It was nice seeing people in love pull off a wedding with so many of their friends and family, on a shoestring budget.   Lovely outside setting, and it didn't rain until late.  That they had a great day without going into debt makes it better ( Read more... )

The creek suddenly flooded the Village this morning, far worse than the Great River Flood of 2006 did.   My basement It is a mess.  
So - since the house is still standing, even if everything is covered in mud, the main living floor is ok.
Let me counter the gloom and doom with what Sunshine Thoughts I can come up with ( Read more... )

I don't even get to see the outside most of the time.  Or I leave at 7 am , and get home between 7 pm and 10 pm.    After the long and depressing meeting we had after work yesterday, I went home without even cleaning up the mess.   I went and bought 2 different kinds of grass seed, and 8 40-lb bags of top soil, and went to work on some of the dead ( Read more... )

So a 2-hour drive up to the 60th wedding anniversary party for an ant & uncle.  It was good to see so many cousins.  I think the question I was asked the most was "Do you still have the cat ( Read more... )

I am developing an amazing capacity for putting some things off.   It is especially true when I find it is taking me multiples of time longer than I know it should ( Read more... )

Update:   (no numbers, as there are 2 many to count ( Read more... )

SO, after Coppertree's event on Sat, I spent Sunday afternoon cleaning out the new kitchen area, mixed both more cement and mortar to work on the last bit of the floor - the areas under the cabinets, but especially the area under where the dishwasher will be.  I've never had one.  The plumber told me that it (like the range) is an area that should ( Read more... )

This fall is the first time I have felt absolutely overwhelmed with all the things that have to be done.   A huge part of this is the load from NYS on teachers - you have to document everything if you do not want to be rated "developing" or the bottom incompetent.   I never write down or even remember half of what I do, or how to "document it. 
The ( Read more... )

Letter showed up yesterday,f rom the village.  They are on a drive to 'clean up' the village.  So there are letters out to many of us, demanding that we replace our sidewalks ( Read more... )

Way too sore.
But from the ruins, to trying to level out the floor
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