Intro

I entered middle age a few years ago...okay, a little more than a few. Our daughters are 28 and 26. After they left, I cautiously redecorated their bedrooms. I did the usual, donated "Lucky" brand jeans (left from 3rd grade) and stuffed animals to a local thrift store. Next, I threw away countless plastic bags from "The Gap" and other retailers. Some of them included various amounts of change, which of course I took as my housekeeping fee. Every $6.40 helps!

I slowly bought new furniture items that I liked - a futon and frame, small roll-top desk, area rugs and lamps. One room was starting to resemble my new "office" which would double as a guest room when necessary. One morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, I heard (and felt) a very large boom-crash. I cautiously walked upstairs to find the dust clearing and about half of the ceiling of my new room on the floor. Ah, the joys of owning an antique house...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Another summer, another road construction mess

Here we go again! This summer's street work in front of our house will be much less invasive than last years'. It's still not a lot of fun. The last word I had (from neighbors) was that they will begin to pave this week. We have had a lovely break from the 6:15 AM wake-up calls of last week, but I guess they wait until the day is at it's most scorching to begin with the black sticky stuff. Last week they performed the prep work of digging up the street and giving many driveways new aprons (not ours) and making the corners scooterchair friendly.

It's too bad that we don't have any preschoolers any more to watch this from our front yard. 
Here's the end result - to date. I don't know when the paving will happen - I just hope I can get home today!

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