Amy's Spectacular and Very Clean House

Here are the pictures I took at Amy's home. I'll give a good try at matching pictures with words, but you posters know it's a bit of a crap shoot how it will actually work out. So, if it DOESN'T work, you can figure it out on your own. Consider it a puzzle. READ FROM THE LAST PICTURE FIRST. I was too tired to reverse the order after all the pictures were added.

If I have my directions right, the bedrooms are going to get some nice good morning sun, and the living areas some nice sunsets. Do I have my directions right? Look at those nifty logs holding up the porch and in the roof.


If you've been playing along at home, you'll know which windows are in which rooms. You have been keeping track, right? Sorry about the big shadow. That's going to make for pleasant porch sitting but hard to take a picture in the morning.





From the living Room looking down the hall toward the bedrooms. Neat ceiling up there. Maybe a future loft? Think how interesting that will be for the people in the bathroom. . .











I was trying to stand back as far as I could, to get both porch posts in the picture. But, couldn't quite do it. In any case, this is what you get looking out the front door. Nice deep long porch, great view.



yuppers, tons of potential, and sort of like guard dogs to boot. Nice playroom, or studio, or ?






I couldn't control AA from jumping into this picture of the cellar. This was taken from the bottom of the steps, looking to the right. Tons of room for interesting development down here.




Kitchen: looking from the hall out the kitchen window. I didn't notice how the molding dips in front of the window until I saw the picture. Cool beans. Dishwasher potential to the left of the sink. Amy can look out over an expansive front yard from here.




Similar view but more from the hallway. I think I see a weird ghosty thing in the left middle. Maybe a previous house resident or something.








More of the living room. I should have investigated the started seedlings under the window. AA said no pics of the boxes but good grief, she just is moving in and it is the only sign of a normal human being living there that I could see :)



Living Room: If you're standing in the front yard looking at the house, the LR is on the right. This was taken from the kitchen (see the bit of counter?). The door is the front door. The windows to the left of the couch (AA! Did you misplace your couch??) look over the driveway and are basically over the cellar french doors. The floor is so clean it sort of hurts my eyes.


Kitchen: middle front of the house. Amy cooks in the hall, I guess, based on where the range is (kidding!). I hear the the range has been installed shortly after this pic was taken. Caution sign: bathroom. Fridge: freezer on bottom. (did you find the eggs?) This was actually the first picture I took, and the top picture is the last, so sort of think backwards. Unless that is difficult for you.

AA's new car. And, BB's new car.

all's well that ends swell. or something like that :)

The cake I made Jim for his birthday

At least the frosting I "made" (store bought) didn't MELT when I put the candles on (the one his mom made-she put ALL his candles on-the frosting melted. It was a gluten/milk free cake!!!) The "earbags" Jim's dad brought me back from his last business trip-they're so cool! They "clip" onto the ears-they don't hurt. It's hard to explain. They don't have any attachments, just metal built in so they "snap" onto the head. Em, you should really look for them, they're soooo coooll and only on your side of the pond!!

Don't laugh too hard!

Tarsha and me skiing at our conference we went to in the start of Feb. Hey, my suit may be from "Sallie's" but at least my friend can always find me on the slopes! ;)

Jim's Birthday at his Aunt's house, our new rental House (half a house)

Alliyia's baby boy

He's sooooo cute!!

Bike ride, part II

We ride three miles to the ballpark (we can see the fireworks from our balcony in the summertime) and run sprints in the empty parking lot. Jim wouldn't park his bike next to mine b/c he said "it's for handicapped only!" ;)
















The hotel we stayed in across the water when we first interviewed here. Who knew back then we'd be able to see our future apt. from our hotel room?

































Jim parking in the "non-handicapped" parking spots. ;)

Our Bike Rides on the rare weekend out....

On the fourteenth floor, before we head out (really, my head isn't THAt bright!:)

















The really nasty beach we see along the way. Yes, the water REALLY is brown, it's not a trick of the camera.














The MANY cranes we see out our balcony windows.













Along the inlet that our apt. sits on.









At our car with our apt. building behind us. I'm sure one of us forgot our gloves in Jim's car.

"time he put a ring on the finger he's wrapped around"

kudos to anyone who can source the post title ;-)















I'm sure this is all old news to y'all, but my internet phobic "little" bro (hereafter referred to as Big P) is getting hitched. And yes, we love her. Actually, you probably love her more than I do since I only met her twice! That's her in the front next to Carolyn, forming a buffer between my own inlaws and outlaws, (for those of you more out of the loop than myself).

Date: May 26
Location: the "land"
Guest list: grandparents, parents, sibs and their kids (sorry!!)
Registry: She says: "As far as house colors go, I think it's safest to describe them as "earthtones". I realize that's a bit vague, but I trust your judgment.. We are going to be using alot of brown tones(especially chocolate), sage, and I actually like deep mustard yellow as well.. I'm not sure how Pat feels about that one, but I'm sure he'll just shrug his shoulders and say, "whatever". haha."

She also says: "And before everyone asks, you can also add the comment that no, Pat did not pick out the ring- he didn't want anything to do with picking it out, and I didn't want him to have anything to do with it, either -haha aren't we perfect together.."

It would seem so!

Good News!

Jet Blue lost J's luggage on his flight to Vermont to see his gf, so they are replacing his lost stuff. That means new stuff in place of his very ragged few garments. Last time I saw him, his flip-flops were duct-taped together, to give you an idea of the condition of his wardrobe. Yay!