My son and daughter-in-law are here to visit for a couple days. This morning they came to see the house and the yard. Sarah is good at identifying plants and she says she thinks I have grapes and golden raspberries in my yard. She recommended we wait to see whether they are before we consider pulling them out. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2017
House dedication
Today was the Big Day we’ve been working toward. We got up this morning and took the bedding off the hide-a-bed we’ve been sleeping on in the living room and turned it back into a couch. We cleaned and prepared food and got ready for people to come to our house dedication which we had told everyone would start at 2:00. Our first guests arrived at 2:45. Continue reading
Staging
You know you have a good friend when she calls you up and asks if she can help you clean up for your party. I have such a friend in Kathy Plahmer. I was feeling overwhelmed by all I had yet to do and she calmly put things in order for me. Bless you, my dear! Continue reading
Priming
Yesterday morning, I got up and looked at the bedroom walls after we had skim coated them and was disappointed to see that the holes still showed. Last night, we skim coated them again.
Skim coating
I had yesterday and today off work. Yesterday I did some mudding and then went with Mark on a business run to Green Bay. I needed more supplies for the bedroom anyway. Continue reading
The countdown is on!
I am inviting everyone I know in Door County to a dedication of our house on Memorial Day. We still haven’t been able to move into our bedroom yet, but I’m determined we will be in our bedroom before the dedication. Continue reading
Busy-ness
It has been pointed out to me that it’s been a few days since I last posted. That’s because I’ve been busy. Continue reading
A hot tip!
I had thought I would be able to finish my table top today, but it still hasn’t completely dried. No matter. I had plenty of other things to work on! Continue reading
House work
This morning I got a call from my boss about half an hour before I was going to leave for work. She told me she doesn’t need me in till Friday. She says that as things get busier she’ll have more work for me. Continue reading
First day at Seaquist
I didn’t have an opportunity to write last night and several people have asked me today how my first day at work went. It went really well! Continue reading