Replacing kitchen floor

These pictures capture the kitchen floor replacement. Start with old and ugly:

We removed the linoleum:

Next Charlie cut out the old stairs and put down the floor:

Charlie then made plugs, to cover up drill holes and plugged the holes:

Then he sanded and stained the floor:

What a difference!

Colonial House, 1 year later

We have come to our 1 year anniversary at the house. Here are some of the things we have survived:

-frozen pipe, fixed
-old garage roof, replaced
-shower temp issues, fixed
-owning a pool, we didn'tknow what we were doing, but we learned
-cold, snowy winter, expensive oil
-ugly kitchen floor - now completely redone!
-no period furniture, we bought antique furniture through auctions
-large tree branch falling on wires, power company came out, fixed and cut up
-squirrels in walls, we completed a successful "squirrel eradication program"

Some of the highlights:
-front door work, which took a lot of work, creativity
-new garage roof
-outdoor speakers for pool
-exersize room
-beautiful kitchen floor
-pool party, with fireworks
-thanksgiving dinner
-christmas party
-fires in the fireplace
-beautiful dining room set
-blueberry bushes

What's next
spring!
setting up a workshop in the garage
insulation
securing house from squirrel attacks

All in all, a very good year for our house.

Big Snow Early December

We have had a number of snow storms prior to Christmas, including last weekend's Nor'easter, where we picked up an additional foot!
Makes for a pretty Christmas house.

You can see the amount of snow next to the Charlie and his snow blower!

Inside, however, the fireplaces have been nice.

Summer flower pictures

Here are some photos from July, 2007. It has been a dry summer, with some heat/humidity, but overall, not too bad.

Here we have hydrangea that we bought this summer:

Next, echinacea - they really look great when they are all open:

We recently bought a Rose of Sharon. We had nice ROS at the old house, so it is nice to see it again:

Finally, the blueberries are ripe and ready. We use nets to keep the birds away.

mmmmm blueberries

New Garage Roof

Day 1 - We took the roof off of the garage, with help from Charlie's co-workers. I woke up early to find Charlie popping through the roof, starting demolition early.

Day 1 - The roof-demolition team women worked to clear debris and pull out old nails. The roof came off quickly, with help from Eugenia.

Day 2: Charlie and his friend Greg put up the plywood. This required acrobatic activity and spiderman-like abilities! As you can see, the weather was awesome for most of the weekend!

Day 3: Charlie put up all the shingles himself - I was the shingle distributor, bring him shingles up the ladder. We had neighbors who would drive by and yell "it's getting there!" to us from time to time.

Project #1 and #2

Project #1 was the weekend of our move. Charlie put up a tarp on the roof of the garage to keep it protected from the weather.




Project #2 was Easter weekend. We went out and bought some fixtures for the bathroom and then Charlie installed them (plus he cleaned a very gross toilet). I finished up the kitchen area, putting away things and cleaning the floor. We also had our first fire in the fireplace.

April snowstorm

Yes, it does snow in April in New Hampshire. We had more snow on the ground for Easter than on Christmas Day. Charlie got out the snowblower early one morning and did the driveway.