we arrived on Halloween .... and in a few short weeks we have: pulled up old carpet, stripped walls and walls of wall paper, ordered (and received) a new couch, chair, ottoman, TV and bed.
and the projects have only just begun ...
the cats are adjusting ... and as long as i am within 6 feet from Smudge he is in good spirits!
i took on a local paper route, twice a week, just 66 houses in all. so i get out a bit, meet the neighbours and climb a few dozen of stairs (=
page has taken up knitting and now has plenty to do inside on the stormy winter days.
she has also been on several outings ... researching a new health club as well as the best grocery stores in town.
December will bring our first house guests .... Christy and ken, from Ellensburg, will be visiting the 10-12th and page's dad, from Boston, will be in town for a week through winter solstice.
after that we roll up our sleeves and are "full steam ahead" .... our intention is for the remodeling projects to go smoothly and for them to be complete within our one year anniversary here.
as of now, our plan is to: gut the basement, tear up the remainder of the floors to install radiant floor heating throughout the house, add a few photovoltaic panels (if we find them feasible) (=, tear down the existing back decks and rebuild, add on a laundry room and office downstairs and unless i can figure out another way for an excavator to get out back, we will probably move the entire workshop and of course we will need to add a hot tub to the backyard.... and then there is the rest of the inside of the house (=
thanks to the neighbours for all their support ... Jan loans us just about anything ..... and Hilary welcomed us with some grub baked goods!! YUM!
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1 comment:
Love the White stuff! Winter here is so under-rated.
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