After thinking I'd be away from my blog for only a few weeks, I realize it's been a heck of a lot longer. Not my intention. This summer is moving way too fast for us! It still feels like April where I'm anticipating the next snow...but now I realize it's mid August and I'm already anticipating the new fall snows.
With great enthusiasm, I plant myself in front of my new flat screen monitor that I purchased from another Craigslist enthusiast last week. After hearing some snapping sounds emanating from my former monitor, I realized it was time to replace it before it caught fire like my old, old monitor did.
So, here I sit staring into a familiar, but larger, blank screen wondering what to write about. Alas, I have an idea. I should probably share with you the progress we've made thus far...provided blogspot will allow several shots. So, here goes! Thanks for checking in.
This first picture is in the kitchen. I am warming up to the fresh, new color and am seriously leaning toward liking it. You see those adorable windows? There are six in all...very old windows. I've spent 19 cumulative hours restoring those precious windows. Nineteen blinding, tedious, hand grinding, aching hours to restore their charm. A few days ago, Red joined me in the restoration project and after spending only one hour on them, he decides that perhaps we should check into replacing them! But what about my 19 hours and all that pain, love and care? Out the window? Pardon my pun, I couldn't resist. So, after much deliberation...okay, it was more like five minutes, we decided to call and get an estimate. I lost the argument when the price of replacing the windows was a tenth of the cost that I had predicted. Well, it will be much warmer this winter, and newer is better...the appraiser will like that, I'm sure. So, the new double-paned windows will arrive this week. They will still have the same appearance as what you see here except they are new and much easier to clean! Hmmm, now there's a perk!
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