The original date for the walls to go up was on Nov 19th.  When supplies weren’t delivered and no one showed up on the 19th, I put in a call to the contractor.  Now the new date is Nov 27.  In the meantime, the concrete pad in the backyard has become the new patio.  Sascha […]

Now we wait.  We are in the curing stage with the slab of concrete.  It looks like it made it through the day without the neighbor kids messing it up or rollerblading on it.  By Day 4, it was beginning to look drier in texture, even though it did rain a bit on it.  We […]

6:30 in the morning is way too early for someone to show up and start pouring concrete!  That’s what happened this morning though.  I started hearing noises in the backyard.  Lo and behold, there is Dave Anderson, concrete contractor, preparing for the big trucks to arrive.  My neighbors have got to hate me today. I […]

Pulling up to the house today, we could see that some work had been going on here.  First off, there’s a bobcat in the yard!  Cool!  I want to drive it.  But there aren’t any keys for it.  Too bad. Believe it or not, I have experience driving a bobcat.  I had a summer job […]

Tuesday, November 6 We left for the office this morning with an intact yard.  I bounced Rick out of bed early to go vote with us.  I say bounced because I unleashed the energy of Sascha on him.  She lands on you with both feet and bounces around the bed before she settles down.  By […]

The weather has turned cool here.  That can only mean that winter is on the way.  Where do I sign up to move to better weather?  I have a feeling winter will be particularly brutal this year.  I just hope I’m wrong about that.  Winter is far from my favorite season.  Anything below 40 is […]

On Thursday, Rich put his signature on the plans for a new garage.  Our contractor, Pete D., brought out the latest plan for sign off and to move the process along.  I did my part and got a new plat started showing the latest changes to the house.  The next thing was removal of four trees from […]

Yesterday, I finally figured out why my back has been hurting when I work at home.  My chair is worn out!  You’d think I’d notice something like that.  Where I normally sit has worn away the padding.  I’m not even sure how old the chair is, probably 5 years.  It was a cheap one since […]

This is all good stuff though. So Rich bought a Walky Dog.  This contraption fits to the seat on your bike and connects to the dog.  Then you can ride your bike and the dog can walk or run beside you.  We had seen a video of a lady using this device to walk her […]

So I went home to Southern Indiana last weekend.  I took somethings down to hand over to others.  I had some administrative things to do for my sister.  I hadn’t been home in over a year now.  Seemed strange.  But with Dad gone, I just hadn’t found a good reason to make the 6 hour […]