The lion pictures as promised. We finally got them on the computer yesterday and zoomed in and out to try to make sense of them. I’m still convinced it’s a mountain lion, but the fence nearby gives an odd perspective. A small one maybe? Not sure…
Our first night in the house by ourselves.
The painters left on Wednesday afternoon. Mom and Dad got here a few hours later. Julie came on Thursday morning, and Thanksgiving dinner was made amidst the chaos of a not quite complete house. Dad and I got the stove put the rest [...]
Painters are putting our house back together this morning, and planning on heading home mid-day. They got the kitchen and pantry done, along with all of the bedrooms and the kids bathroom. There’s still a fair bit they have to do, and I think they’ll come back somewhere down the line for that. [...]
The troops are all asleep in our room again. Sarah too. The painters are settling in for the night. Looks like they’ll be here until Wednesday afternoon finishing up everything inside. Just in time for them to get home for Thanksgiving.
Made a trip down to Lincoln today – with Maesie keeping [...]
So here we are. It has been an exhausting day, both physically and emotionally. Two trips up here, a garage packed full of stuff, a house in Lincoln that is mostly empty, but also a complete disaster with all of the little things that didn’t make it into boxes.
It was tough [...]
Today’s the day! U-Haul and horse trailer are parked out front. Tonight we’ll sleep at the new house, such as it is…
No carpet in any of the kids rooms. Paint is partly done, and we’ll have painters camping out at the house with us – probably until Wednesday. Hopefully they’ll [...]
The plan is to move this Saturday! Hopefully most (or all) of the painting will get done this week and we’ll get either a final from the county or at least an “OK to occupy”. There won’t be carpet yet, but most everything else will be done!
Its exciting and overwhelming at the same [...]