Oh my gosh - not again!

Yep, we are doing the back Florida room... same tile, second verse. So once again the house is like a war zone. Furniture and knickknacks all over the place. Seems even worse this time because some of it is in the front room which hasn't had a thing out of place since that renovation. And, the office is once again piled high and wide so it is claustrophobic time when I am on the computer. But it will be worth it in the end.... she says !!!!

A friend of Uncle Loren (and Kirk and Irene) sent me this little thank-you note. It was written by Grandma Hastings to her son when he was in the fifth grade for a Christmas towel.. Isn't it strange and wonderful to have a touch of Grandma just show up. ( I know it isn't very clear but....)

ITS DONE !!!!!!

The living room is finished and it is so beautiful.... if I do say so myself. Seems really a lot bigger and brighter. And no carpet to vacuum. In case you can't tell, the walls are light brown and the tiles are lighter.

Crazy old folks

Ho, Ho, Ho and a bottle of rum!!!!
Fran and Howard, Diane , Bill and I went out on the Starship and became part of the flotilla for Gasparilla. It was really neat... we had an inside window table so we could see almost everything. The ship did go by us on the other side but most everyone was outside so Bill and Howard just enjoyed the view through the picture windows.
The top deck was full of the wild and crazy folks. Thousands of boats come out to accompany the Jose Gaspar and they were also crazy but we had a nice sane but truly fun morning. (We also had no problem with traffic either going or coming - thanks mainly to a dryrun last night and two smart sheriff deputies that sent us the right way out of the parade mess. )
Would we do it again? Yes indeed, matey.... Ahoy!!!!!!

The old rug out for the trash.

Aufwiederzehn, adieu

Did you recognize the song from Sound of Music? Being my normal crazy self, we have also said a really fond farewell to the carpet in the living room. Al ( the handyman) took the old rug and the padding, the tack pieces and the little tile at the entry way and it is now in the garbage heap.
With the furniture out and the baseboard off it just seemed like a great time to paint the room as well.
Imagine if you will, Bill with his walker going through the house normally. Now put all the furniture scattered through every other room in the house and it is a real maze. All the Indian books are in boxes in the garage, chairs are in the front room and the Florida room, the bookcases in the study, the couch is in the kitchen and odds and ends on every other surface. And this will probably go on for a week !!!!!!! Can I come and live with anyone???

Goodbye, so long

Well, the chain link fence along the backyard is gone. It took three days, lots of manpower (someone else's) and money (mine but from the insurance claim money from the fallen tree branch). Next comes eight new sections of fencing ( I priced the beautiful white vinyl fencing but at $125.00 a section I will be using plain old wood stockade. ) It can't help but look better than the old metal with the falling apart wooden fence from Margie's. Will send an update when the new fence is in. Probably next week since this week is supposed to be cold and rainy.