Kathie on January 30th, 2008

The man scheduled to start the bathroom did not show up. He was to be there at nine, but called at one to say he could not come.  He is now scheduled to come on Saturday. If he does not, he does not have a job. It gets really frustrating.  The lumber for the back [...]

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Kathie on January 27th, 2008

We are excited! We have someone to do the second bathroom, and he is going to begin on Tuesday. I am hoping that means we will have a new bathroom by next week at this time. Also, next Saturday the other guy will begin the back deck. I cannot even imagine how [...]

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Kathie on January 24th, 2008

Well, the snow and ice are gone, except in our driveway. I think we are the only people the county that still have snow. I hope that means we are in a cool place for summer too.  Our pipes froze twice, but we now have the heat cord on them so hopefully it will not [...]

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Kathie on January 19th, 2008

If you have a weak stomach, do not read further…..
It is not really funny, but it is odd. Ann was sent home from work on Thursday, ill. They thought she had a flu bug, but yesterday Ann figured it was migraine. She was in great pain, and felt the pain localized in her [...]

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Kathie on January 13th, 2008

It seems I have worked all weekend. Ann’s brother Larry came over yesterday and today( Ann had to work), and together we:
#hung two doors
#trimmed out two doorways and three closet entrance ways
#hung two bi-fold doors
#and I. all by myself, put vinyl down in the laundry room
I think this is an amazing task for one weekend, [...]

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Kathie on January 9th, 2008

I have not written in a week.  Well, I am not writing now either…hahah..just checking in. We have until Monday to finish haning ….begin hanging the interior doors in the house. Seems the financing we are doing is demanding they be finished, along with some unfinished trim work and a laundry floor, before the underwriters [...]

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Kathie on January 2nd, 2008

We got an inch! I know my Michigan friends and relatives are saying, “Heck, an inch is nothing.”; but here an inch on a mountain roads shuts the town down. We were not suppose to have school today anyway, but it would have been closed if it was suppose to be open. It [...]

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Kathie on January 1st, 2008

This one of the cardinal is pretty good considering it was taken through the office window! They are beautiful birds, and they were my mom’s favorite.

I do not know what kind of bird this one is, but we have a lot of them.

This is the newly painted kitchen. The color is deceiving because it is [...]

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Kathie on January 1st, 2008

2008
My wish to all is a healthy and happy year.

We have a forecast for our first real snow today and into tomorrow. The weather channel says up to six inches, the local television stations says two. They are rarely right, so who knows what we will get. It might be seventy and sunny.
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