Phew

The company I work for was recently bought by another company.  I came in this morning to an email about an “all employee conference call” to take place this afternoon.  That spells trouble.  This morning,  lay offs happened.  I’m happy to say I survived, for now at least.  They’re having a meeting this afternoon, no [...]

Interior stone, check

Well, I think we can officially call the interior stonework done now. The masons finished the living room fireplace and the entry wall this week. They both look great, the fireplace looks really fantastic.

They still have the front porch to finish, and they took all their tools with them when they [...]

Congratulations Sam!!

A year ago today a wonderful thing happened… Sam came into our lives! Happy Rescue Day Anniversary buddy! I’d say Happy Birthday, but I really have no idea when your birthday is. I guess this could be Happy Re-Birthday, or Happy Anniversary or something. Anyway, it’s been a great year for [...]

Pictures

Not much else to say other than what I already wrote.  We spent the weekend at the house, mostly relaxing with family enjoying the progress and the beautiful, sunny days.  We started hanging a few of the ceiling fans last night, but I had to leave so Guy hung around and continued working.  Not sure [...]

Home sweet home

Yesterday, for me, was the first day that I looked at the house as our home, not just a project. It was a gorgeous, sunny February day and I hadn’t seen the house since Tuesday, and that was in the dark. There’s color on the walls, stone on the chimneys and the feeling [...]

Lowe’s loves us

I’ve been on a bit of a house hiatus so I haven’t been up there or written in a few days. I needed a break.
Guy and I decided to shop for the rest of our lights last night. We know we’re getting close to needing them and we don’t want to get caught [...]

Interesting …

An interesting footnote to everything else going on with our house …..
While we we working in the living room last night, I looked up and noticed that the HVAC vent in the living room had paint overspray in it.  While this is not in and of itself a problem, it does bring up a question.  If the [...]

Helper

Guy neglected to post the picture of our ever faithful helper, who decided his skills would be best utilized last night by watching over the painter’s supplies while they were gone.

Such dedication he shows.

What a day ….

Today was a very trying day.  Between being sick, receiving multiple harassing phone calls from telemarketers, dealing with a difficult customer, arguing with a collection agency trying to collect a bill I don’t owe, having my car in the garage for a slew of repairs, and wrestling with the issues with our house, I nearly had [...]

Still out of the loop ….

OK, now I’m getting irritated.  I just called the masons to let them know that the painters are done with the overhead work, and they can proceed with the stone work, and guess what?  They were already there working.  That may seem like a good thing to most people, but it makes me want to slap [...]