Lori's dreams came true...

for a white Christmas!

I, on the other hand, was not too happy about having a wide driveway and no snowblower!

Santa, Baby, Hurry Down the Chimney!!

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

Thanks to Uncle Rick for giving our chimney a quick inspection. We had our first fire Friday night, and this weekend we are hopefully building the mantle so we have something to hang our stockings on, stay tuned!

Let There Be Light

I finally bought the light fixture for over the dining room table.

I looked around but really liked the pole mount that is available at Alluminare.com.

They are having a sale and free shipping until Monday and let you customize in tons of different ways. I like the wood veneers and this one with the Japaneese cane, but Justin wasn't having it so we went simple and clean with the white linen.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

It's been a while, but I'm back folks!! Justin here, making my second guest blog appearance.  Things have been a little slow lately on the construction front, so with some of this extra time we've started organizing our belongings and established where we can put all our extra stuff so Lori doesn't have to keep asking 'what are we doing with this?' 

With winter right around the corner, I decided we needed a wall mount rack for the boards in the basement. I picked up the Pegboard courtesy of Lowes, and bought the support arms from the 'going out of business' sale at The Fabric Store in the 'ham. Total cost: $5.50

The main reason I purchased the pegboard was to start my tool wall in the bike workshop. The wall looks kinda empty, so I think Santa might need to make a stop at the hardware store before sliding down the chimney.

Happy Halloween!

We've still been plugging away at the inside, but nothing is really finished yet so here are some updates from the yard.

Two weekends ago we cleared out a big section of the backyard closer to the resevoir that had a lot of little bushes and tiny trees and other brush. We're planning an ice skating party this winter and need a good spot to hang down by the ice. It is crazy how much bigger the area looks now that it is cleared out!



When we were down there, we saw that the beavers across the Res have been working hard. That tree is HUGE!!!

On Saturday, Justin meets me at the front door to tell me that a woodpecker has been pecking our house!? WHAT!? I didn't believe him until about 20 min later when we heard TAP TAP TAP TAP. We poked our head out the window and it flew away. At least it wasn't that awfully annoying Woody the Woodpecker laugh. It apparently likes one particular shingle, so Justin patched up the hole it had made with some wood putty. Haven't heard any tapping since.

Yes, I know our house really really needs a paint job.