that brown house

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 time we hope to have the front “porch” completely rebuilt…it was the biggest red flag on the pest report).  so, yea for eric!

meanwhile, i tried to clean up the driveway, backyard, and kitchen enough to host an impromptu bbq.  so despite the fact that there remains an old toilet in our driveway (it is behind the gate and not visible from the street…we have some standards, after all) we got to enjoy some lovely live fiddle music drifting over from a neighbor’s soirée while two of our awesome friends grilled veggies, homemade sausages and marinated tofu for us…yum!