Christmastime

 

Making the yearly sugar cookies.

 

Never get tired of this tradition.

 

Sandy made the prettiest cookie, ever.

 

Presents are wrapped and ready...

 

This is my "estate sale" tree.

 

Everything came from various estate sales...

the little tree, and lights, and birds,

 and even the green bucket it sits in.

 

I love it, all for a few bucks.

 

Makin' fudge.

 

Terry has taken over work on the boat model.

 

Slow and tedious.

 

He also built himself a new workbench,

in the basement.

Nice.

 

 

Always Something Going On...

 

Terry tried to fix the twenty-five year old dryer one last time.

 

I said "enough!"

 

Three fixes ago, I said, "next time, I'm buying a new washer and dryer".

 

And here they are;

new Whirlpool washer and dryer.

 

The gas line is not long enough,

so we have to address that...

 

We need room to get at the weirdly placed washtub.

 

We are going to fix that too... eventually....

 

My brother has been crying about wanting a tall ship

 for over his fireplace for a long time now.

 

Well, I found a 40 year old model kit at an estate sale last weekend.

 

It was $65 and I bartered the lady down to Twenty bucks.

 

Now I have to build it.

 

I have sincere doubts about this adventure...

 

Terry has been working on more important endeavors.

 

Installing the new furnace humidifier has him pulling his hair out.

 

He'll do it.

 

Internet Christmas shopping...

 boxes that need to be broken down.

 

There's always something going on at Project House.

Working on the Kitchen

 

The new countertop is in, and the sink and faucet,

 now on to the backsplash...

 

We picked out a pencil thin, horizontal stone.

 

Should be a piece of cake.

 

Terry took care of all the details;

the dishwasher hookup,

 garbage disposal,

 sink clamps,

reconfigured plumbing,

new single faucet...

 

I started laying the tile...

this is gonna be easy.

 

Not so fast,

this woven (pencil thin) tile is kicking my ass.

 

Working around the outlets, and corners,

and getting to the edges turned out to be quite a challenge. 

 

It ended up taking me three days

 to finish this seemingly simple backsplash.

Ready for grout.

 

I hate grouting!

 

Now, for this dead space under the cabinets, I want a spice shelf...

 

 

ooh, break in the action...

a new grand-nephew was born...

Calvin Asti Wills

December 4, 2015

 

 

And there it is...

I ask for it, and Terry bulds it.

 

Amazing giant green bottle I got at an estate sale for a couple bucks.

 

Terry is hanging the shelf.

 

caulking, and painting...

and there it is.

 

Love it.