…and the window construction will be finished! I will have mountains of painting, cleaning and reorganizing to do, but at least I’ll be able to start doing it and know that I won’t have to do it all over again the following week. Got some great plants to put out front under the new bay […]

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I’ve spent the entire weekend working…and I’m exhausted! Had to paint all the stucco patches around all the new windows as well as the trim around the garage window. As long as I was painting, I finally painted the fence next to the garage on the south side of the house. We rebuilt it over […]

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So Patrick gave me the ability to have pictures on my website today! Hooray! Click on the photo gallery link on the left side of the site to go to the pictures. Choose one of the albums at the beginning to see the photos. For those of us who are novices with manuevering around websites, […]

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Trip to the vet is finished and Murphy only lost 2 teeth! He seems to be feeling fine and is happy to be back home. I think he’s still a big groggy since his eyes appear to be a little watery. He also doesn’t seem to be as lively as normal but I have no […]

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The new doors and one of the family room windows are installed! The contractor put in two large 4×4 pillars in which to mount the new doors. Doing this lifted up the sagging roofline by about 2 inches in the center! He’s doing a great job in that he is also replacing old rotted wood […]

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I love all the cool stuff at Home Depot, but I am developing a hatred for that place as well. I’ve purchased room darkening window shades twice so far and they still don’t fit! I’ve checked my measurements and each time the clerk says she’s cutting them to match what I’ve given her, and each […]

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Another weekend, another list of “to-do’s.” Would really like a weekend where I could sit and play video games (haven’t even looked at ‘Harvest Moon’ yet) but just have too much to deal with right now… The windows are still going in, but very slowly. The bay window is in (in my bedroom), but the […]

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Last night the contractor called and said there would be a change of plans…he needed me to move all the furniture that was near the front window of my bedroom ’cause they were going to rip everything out and install the bay window today! So, I started packing up all the doo-dads sitting around my […]

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The amount of cleaning that needs to be done is astronomical and I really don’t know what to do first. I’m more frustrated than I’ve been in a long time. Guess I’ll start in the kitchen since that will allow me to move all the stuff back that’s currently sitting on the dining room table. […]

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Got more windows installed today–kitchen garden window and start of garage window–plus completion of interior trim around all other windows. Great to be nearing the end of this project, but the mess that erupted from the garden window is far more than I expected. Everything in the kitchen, dining room and living room is covered […]

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…or so they are now! Got home from work, hauling in groceries and pet food. The house was hot since it had been closed up all day and the temps outside are in the 90’s. I started opening windows and doors, walking through the family room to open the sliding door. That’s when I saw […]

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