Happy Holidays 11-28-09

Here we are beside our new Christmas Tree.

Friday, 11-27-09 - We invited Diane and Jerry over for coffee and dessert. Then we popped up some popcorn and watched a movie on our new big screen TV. It was a fun evening. The four of us went out for a really nice Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.

Here's a picture of the new TV.

"Bee Movie" was on this morning when I took the picture.

It is so wonderful getting settled into our new home.

Note to Luther: A couple of weeks ago I discovered you had sent us "Comments". (I didn't realize people could do that; no one had before.) It was really nice of you, and I wanted to say thank you. Hope to see you and Shirley this Christmas.
Sharon

Major Repairs Complete 11-11-09

Wednesday, 11-4-09 - Above you can see the piece of plywood that had to be dried out. The fans ran all night. Below they patched in the sheetrock and re-textured the entire area. It took 3 full days to complete the job. The painters came in on Monday and repainted all of the ceilings (livingroom, entryway, kitchen and hallway) and did touchups throughout the house.

Tuesday, 11-10-09 - We moved the furniture back in and enjoyed a quiet evening in front of the fireplace. They did a beautiful job of repairing everything. You can't see the patch and would never know there was a problem. The electricians returned to replace all of the canned lights on Wednesday.

Thursday, 11-12-09 - I drove to Kent today to take care of rental details on my house there. Ted took care of business at home, including watching his new custom desk and cabinets being installed. The picture really doesn't do it justice. It looks so good and matches his bookcases/entertainment center perfectly. (See earlier blog to see photos of the bookcase.) If you enlarge this picture you can see the Sequim city lights through the windows.

We bought all new bedding and pillows and made up the wall bed in the guest bedroom. I still have to have a shower curtain custom made for the guest bathroom, but if you're in the neighborhood, give us a call! :)

Move Into New House 10-23-09

Friday, 10-23-09 - Moving out of our rental house. It took 2 days, Fri. & Sat. to get everything moved. Huge job!! The first week was just unpacking boxes and reading the books on how to work all the new appliances. (I already knew how to work the tub. :-)

On Monday 11-2 the tile man noticed a leak in the living room ceiling around the middle canned light (enlarge the picture and you can see the drops in picture below) and the couch was very wet. Then I noticed the slight bulge in the ceiling to the right of the light. We got our contractor out of bed and he went up into the attic and found the leak from the in-floor heating tubes that run through the ceiling. One of the staples punctured one hole in the tube and a sheetrock guy put a screw into the tube in a second location. The whole crew was here most of the day today (Tue. 11-3) patching the holes and adjusting the heating system. Tomorrow the sheet rock people will remove a big section of the ceiling to help the plywood dry faster then begin the repair work.

Tuesday, 11-3-09 - On a brighter note, the Hunter Douglas Top Down/Bottom Up shades were installed on my bathroom windows this afternoon. They really look great!

Also had mini blinds put up in the multi-purpose room (guest bedroom, art studio, exercise room, craft and scrap booking area). We just bought the bedding for the queen size wall bed and still need to buy pillows, but we're almost ready for company.