Home Repair Projects

As you can imagine, our home is full of projects (and potential). Bill is always busy with something - and there is always more to do. Here, he is weatherstripping (and grinding) our outside doors. (Notice that he is wearing safety glasses!)

Welcome to the mess!

After more than two months, we are still not completely moved in - but it isn't stopping us from enjoying the house! Really, I'd like to have everything cleaned up and pretty before I show you what it's like - but maybe this can be a before and after series. Here are some pictures of Thomas and Joseph's room. The idea is to make it a jungle theme, but the only evidence of that is the hanging vines at the doorway. We envision dark green curtains and some cool artwork - and I, personally, envision a clean room!

That's Thomas' desk bed in the background. The door is a little off (we'll fix it soon).

And this is Joseph's bunk bed. The bottom bunk doesn't have a mattress yet.This bare light bulb is going to be replaced with a fan and three lights, which is down in the basement. It's on Bill's list - but now that the weather has changed, it's not a priority!

So, you can see that we have a lot to do! It is a really great room, though. Not pictured are two closets (without doors but nicely shelved) and two nice windows (with good views but no curtains.) Hopefully, we'll see improvements soon!

Our View

This is the view from our balcony. It isn't very clear, but that is the sea out there; it just seems to be the same color as the horizon. Our neighbor's lot there (the one with the large, rusty water container) is for sale. One day it might hold a large, expensive house, but for now, it is just interesting.

What do you think about this blue door? Doesn't it look like it goes nowhere? It always makes me smile when I look up at it! We have these people to thank for the first part of our paved road.

And this is our back yard - also taken from the balcony. Bill planted grass and is faithfully watering it twice a day. So far, though, only weeds are coming up!

The New Kitten

I know - our very first blog entry ever, and I post a picture of our cat; not our house, not our neighborhood or schools or anything you really want to see. But, look, he really is cute! The boys are so excited, even William likes him. We named him Purrcy (really Perseus, like the hero) and he is just 7 weeks old. We have been promising the boys pets for three years now - and Purrcy is the first part of the deal. I think we'll wait until after winter to get the puppy. And I don't know about the bunnies; we'll have to see how we do with the kitten first.