around the house
Early Spring Saturday
We started out with back-to-back games with the Boy. They won the first game 2-0 (I think -- maybe it was only 1), but lost the second game 1-2. They scored first, but on the very next possession, the opposing team equalized. They scored one more in the second half to pull ahead. We had one shot that hit the goal uprights but didn't go in, and we had about 4 more close shots on goal, but none of them went in.
In the afternoon, it was yardwork.
Yesterday and Today
Saturday in the Basement
The renovation is almost done -- just the floor and outlets remain...
Saturday in the Yard
Today was the first Saturday we really spent in the yard this nearly-spring. We still have a few days to go until the official start of spring, but it feels like spring.
I spent most of the early afternoon working one little bit of our yard — our newest flowerbed.
For most of the rest of the day, I didn’t really take the time to snap any pictures. It wasn’t until the end of the day, after dinner, when we were out for walk that I thought to take a few more shots.
All of them with my phone. The truth is, I use a camera less and less often. In fact, this evening I experiment with writing the whole post on my phone. I got to about here, but then switched.
And this is just another bit of nonsense to keep a ridiculous streak going…
Final Room
Soon, very soon, we will have renovated in one form or another every room in the house.
The only thing we can do more is an addition.
Which will not happen
Our Basement
We’re in the midst of — at least theoretically — our final renovations. The guest bath is almost done: we just have the tile work to complete (or rather, to have completed).
The basement, though, is another story…
New Desk
K has decided to return to surveying. She’s landed a work-at-home gig that pays quite well without the moral stresses the current real estate market is putting on her. The things you have to recommend to your client these days to get a winning bid just feel too morally questionable to her, and then there’s the stress of working, working, working, and not even knowing if you’ll get paid (i.e., your client will have a winning offer).
Part of working at home involves creating a new work space, with a fancy dual-monitor display system on an adjustable desk.
We got most of it set up tonight.
Shed
It finally arrived.
Extra storage!
A new home for the lawnmower, bikes, and gardening nonsense.
Snow Days 2022 — Day 5: What We Thought Was Our Last Day
The snow is disappearing. We thought today would be the last e-learning day with everyone at home, but apparently, the threat of snow tonight was enough to make tomorrow another e-learning day. A whole week spent at home. That's a blessing in many ways, but tough on some kids, no doubt.
Not our kids, though.