December 25, 2011

Christmas!

Whew!.... My favorite part of Christmas is the time after the activities....this time.  My guests just left around 3:30.  I had Christmas brunch cum lunch (late!) to accommodate worship services. ...

December 24, 2011

Good Tidings

In just a couple of hours I'll fly away to have a fabulous Christmas Eve dinner at my stepmom's.  She is a wonderful cook, and we are fortunate to have the bounty of food, family and health this year. This is a time of year where many different religious and spiritual paths celebrate.  That...

December 23, 2011

Friday Melange

Ugh...waking up hot and sneezy.  Husbando is going duck hunting, so he is out the door.  I did plan the Christmas brunch last evening.  I hope my daughter gets the house clean by then!...

December 22, 2011

Waxing Nostalgic on the Rehab

My reward for finishing the project was a tired immune system that snagged the first bug coming its way.  In fairness, it fought mightily as each member of my household was felled with it before...

December 18, 2011

Finito

On Sunday, the final plumbing work was done to render this house passable for an appraisal.  Is it finished?  Largely so; however, there is about a day's worth of painting/touchup that needs to be done...but not by me.  I say that with a large exhale. I am accumulating my pictures and...

December 15, 2011

Q@#$%^$Q%&&

My beautiful blog template is bastardized beyond my time and energy to repair.  While Blogger has made its templates more easily customizable for folks without their learning CSS (which I bothered...

December 3, 2011

IKIWISI

I'm transitioning from Hannah's house to the "new" house. This house is on a tight budget too, but not so much as Hannah's house.  Unlike Hannah's house, I have no plans to execute the painting. ...