December 2017

This will be our last blog until 2018… Wow! Hard to believe 2018 is just around the corner… This has been quite a year. When we arrived in April, we only had heat in our third-floor bedroom. Here it is December 2017 and we only have heat in our third floor bedroom… For those of…

Well, another busy day at TranquilityCollege. John and his crew finished installing the cabinets in our primary kitchen. And, are now designing the cabinets for our bakery…Bert and his sons have a boiler being delivered this morning and are bringing a temporary heater to warm the first floor a little bit while they install the…

Busy day! We had Bert and his sons under the floors installing heating; we had John, Lothar, and Seth installing our wonderful Herrl Woodcraft cabinets; and, we had Steve, from Modern Electric (no website), installing outlets in our primary kitchen and wiring for our dishwasher.Up and down I ran… good cardio. Heart rate returned to normal in…

First, I must thank my friends Tracey and Minor for sharing some of their snow accumulation with us. Today we have moderate wet snow falling… possibly 5 inches… Whew! So much happening yesterday. Much of my time was spent waiting… waiting… then, waiting some more for problems to be solved while holding the phone. Our…

Before I address news about our cottage, I want all our friends and family in California to know our thoughts and prayers are with all of you! Please stay safe! Each day seems to bring new surprises. Joe and Randy put the railings on the stairs to the basement. Stairs… Railings… exist! We now have…

NO… not the walls… but the CEILING came tumbling down… Surprise! Yesterday, there I was minding my own business, going through my step session in our bedroom… when BOOM! CRASH!It sounded as if the cottage had fallen down! Right inside our home… My first concern was… is Scott safe… are Joe and Randy safe… I…

Well, we had a busy Friday. Another Estate Sale had items Scott needed and we both wanted. This one was one run by Empire Estate Sales and it was in Saratoga Springs. It started at 8 o’clock in the morning. That meant early rising. The advantage we had was that we know this road.And yes, we bought…

Wednesday night, as Scott and I were going over the finishing touches needed to complete our warm romantic primary kitchen, we made an absolutely horrible discovery. The beautiful tile we had picked out for our backsplash was prohibitively expensive for the amount of tiles we needed for our primary kitchen. The backsplash with those magnificent…