Little of This, Little of That

This blog must be magic. Just hours after I blogged about losing Freckles' toys on a regular basis, one of his toys showed up. Somehow Barb found his little cat-nip filled mouse tucked between a club chair a coffee table and a wall. We still have not found the mouse yet this morning though...hmmm.

It's a busy day today. The contractors are entering their third day of work on our back decks this morning. They're doing a good job, and working hard. Last night we took a little stroll out back to check out their work and everything's looking great so far.

The three decks out back have been in miserable shape since we moved into this house and it's been on our shortlist for that entire time to have them repaired. It will probably not all be entirely finished by Easter. But it will be close. The final stage will be replacing the ground level deck with stone pavers. That will really be the icing on the cake. It looks like it's coming together as envisioned, and will be a tremendous improvement.

I wanted to do a lot of this work myself. But...with the excitement of the past year, I'll just be happy to have it done.

We're adding a car to the family today also, Granny's 1987 Oldsmobile. Barb has shown interest in learning to drive this Spring and it seems a perfect match, a good car for her to learn on. The idea of her starting out on the manual 6-speed FJ Cruiser seemed a little intimidating to me, and to her.

And we're going to start in motion a front window replacement today. When you have a 200-year-old house all work is a little interesting. There is no such thing as a right angle anywhere in this house.

When I was out with the contractors yesterday one worker claimed, "This deck flares out a little bit." I laughed and said, "This whole house flares out a little bit." You either love it or it drives you mad. I love the quirkiness of it all, and the long history of the house.

To top things off today, the rebirth of Albert Design Studio is now official. A printer in Harrisburg called to ask if we would design a web site for them. It should be a perfect job to get the ball rolling again, and a good client for Barb to gain experience interacting with design clients.

So it's saws and calls, new windows and old cars, things will be bustling at 31 West Market Street today.

And hopefully within the next hour or two Freckles' toy will present itself again.