And they're off... again

Greetings,

I am a single parenting the animals... again.

The and the USS Carter Hall have set sail for their next set of exercises.

Ummm, what to do now?  I promised no new house projects... this time I intend to keep my promise.  I am tired of home improvement at the moment!



Blessings,

Near emergency

Greetings,

This door...

caught on fire.

Short version...

My dad...

door will not close properly..

grinder involved...

wood / metal ....

small flame erupted...

mother was asked for water...

brought my dad a cup of water (she thought he was thirsty)

then she saw small flames.


All is well now.

And the closes properly!


**FYI need to purchase smoke detectors**

Blessings,

Wall update

Greetings,

We have all the walls in our bedroom!

All the walls have been primed and we are working on painting one color...

Goody-bye jungle room.

It feels nice to have a consistent feel throughout the place.  (the jungle has moved to the closet!!)

Blessings,

Saturday in the Park

Saturday in the park, 
I think it was the Fourth of July

Saturday in the park,
I think it was the Fourth of July

People dancing, people laughing, 
A man selling ice cream

Singing Italian songs

Can you dig it (yes, I can) 
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday




Chicago it was not, but we did enjoy ourselves with this year's Norfolk beach festivities...

It was nice to celebrate our countries birthday... in our country.

The ocean view park was full of people, food, singing bands, dancing, laughing, and fireworks to cap off the evening!

It was nice to be home for a Saturday in the Park!

Blessings,

It's just funny

Greetings,

Blessings,

Not Nod?

Greetings,

Although all the boxes are almost gone...

We are still experiencing a traffic jam of furniture.

While renovating... most items are crammed into various rooms.  Or in this case... all into this room!


Blessings,

Land of Nod

Greetings,

The Land of Nod is a place in the Book of Genesis, located "to the east of Eden", to which Cain chose to flee after murdering his brother Abel. The Hebrew word nod means "wandering".

This was my Land of Nod...

My land of wandering...

Wandering around, overwhelmed by too many boxes...

Not knowing what was in each box...

Not really knowing where to put it once its out of the box...

It was my very own East of Eden...

Definitely not in paradise...

Thankfully, those days are behind us.  We have whittled the boxes down to only a few left in the office.  Containing lots and lots of books.

Still waiting on a bookcase.

Little by little the house is taking shape.

It's ~only~ been 4 months!

Blessings,

House pics

Greetings,


We have ventilation in our bathroom.

It was NEEDED!  Not sure what you are thinking, but the shower is a double headed open contraption thingy.... which produced a lot of moisture without ventilation.

So our hardware is rusting.

Just like Greece.

I cannot even keep a pair of tweezers or nail clippers in the bathroom without rust.

Just like Greece.

The electrical has been updates and moved.

We no longer need to stumble into a dark room trying to find the light switch.  Now the switches have been strategically placed near the door.

How clever.... I wonder why "the girls" never thought to move them?

And we have our bedroom / closet wall back.

Oh, it's exciting to see projects get checked off the To Do list.

Blessings,

Oh, Mary Poppins...

Greetings,


Please come take care of this...

mess!

And bring another bookcase.  I think I am going to need it.


Blessings,

Manic Monday

Greetings,


1.  My family has gone.

2.  Everyone has gone... and the blog is about 2 weeks behind.

3.  My family has gone and the house needs about 72 hours straight of cleaning.

4.   My family has gone... and it's kinda lonely here.

5.  My family has gone and we are gearing up for Harry to leave again.

6.  We wanted to do something special for our first July 4th back stateside... Florida, Atlanta, D.C....?

7.  We are very tired... I would venture to say extremely fatigued!

8.  In fact, too tired to give you 10 Manic Mondays...



Blessings,

Window art

Greetings,

Grammie bought Kadence (my 5 year-old niece) window drawing markers....

Everywhere you turn...

Kadence has left us a little note...

there are smiley-faced hearts staring at you...

It's oddly entertaining having a kid around!


Blessings,

Still too busy

Greetings,


I apologize for the previous posts rantings... I was / am tired!


Our days begin around 5:00 a.m. and end around 9 p.m.

We take a few breaks throughout the day, but only for meals.

My mom and I share the cooking responsibilities.

Fortunately, I have a functioning sink and faucet....

and an oven range ventilation hood....

and new lighting.....

still in need of a good sanding / restained kitchen floor...

It's the little things that make life easier!


Blessings,