June 30, 2008 by steph
this weekend i finished my little spice shelf project that i started the previous weekend while eric was toiling away on the front steps…
and i celebrated by unpacking the standing mixer that inspired our kitchen wall color! the wall color is really quite nice in person, a bit less bright than it appears in […]
June 23, 2008 by steph
we’re continuing to slowly unpack, but eric took a break from unpacking on saturday to make some repairs to the front steps (that we feared were about to break any moment)…
steps, deconstructed:
steps reconstructed:
while not a permanent fix, the stairs feel much safer now and will hopefully hold until we are ready to reshingle (at which […]
June 17, 2008 by steph
neo’s curiosity won him a bath last weekend; not a him licking himself bath, but a tub of tepid water and a human making him very wet and unhappy bath. while we were out on a very disappointing shopping trip on saturday, neo decided to further explore the living room fireplace. we had previously […]
June 10, 2008 by eric
The phone company turned our phone service on yesterday, but it didn’t work. It turned out that the cable coming from the network interface box had the red/green contacts connected to the blue/light blue wires, but the cables from the wall jacks to the junction box had the red/green contacts connected to the orange/white-orange […]
June 9, 2008 by eric
Last Wednesday, as you may recall, we finally got working electricity at the house. Alex volunteered to go over with me and Steph and help us try get things cleaned up enough that we could move in the next day, and that’s what we did that evening and into the night.
Much too early Thursday […]
June 4, 2008 by steph
i’ve been wanting to say that for way too long now.
we got the power! we got the power!
i feel tipsy with relief. of course, just to heighten the drama, pg&e didn’t show until 3.30 this afternoon, so my morning of optimism had spiraled down almost to doom…but now elation has set in!
happy power day […]
June 3, 2008 by steph
that’s right, the electrician is back! oh happy day! i’m so happy that i’m posting twice in one day. you’d almost think i didn’t have an impending work deadline.
alas, not all is perfect, since today is tuesday and we had been told that the electrical work would be done monday, inspected tuesday, […]
by steph
mom and eric joined forces and bought me a really nice hammock for my birthday yesterday. it has blue & green stripes and an assortment of large wood & metal components that need to be assembled into a stand. it’s totally going to dominate the back “yard,” but i can’t wait to get […]
June 2, 2008 by eric
All those plans that assumed the electrician would be done on Friday and we would spend the weekend getting everything all cleaned up and ready to have stuff moved in? Yeah, that didn’t quite happen.
What did happen was getting another coat of paint on the bathroom walls, fixing up some of the paint edges […]
