibly need to buy anything at all. But amazingly enough, even with all we have to choose from, sometimes nothing fits the bill.
Yesterday we bought an area rug, which should arrive in about two weeks. All the rugs we currently own are primarily red, which doesn't work with the aqua/natural/black colors of the great room.
And among the millions of tables we have to choose from, what we don't have is one that's side-table height with a drawer where Bud can store his collection of remotes. So we bought one of those yesterday also, but it won't arrive for eight to 12 weeks. So it's box city on Bud's side of the sofa 'til then.
Today, we're planning to move some larger pieces of furniture and the treadmill. The 'mill goes upstairs, and since Gary and Jimmy are going to replace the handrail on the front stairs Monday, we thought getting it up there before then was a good idea.
Laura's dad does, in fact, have pancreatic cancer. And it's inoperable, which isn't surprising but is very sad. Chemotherapy could be an option, if he wants to pursue it -- but even that's not certain until after a consultation with the chemo docs.
Yesterday we bought an area rug, which should arrive in about two weeks. All the rugs we currently own are primarily red, which doesn't work with the aqua/natural/black colors of the great room.
And among the millions of tables we have to choose from, what we don't have is one that's side-table height with a drawer where Bud can store his collection of remotes. So we bought one of those yesterday also, but it won't arrive for eight to 12 weeks. So it's box city on Bud's side of the sofa 'til then.
Today, we're planning to move some larger pieces of furniture and the treadmill. The 'mill goes upstairs, and since Gary and Jimmy are going to replace the handrail on the front stairs Monday, we thought getting it up there before then was a good idea.
Laura's dad does, in fact, have pancreatic cancer. And it's inoperable, which isn't surprising but is very sad. Chemotherapy could be an option, if he wants to pursue it -- but even that's not certain until after a consultation with the chemo docs.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Slowly, semi-steadily
While I've been back to work and pitching in a little bit at night, Bud's plugging away daily. He cleared a spot in the garage for me yesterday, so the Jeep didn't have to endure last night's freezing temperatures.
We also could have a mailbox by the end of the day today. I bought it last week, and Bud finally got a chance to start working on it yesterday.
Inside, we're expanding outward from the great room, which still has cardboard-box end tables. Bud's office is organized and functional, and if you peek inside the kitchen cabinets, you won't be staring into an abyss anymore. The closet is mostly organized. The medicine cabinets are starting to fill up -- well, at least the one upstairs is.
Still, we've got a long way to go. Last night, I had to pause in the middle of making dinner to drive to the other house and grab a measuring cup. (I brought back four -- and a pot with a steamer insert. My rule is that I can't walk out the door there without my hands full.) Then we had to go back later, so that I could check my hair appointment card, which is still magneted to the refrigerator there, and pick up some storage containers for last night's leftovers.
No pictures yet. The camera has been sitting forlornly on the kitchen bar for days.
Laura's family probably will learn the results of her dad's biopsy Friday. She says his appetite and strength are noticeably less.
We also could have a mailbox by the end of the day today. I bought it last week, and Bud finally got a chance to start working on it yesterday.
Inside, we're expanding outward from the great room, which still has cardboard-box end tables. Bud's office is organized and functional, and if you peek inside the kitchen cabinets, you won't be staring into an abyss anymore. The closet is mostly organized. The medicine cabinets are starting to fill up -- well, at least the one upstairs is.
Still, we've got a long way to go. Last night, I had to pause in the middle of making dinner to drive to the other house and grab a measuring cup. (I brought back four -- and a pot with a steamer insert. My rule is that I can't walk out the door there without my hands full.) Then we had to go back later, so that I could check my hair appointment card, which is still magneted to the refrigerator there, and pick up some storage containers for last night's leftovers.
No pictures yet. The camera has been sitting forlornly on the kitchen bar for days.
Laura's family probably will learn the results of her dad's biopsy Friday. She says his appetite and strength are noticeably less.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Home Sweet Home
All the essentials -- TV, Internet, great-room furniture, bed -- finally were in place Saturday, so we took the plunge. It's still hard to believe we're actually in.
Since Saturday, it seems as if we've done nothing but move and arrange things, and yet, we're still using boxes as end tables in the great room! I have no new photos because I can't stop hauling stuff into the house long enough to pick up the camera, and also because the USB cable with the camera dongle is still at the other house.
Speaking of the other house, it's overwhelming to look around there and realize all of that stuff has to come here. Soon.
Gary and Jimmy are back and working on the to-do list we accumulated for them while they were gone building railings for someone else. After they wrap up those final details, they'll be ready to prepare the other house to sell.
Problem is, I'm not sure we'll be ready for them that quicky.
Since Saturday, it seems as if we've done nothing but move and arrange things, and yet, we're still using boxes as end tables in the great room! I have no new photos because I can't stop hauling stuff into the house long enough to pick up the camera, and also because the USB cable with the camera dongle is still at the other house.
Speaking of the other house, it's overwhelming to look around there and realize all of that stuff has to come here. Soon.
Gary and Jimmy are back and working on the to-do list we accumulated for them while they were gone building railings for someone else. After they wrap up those final details, they'll be ready to prepare the other house to sell.
Problem is, I'm not sure we'll be ready for them that quicky.
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