Life hasn’t been all about work, work, work, though it seems like it most of the time. Over the last three months we did get out of the house a few times, sometimes just for errands. Movies Late in January an old friend of Chelsea’s (a former boyfriend) called and invited us to a movie …
Weather Like the rest of the country, we’ve had our fair share of unusual winter weather. We had an all-time record breaking cold spell in January, and one of the coldest Marches in memory – in fact, it’s been the coldest winter we remember in the ten years we’ve lived here. As if that’s not …
What we thought was “pretty good” in our pool status paled in comparison to the real thing. Yes, we finally got the money organized to get a new dirt catcher and filter. (Check out the before and after photos in the blog. It’s really astonishing.) Combined with two rounds of chlorine; running the pool pump …
Remember I wrote earlier about learning the guitar? I’ve had major progress in that arena. I finally got my guitar properly strung at Marathon Music (they were awesome); they even tuned it for me for free. Once home I dug out my books from the packed boxes and have been teaching myself chords. We’ve been …
My bedroom was originally a renovated garage, with no real closet and bath, so about four years ago I decided to have our rehab guy (he’d rehabbed a house for us in Ft Pierce) put in a cork floor, a real closet, and small bathroom with shower, sink, and toilet. Our guy promised a week-long …
Television, computers, data, and monitor challenges When we left in 2007, Chelsea and I cleaned off our hard drives (mostly) and put the data on two 40GB external drives (they weren’t big enough). We came back in 2008 for a few months and started using our computers again, rather than use my laptop. In the …
We were on such a roll after our efforts to get ready for Tyler that we kept on going. Everything needed to get done anyway, so why not do it all now, we figured. Of course, we’re paying the price these days because we’re totally wiped out, but at least we feel fantastic about all …
Stained glass project Twenty-five years. That’s how long I have dragged around seven boxes of gorgeous glass pieces, all sizes, with equipment to create the stained glass projects. When Chelsea was born I was making stained glass windows, and was in the middle of a particularly beautiful piece for my dad when he died suddenly. …
Before Thanksgiving we met Tyler, a friend of Alex’s who was down from Boston visiting. He’d been living here for a few years but had chosen to move back home for several personal reasons. In late January he got in touch with Alex to see if Alex would be willing to have him as a …
Will it never end? Chelsea and I asked ourselves that question daily during January and February – in fact, right through the middle of March. Every time we finished a box, two or three more stepped up to take its place. At times we suspected they multiplied overnight. It’s not been a matter of disorganization; …
