These are some views of the west side of the house, and the side yard on the west. Lots of trees, and no major plans in this area, but you'll get an idea how heavily treed the lot is.

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I took a ton of "before" pictures, so I think what I'll do is just post a few at a time....probably one room at a time, or one exterior view, with descriptions of what my plans are for that area. I fully realize this will likely be WAY too much info for most of you, so feel free to skip the cuts, but I'll probably be spending a good bit of the ( Read more... )

So my otherwise extremely bright son is kneeling on the couch, rocking back and forth in an autistic sort of way and smashing his face into the backrest cushion. This is all well and good, but the couch also has a hard back on which the cushion rests, and if he happens to miss that cushion he's going to mash his face on it. I put out my hand and ( Read more... )

Finally for today anyway (I think) - I actually started working on my new house yesterday...woohoo! I got possession last week, but so far the only thing that had gotten started was the tear-off of the roof, which my rehab crew is doing. I had been avoiding starting on my first task, which is tearing out nearly every plaster wall in the whole ( Read more... )

Hmmm, I think I'm getting there on catching up the big stuff. This past weekend was pretty quiet, actually. I elected to take a pass on going to Organ Grinder's in Cleveland on Friday night. Just wasn't in the mood, and had other things I wanted to do over the weekend that I didn't want to be hungover for. I also had the kids this weekend since ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm so far behind as to make even updating irrelevant....lol. But still, wanted to say I had a great time at this event - the Interbelt was PACKED, and I was actually one of only a few people who went against the grain and wore all black to the White Party, so I stood out like a sore thumb. Unfortunately, I had chosen black leather and ( Read more... )

Dany's experience with spaghetti....lol


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Wow, seems like freakin forever since I've had a moment to sit down and do an update. So long that I actually have all these little notes and such about things I want to say. My entries are usually so long anyway that I'm probably just going to do a bunch of small posts in a short time...hopefully even today ( Read more... )

Two straight nights of getting in early (that means 3 a.m.), but tonight is apt to be an all nighter. The White Party at the Interbelt night club, which I'd never heard of before this year, but which is apparently a big deal around here. Lots of elaborate costumes, mostly white (hence the party's name....see how that ties together?? lol). I'm ( Read more... )

It really was surprisingly low key, considering I did something both Friday and Saturday nights. Hung with friends, had a few drinks and chatted Friday night, but got home pretty early...before 2 anyway. I was really tired this past week, I think from fighting off a cold or something the kids just got over. That happens to me quite a bit, I ( Read more... )