Here are some pics of Adam and Jen having a traditional christmas fair...chinese food!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Adam and Jen
Adam and Jen arrived on Saturday night after a grueling 2 hours in line at customs on the border...yuck! But they looked fabulous of course! I was so happy to have them here. Adam and I haven't spent a christmas together since we were teenagers! It was just so wonderful to have mom and Adam and Jen here. The house was wonderfully full of people, voice, love and wine! What more could you ask for!
Here are some pics of Adam and Jen having a traditional christmas fair...chinese food!
Here are some pics of Adam and Jen having a traditional christmas fair...chinese food!
Yankee Candle
On Saturday we went to Yankee Candle. For those of you who dont know. Yankee Candle is the worlds largest candle store. Their store is beyond huge. They sell candles, ornaments, train sets, kitchen ware, cooking supplies, home and garden decorations, and more. The place is overwhelming...and pretty cool. We went ornament shopping there, some of those you can see in the video:
There is a room in Yankee, filled with christmas trees that actually snows on you! And it is real snow...it melts and is ice...well, snow! So it snowed on us while we were there. Actually that is the only time it snowed on us while mom was here. Ok, on wednesday, we got some snow in the am, that quickly went away...but really, that didnt count!
So here is mom and I at Yankee Candle, and yes, I know these are aweful pics.
There is a room in Yankee, filled with christmas trees that actually snows on you! And it is real snow...it melts and is ice...well, snow! So it snowed on us while we were there. Actually that is the only time it snowed on us while mom was here. Ok, on wednesday, we got some snow in the am, that quickly went away...but really, that didnt count!
So here is mom and I at Yankee Candle, and yes, I know these are aweful pics.
Yule
Mom's first day here was filled with Christmas Tree shopping. We went to this cute little tree farm out in Bernardston and found a sweet tree. It was fun finding our tree, though the weather was spitting at us.
That night was Yule, so my friends Thalia, Lydia and Dimitri came over and helped us decorate the tree and drink and eat and generally be merry! It was a lot of fun! Thought I think miss cow was the most excited about the tree!
That night was Yule, so my friends Thalia, Lydia and Dimitri came over and helped us decorate the tree and drink and eat and generally be merry! It was a lot of fun! Thought I think miss cow was the most excited about the tree!
Mom comes to visit
Mom came to visit! Finally! YAY!!!
She arrived last thursday night. Her flight was fine with the exception of missing her connection in Atlanta. But she arrived in one piece in Hartford at 10 pm. She slept in the sun room, comfortably and warmly. Here are some pics of the sun room as it was getting finished and the living room before the mass arrival!
Yes, those are 8 ft long boards in the living room. That is where I was, and will be again, doing the staining. You can see the insulation in the background behind Dave, and the general chaos that was. The fan is newly installed, with its beautiful medallion and the floor recently painted. The room looks very good! We did not get a chance to finish the trim before mom's arrival because Dave cut open his hand on a piece of glass and needed 5 stitches. He is healing up well, though his hand is still sore.
By the time mom arrived. The living room was clean. The sunroom had a bed and a desk in it. 3/4 of the baseboard trim was mounted and we had a little space heater to suppliment the heat. All in all, it was quite nice...for a room still being worked on!
She arrived last thursday night. Her flight was fine with the exception of missing her connection in Atlanta. But she arrived in one piece in Hartford at 10 pm. She slept in the sun room, comfortably and warmly. Here are some pics of the sun room as it was getting finished and the living room before the mass arrival!
Yes, those are 8 ft long boards in the living room. That is where I was, and will be again, doing the staining. You can see the insulation in the background behind Dave, and the general chaos that was. The fan is newly installed, with its beautiful medallion and the floor recently painted. The room looks very good! We did not get a chance to finish the trim before mom's arrival because Dave cut open his hand on a piece of glass and needed 5 stitches. He is healing up well, though his hand is still sore.
By the time mom arrived. The living room was clean. The sunroom had a bed and a desk in it. 3/4 of the baseboard trim was mounted and we had a little space heater to suppliment the heat. All in all, it was quite nice...for a room still being worked on!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Working like a mad woman
So I have been working like a mad woman..which means that the house still looks like a construction site exploded...but it also means that we are getting closer to having this done! WOO HOO! So what did I do you ask? well here goes:
I have hung drywall. Mudded, sanded, primered and first coat painted the sunporch/guest room. I have also painted the ceiling and sanded the floor. We pulled the front panel off the underside of the sunporch (this is outside) and I got to crawl underneath there...and that was disgusting on a whole new level! But since I am small I get the pleasure of playing in the dirt. So I crawled underneath, we stapled in some insulation and put plastic underneath the whole thing.
While we have been doing the attic remodeling we have been removing blow-in insulation from the floor. Which has then been put in large garbage bags, which have been residing on the upstairs porch and a couple other random locations. Well, once we had the underside of the porch opened up, we have been shoving these bags of insul under there. This does 2 wonderful things: 1) it gets rid of a lot of garbage! and b) it insulates underneath the sun porch. This is a fabulous use of recycling. About half the underside was filled so when the other half of the attic is emptied out, it will go under the other half of the sun porch!
I also did some burning of scrap wood, sucked and mulched leaves, unloaded wood for the fireplace (so we finally have wood for the fireplace and I can stop buying stupid little bundles from the grocery store) and it is official...the pellet stove works!!!
So here are some pics of me sanding the drywall...looking entirely a mess! Plus a couple of pics of the sunporch windows which Dave installed and are beautiful 6 foot tall and triple pained!
I have hung drywall. Mudded, sanded, primered and first coat painted the sunporch/guest room. I have also painted the ceiling and sanded the floor. We pulled the front panel off the underside of the sunporch (this is outside) and I got to crawl underneath there...and that was disgusting on a whole new level! But since I am small I get the pleasure of playing in the dirt. So I crawled underneath, we stapled in some insulation and put plastic underneath the whole thing.
While we have been doing the attic remodeling we have been removing blow-in insulation from the floor. Which has then been put in large garbage bags, which have been residing on the upstairs porch and a couple other random locations. Well, once we had the underside of the porch opened up, we have been shoving these bags of insul under there. This does 2 wonderful things: 1) it gets rid of a lot of garbage! and b) it insulates underneath the sun porch. This is a fabulous use of recycling. About half the underside was filled so when the other half of the attic is emptied out, it will go under the other half of the sun porch!
I also did some burning of scrap wood, sucked and mulched leaves, unloaded wood for the fireplace (so we finally have wood for the fireplace and I can stop buying stupid little bundles from the grocery store) and it is official...the pellet stove works!!!
So here are some pics of me sanding the drywall...looking entirely a mess! Plus a couple of pics of the sunporch windows which Dave installed and are beautiful 6 foot tall and triple pained!
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