STEPS!

This is belated - and not nearly as beautiful a shot as it can be - but here is where we have spent some minutes and will spend many hours. Gorgeous, huh?! Thanks, Courtney!!

Mike at the end of the day.

Great place to sit. Can you see "NOEL" in the window?

Furniture!

The steps are finished and are great - but unfortunately I haven't taken any picture of them because other things began happening. First, we brought in our furniture, and then almost immediately the girls and their guys began to arrive. So we spent Thanksgiving visiting with my parents, opening some boxes, getting advice from the girls about wall art placement, and sitting around our own table. So much of what we have has been packed for many years, and it was as much fun for the girls as for ourselves to sit on the rattan stool, around the old table, using the Cairo glasses. The day after Thanksgiving we decorated our tree, so in the middle of the chaos we have some beauty! No, we're not done with everything. But it is so good to be at this stage.

Lagniappe

These don't have anything to do with anything but I love these two sights. Here the camellias are blooming beautifully.

The view from the parking area back to the rental garden.

Coming and going

Well work has slowed down a bit, but we're getting steps - the back door of the rental side and our front door.

Rental steps to parking area

Courtney talkes with Elijah

End of Thursday - our front steps

Nice left side, huh?

wellll

Goodness, there's been a bit of progress since my last post. The house appraised for what we hoped plus, and we signed papers. Aaand, Bill has continued to work as have Mike and I. There are pictures for Bill's work, but I never show mine and Mike's missed the photo ops too, this time. I spent time putting down shelf paper and polishing our cabinets and I love our kitchen. I've done more painting, never leaving the big bedroom of the rental side, and Mike has the plumbing nearly all connected over there. Since we plan to have you family there for Thanksgiving, we'd BETTER get plumbing finished! Bill has worked on our back steps and the sidewalk for the rental side, preparing for steps there and then the driveway. Today we stopped at my folks after a trip and came back with a couch and part of a table and a lot of my dishes. It makes me SO very happy to see these things here - new couch and old familiar things.

Our back steps - or as Alice says, our deck.

The first piece of the rental sidewalk.

Bill working on another piece - with all 3 sections finished now.

Like Christmas!! Mike unwraps dishes.

Out with the old (paper and plastic) in with the - well - older.

Boy does that make me smile!!!

Couch is new but the table - needing its top - is a great old friend!