How can it be Sunday already???

This week has flown by. Much progress has been made
on the remodel. We have paint, vanity and medicine
cabinets (minus the mirror), almost all the tiling is done.
The guys have finished up the beams tonight, so now I
can do the final touch-up paint on the ceiling. Floor goes in tomorrow.






I took a couple of days off......after getting a far piece
ahead of them. Lucy and I went to "Road" on Friday.
It has grown since I was last in attendance. It's about
like Houston was in the early '90's. A nice size with many amazing quilts.
One of my favorites was this "snapshot" quilt.
No, I did not win.....my quilter friends will know what I mean! Only
bought some patterns and fabric markers. I was really good!




Then Saturday I was invited to attend PEO Founders Day Luncheon out
here in Orange County. It was a lovely day. And I got to catch up with
some of my sisters in Chapter UO....Susan Pons at right being one.
Always good to see old friends!


Now it sounds like we are in for a really wet week. It started raining
this afternoon and the storms are supposed to train in here all week.
Surely glad that we have only inside work left. It could affect the
drying time on the paint. Don has the closet to finish out and all the
little details that take so much time. We really hope to finish this week!!

I'll let you know where we are next Sunday........Have a good week.

Flying solo

Ok. It's been more than a week and I don't have Krista sitting next to me on the couch telling me what to do, so......let's see what happens.

We made it back to sunny, warm southern CA without incident. Sorry about the cold and snow that many of you are experiencing, but it is really beautiful here. We are retired, so we get to avoid winter, right? The grandkids are back at school, Mike and Katie are hard at work to earn the money we keep spending at Lowe's and Home Depot......there is ALWAYS a list. The remodel is progressing nicely. Don is repairing the outside where windows and doors were removed and others added, Deron starts setting bathroom tile tomorrow and I am in the throws of painting. Why does the paint NEVER look like you think it will. We have made several changes. Did get the bathroom color to the homeowners' liking. It's called "Seal Pup Gray", but looks like a fudgesicle! Now will we see how the bedroom walls come out tomorrow.

Logan and Ivy are doing well. They amaze us with all they already know. Some of the stuff they come up with is so funny. Ivy is coming up with words like "glorious", "ferocious", "perposterious" and using them appropriately. Doesn't have a clue what they mean! Cheryl, notice the knitted hat......I really did it!

Logan is quite the helper. He has his own tool belt, hard hat and various accessories. He has become good at removing nails, painting and general clean up.

We will see how this week goes. I would like to hope that we will be home before the first of February, but one never knows! I plan to go to Road to California, the quilt show, with Lucy Sharp next weekend and also attend PEO Founder's Day Luncheon here in Orange County with my old chapter. I'd better get that painting done!

Stay tuned.....we will see if an update happens next week!

In the beginning

Happy New Year!! Big doings here. A new year, a new "private" computer......my very own, and a new blog. Who knows how long this will last!?!?!?

Christmas was great. We were able to attend the grandchildrens' Christmas programs at their schools and be in on all the holiday fun. Logan with his first grade class in his very first necktie and Ivy (on left) with best friend Emma.

Our major project this season is a remodel of Katie and Mike's master bed/bath. We arrived on Dec.6 and demo began the 7th. Things are progressing nicely. We don't have a finish date yet, but hopefully by the middle of the month.

Right now we are at Krista and Andy's house in Utah. Needed a break from the construction! It is nice to relax and visit with them. We had a challenge getting here.... traffic was awful, had trouble finding fuel for the truck, and then....they had some snow and thawing, but we did not arrive in the area until after the refreeze. We couldn't make a rather small hill on the way, so we called Andy with the 4-wheel drive and with some help from a backhoe, we finally made it. Ya, shoulda taken pictures.

Ok. We will be on our way back to CA on the 4th to finish the job. Hope that I will be able to do this blogging thing on my own......if not this was a rather short career.