Anna's World

Deck Extravaganza!!!

2008-08-24T16:23:00.010-04:00

A team of my craziest and most handy friends hit my house on Saturday morning for a deck building extravaganza!!! We finished everything but the rail cap and the stairs because we ran out of wood. The only near disaster was when Brandon threw the OPEN exacto knife at Steve (the builder) and sliced his finger open. Killing the builder...not good for the plan!!

The way the day started...posts and a pile of wood.

This is a snake hole. Hopefully the snakes are now GONE!!!

Did I mention that Steve post holed right through my drain pipes for the downspouts? Twice? Kevin, Scott and Roger did some lovely ditch work to cut out the bad pipe and splice in new stuff. Rob is supervising here...

Still supervising...

Kevin and Steve still working on the piping!!

Brandon and Roger felt left out of the pipe fixing, ditch digging fun so they decided to break their own pipe while moving the sat dish. Hooray!! More pipes to fix!!!

Scott with a Sawzall. Anyone frightened?

Brandon...he fixed the pipe!

Steve and Kevin make sure that the first boards go in perfectly.

Kevin...I'm done now! Bring me a beer!!
Hey, whata happens if I whacka the Roger?
I make this look gooooood!
Railings going UP!!!Done for the day! Please don't fall off the deck!

So pretty!!!

I love it, I love it, I love it, I LOVE IT!!!

Me on my deck!! Hooray!!!

Me and Brandon

A Girly Day!

2008-03-16T02:23:00.003-04:00

I had a wonderfully girly day! A friend of my parent's gave me a table they didn't need and I found these wonderful craft organizers for my scrapbooking stuff and wah-lah! Craft room!! Hooray! I am now uber-organized and have a place where I can leave my projects out and I can close the door! I am sooooo excited!!! Hooray!

My First Blizzard

2008-03-16T02:10:00.004-04:00

I got to experience my first blizzard at my new house! First we had an ice storm - which knocked out my power so I had to stay in a hotel - and then we got over 20" of snow. It was AWESOME!!!! I even got to use my snow shoes for the first time since moving to Ohio! Hooray!!

Usually the mailbox is higher than my shins...about 2 feet higher than my shins!!

Snow, wonderful snow, I love snow!!

Did I mention we got a lot of snow?? If I had thought this through I would have posed with a shovel and called my guy friends to tell them how wimpy they are! :o) Alas, I was too busy balancing the camera on the garbage can and then trying to run in snow shoes over to the huge pile of snow. Snow plow guy - $400 a year. Never having to shovel and getting to laugh at all your friends? - Priceless!

Thoughts on Being a Grief Companion

2008-02-01T11:21:00.000-05:00

This was posted on a young widow board and I felt that it was a wonderfully eloquent way of expressing how those of us who have experienced deep grief feel as well as being something many of us wish our family and friends understood.

"Alan Wolfelt has given considerable thought to the role of a grief “companion.” According to Wolfelt, being a Companion is about:

• Honoring the spirit – it is not about focusing on the intellect
• Curiosity – it is not about expertise
• Learning from others – it is not about teaching them
• Walking alongside – it is not about leading
• Being still – it is not about frantic movement forward
• Discovering the gifts of sacred silence – it is not about filling every painful moment with words
• Listening with the heart – it is not about analyzing with the head
• Bearing witness to the struggles of others – it is not about directing those struggles
• Being present to another person’s pain – it is not about taking away the pain
• Respecting disorder and confusion – it is not about imposing order and logic
• Going to the wilderness of the soul with another human being – it is not about thinking you are responsible for finding the way out.

In looking at models surrounding grief and loss, Wolfelt believes we are confronted with three forces that might be framed as risks:

Risk #1: In our culture, the predominant bereavement care model for the bereaved is a medical model: assessing, diagnosing, and treating grief as an illness.

Risk #2: That bereavement caregivers may mirror our culture by supporting the quick-fix medical model approach to what is really a soul-based journey.

Risk #3: That bereavement caregivers see themselves as a separate class of “master” grief educators and counselors.

Wolfelt continues: I believe the limitations of our clinical, medical models are profound and far-reaching. Our modern understanding of grief all too often projects that for “successful” mourning to take pace, the person must disengage from the deceased and, by all means, “let go.” We even have all sorts of books full of techniques on how to help others “let go” or reach “closure.”

Our modern understanding of grief all too often conveys that the end result of bereavement is a series of completed tasks, extinguished pain, and the establishment of new relationships. In attempting to make a science of grief, we have compartmentalized complex emotions with neat clinical labels.

Wolfelt then goes on to state that a perfect state of reestablishment is impossible because:

A person’s life is changed forever after the death of someone loved.

The grief journey requires contemplation and turning inward. In other words, it includes sadness, anxiety, and loss of control. It requires going to the wilderness. Quietness and emptiness invite the heart to observe signs of sacredness, to regain purpose, to rediscover love, to renew life!

Searching for meaning, reasons to get one’s feet out of bed, and understanding the pain of loss are not the domain of the medical modes of bereavement care. Experience has taught me that it is the mysterious, spiritual dimension of grief that harbors the capacity to go on living until we, too, die.

Our current models desperately need a “supplement of the soul.” We need, as caregivers and as fellow travelers in the journey into grief, more life-giving, hope-filled models that incorporate not only the mind and body, but the soul and spirit."

A Dead Man's Chest - Pirate Murder Mystery Party

2008-01-27T02:28:00.001-05:00

The first annual murder mystery party is over with nothing left but incriminating photos, enough alcohol to keep the Marines happy and one helluva mess!!

Getting my house ready

Sir Percival and Elisabeth (John and Kelly) - such a lovely father/daughter team!

Mark and Mark as Captain Black Jack and Don Inigo

Deckhand Amy - Cutest deckhand to ever light brownies on fire!

Hayapitl and Toleleth - another cute father/daughter team!

Rick as Sawbones McGraw...a man with healing hands and way too much power!

Heather as the charming Tokeleth

Tokeleth and Bill Pistol (Mark) up to no good.

Tom (Alicia) and the Parrot (JP) - it's never too early to be a pirate!!!

Alice (Beth) and Captain Black Jack scheming...

Cris and Scott as Captain Nancy and Captain Hal...can both survive?

Linda as Blaise - the Fury's chef. Who needs a hook when you have a spatula?!

Sawbones and Bill, who has been healed!

Cutlass Annie and the Parrot (Anna and JP)

Deckhand Amy keeps us well fed and liquored up!

"Please take me on your boat...you're such a cute pirate..."

Tom (Alicia), the Parrot, Elisabeth, Alice and Blaise

Quentus (Nick), Bill and Sawbones (who seem to be together a lot...)

Hayapitl (Pete) and his fairly scary stick

Last Night

2007-12-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Jason's stone went in back in May but this is the first time I have been able to make the 8 hour trip out here to see it. It's beautiful - it's a blue granite from Norway that we picked out for our kitchen. We didn't get the kitchen but he got the granite.

I got to see it in the dark, with a deep misting, snowing, fog surrounding me and deadening the night noises. And I cried. This is the only place on earth where I talk to Jason and not God. I only make it here about 4 times a year but I feel like I can reach him here. It is as if we both meet at this memorial place and acknowledge the ending of our story. In this one place it seems to be okay to forget all of the good and bad in this future I work for--to just let it go and immerse myself in missing him, mourning my loss. I weep for the life he'll never know and the one I must now make my own. In this place, time matters naught - 2 minutes, 2 years, tonight the ragged edges of the wounds on my heart throb in agony. The 'why him's so closely kept under lock and key are set free in the night and play havoc with my heart. Tomorrow I will lock them back up, lay roses on the snow and get back to living. Tonight. Tonight I need him. I need him to share this burden of grief with me, for what we lost can only be understood between us.

The catharsis is complete and leaves me exhausted and stripped. I go in from the gentle snow to celebrate Christmas with his family. We laugh and smile and joke - the blessed healing is wonderfully apparent in our little family group. And yet...I am left with a question...how long can we sorrow so deeply? Will ever a time come that a lonely Christmas graveside visit on a hauntingly beautiful night could simply evoke loss and sadness and not a swift return to the day he was lost? Will sorrow always be soul deep?

I do not know. So I sleep and wait for morning.

Thanksgiving 2007

2007-11-25T21:05:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving was a fast and furious visit with family and friends!

Family

Anna and Caleb

Grandpa and Caleb

Gavin

Best Christmas present ev-a!

Eating like the big kids!

Caleb and Grandpa on the Wii

Come on, lemme play too!

Lookin' bad in Grandpa's hat!

Friends

Glen and Natalie reach for the sky!

Rachel and Natalie

Rachel

Natalie

Jean, Anna, Karen and Natalie

Frost on a Fall Morning

2007-11-06T09:28:00.001-05:00

Jason's Stone is In

2007-10-13T00:39:00.000-04:00

More House Pictures

2007-10-07T21:23:00.001-04:00

I still have a few boxes in some rooms (bedroom is still a mess) but for the most part I am pretty settled! Thank goodness!!!

Master Bedroom

Guest Room

Office

Upstairs Living Room

Main Floor

Kitchen

Summer is Over and the House is Done!

2007-10-02T21:12:00.000-04:00

The summer is over, I have moved into my house (mostly out of the boxes) and am currently in denial about my 3 acres of weeds. They are actually quite beautiful this time of year...yellow, purple and white flowers everywhere.

After being gently reminded (mercilessly nagged) by some of you, here are some updated pictures. I will include the upstairs pics with furniture after I clean!

Music Room

Great Room

Sunroom

Dining Room

Cat in a Wall

Master Bath

Master Bedroom

Kitchen (pre furniture)

Almost Done!! Almost Done!!!

2007-06-17T19:11:00.001-04:00

Two more weeks!!! Only two more weeks!!! Hooray!!!! Hooray!!!!! The carpet is in! Yay!

Looking into the kitchen/eating area

Upstairs - the wrought iron is in

My music room...getting a piano in just TWO WEEKS!!!

Out of the study into the great room

Sunroom

Great Room

Upstairs living room

Master Bedroom

Audrey Turns Two!

2007-06-17T19:08:00.000-04:00

Little Miss Monkey turned two this week! Happy Birthday!

Chapter 2 Family Picnic!

2007-06-17T18:30:00.000-04:00

Steve bravely hosted us for our family picnic! We got to meet several new people this weekend: Tonya and Haley from Indiana, Sondra, Rachel and Jonah from Indiana and Ian and three of his children from the Toledo area! Hooray!

Children Everywhere!

And More WidKids

Nathan, Chrissy and Luci

Sondra, Rachel, Steve and Tonya

Tammy and Mindy

Tonya and Anna

The Children are everywhere

Trim Painted, Paint Cut In and Counter Tops Installed!

2007-06-02T17:36:00.000-04:00

Hooray! The trim is painted, the paint color is cut in (look at the color around all the windows and doors) and the counter tops are installed!!! Hooray!

The music room will be very, very red!!

Looking towards the great room. The darker color around the edges is the true color.

Into the music room.

The sunroom.

Kitchen - I love the counter tops! Hooray!

Laundry room.

Master bedroom.

Master bath!

Upstairs living room. The whole upstairs is this orangy-peach color. It is darker than I wanted at first but the first color was masking tape beige - YUCK! The painter redid them...I feel so brave! :)Upstairs full bath.

Looking down the stairs.

Excavating, Trim Painting and Septic Systems!

2007-05-25T19:41:00.000-04:00

The grading is done and the driveway is cut.

Trim is installed and ready to be painted.

Hooray for septic systems!

Tile and Linoleum!

2007-05-16T23:25:00.000-04:00

The tile and linoleum is in...but covered in cardboard so nothing gets damaged! Yay! I almost have a whole house!

Sunroom flooring

Master bath

Cabinets, Painting and Trim!!! Hooray!!!

2007-05-10T23:04:00.000-04:00

Kitchen and Eating Area

They have installed my cabinetry, painted (most) rooms and begun the trim work!!! I am so excited!!!!

Master Bedroom

Guest Bath

Master Bath

Great Room

Kitchen

Staircase

Game Room

Sunroom

Great Room

Laundry Room

Kitchen

Drywall, A Basement and a Picnic with Friends!

2007-04-29T21:02:00.000-04:00

Last week I had my first picnic in my house. We started the festivities by having Kevin break in through my dining room window since my second set of keys *still* didn't work. Sam seems to approve of my house...mostly he likes the flags in my yard and all of the rocks!!

They spent the week taping and mudding my miles of drywall!

The basement floor has been poured and I finally got to walk on it. I am amazed at just how huge the basement feels!! Hooray!!

I Have a Real House!!!!

2007-04-10T21:18:00.000-04:00

The siding and drywall are pretty much DONE!!!! It feels like a real house!!!!! Hooray!!!!

Still missing a bit of trim but not much!!!

Great Room

Into the kitchen.

From the kitchen.

Master Bedroom

Into Master Bedroom

Looking up the stairs
From the stairs, sunroom and eating area
Back of the house

Siding and Walls! Siding and Walls! SIDING AND WALLS!!!!

2007-04-06T19:27:00.000-04:00

Okay, so neither the siding nor the dry wall is complete but it is getting close!!! Hooray!!! Hooray!!!

Here is the house with siding and trim (neither done). There is also snow...welcome to Cleveland.

Drywall is covering the windows in a lot of these pictures. Here is the kitchen and sunroom (on the left).

The corner shelf that I made them unframe! It used to be just framed in wall but I hated to waste all of that space!!!

The disaster that is my master bathroom!

Looking into the foyer from the great room. The dining room is unfinished still.

The back of the house!!

Insulation!!

2007-04-05T19:31:00.000-04:00

Here are pictures of the insulation! The dry wall is also almost done and so is the siding...I just don't have pictures yet!

Excerpts

2007-04-05T00:18:00.000-04:00

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Moved by these words, I felt compelled to read the whole work. I find comfort in knowing that joy, laughter, sorrow, grief, despair and hope are shared by all -- from times gone by to times not yet begun. Perhaps in the lonely isolation of sorrow I seek the connectedness of spirit.

Here are some excerpts -- the work is long, some 95 sections, and can be found here: "In Memoriam", Lord Alfred Tennyson

In Memoriam, Lord Alfred Tennyson, 1849

Forgive my grief for one removed,
Thy creature, whom I found so fair.
I trust he lives in thee, and there
I find him worthier to be loved.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries,
Confusions of a wasted youth;
Forgive them where they fail in truth,
And in thy wisdom make me wise.

I held it truth, with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping-stones
Of their dead selves to higher things.

But who shall so forecast the years
And find in loss a gain to match?
Or reach a hand thro' time to catch
The far-off interest of tears?

Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown'd,
Let darkness keep her raven gloss:
Ah, sweeter to be drunk with loss,
To dance with death, to beat the ground,

Than that the victor Hours should scorn
The long result of love, and boast,
`Behold the man that loved and lost,
But all he was is overworn.'

IV
To Sleep I give my powers away;
My will is bondsman to the dark;
I sit within a helmless bark,
And with my heart I muse and say:

O heart, how fares it with thee now,
That thou should'st fail from thy desire,
Who scarcely darest to inquire,
'What is it makes me beat so low?'

Something it is which thou hast lost,
Some pleasure from thine early years.
Break, thou deep vase of chilling tears,
That grief hath shaken into frost!

Such clouds of nameless trouble cross
All night below the darken'd eyes;
With morning wakes the will, and cries,
'Thou shalt not be the fool of loss.'

V
I sometimes hold it half a sin
To put in words the grief I feel;
For words, like Nature, half reveal
And half conceal the Soul within.

But, for the unquiet heart and brain,
A use in measured language lies;
The sad mechanic exercise,
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er,
Like coarsest clothes against the cold:
But that large grief which these enfold
Is given in outline and no more.

VI
One writes, that `Other friends remain,'
That `Loss is common to the race'—
And common is the commonplace,
And vacant chaff well meant for grain.

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

VII
Dark house, by which once more I stand
Here in the long unlovely street,
Doors, where my heart was used to beat
So quickly, waiting for a hand,

A hand that can be clasp'd no more—
Behold me, for I cannot sleep,
And like a guilty thing I creep
At earliest morning to the door.

He is not here; but far away
The noise of life begins again,
And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.

XIII
Tears of the widower, when he sees
A late-lost form that sleep reveals,
And moves his doubtful arms, and feels
Her place is empty, fall like these;

Which weep a loss for ever new,
A void where heart on heart reposed;
And, where warm hands have prest and closed,
Silence, till I be silent too.

Which weep the comrade of my choice,
An awful thought, a life removed,
The human-hearted man I loved,
A Spirit, not a breathing voice.

Come, Time, and teach me, many years,
I do not suffer in a dream;
For now so strange do these things seem,
Mine eyes have leisure for their tears;

XVIII
Ah yet, ev'n yet, if this might be,
I, falling on his faithful heart,
Would breathing thro' his lips impart
The life that almost dies in me;

That dies not, but endures with pain,
And slowly forms the firmer mind,
Treasuring the look it cannot find,
The words that are not heard again.

XXV
I know that this was Life,—the track
Whereon with equal feet we fared;
And then, as now, the day prepared
The daily burden for the back.

But this it was that made me move
As light as carrier-birds in air;
I loved the weight I had to bear,
Because it needed help of Love:

Nor could I weary, heart or limb,
When mighty Love would cleave in twain
The lading of a single pain,
And part it, giving half to him.

XXVII
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods:

I envy not the beast that takes
His license in the field of time,
Unfetter'd by the sense of crime,
To whom a conscience never wakes;

Nor, what may count itself as blest,
The heart that never plighted troth
But stagnates in the weeds of sloth;
Nor any want-begotten rest.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

XXXII
Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers,
Whose loves in higher love endure;
What souls possess themselves so pure,
Or is there blessedness like theirs?

XXXIV
My own dim life should teach me this,
That life shall live for evermore,
Else earth is darkness at the core,
And dust and ashes all that is;

LXXXII
For this alone on Death I wreak
The wrath that garners in my heart;
He put our lives so far apart
We cannot hear each other speak.

Parents Come to Visit! Hooray!

2007-04-02T10:02:00.000-04:00

My parents made a surprise trip down to see the house! Hooray!

Note the stylish yellow boots!

Nice shot of the back of the house!

Friends Come to Visit!

2007-03-29T21:37:00.000-04:00

Amy, Steve and Elise came to visit my casa in the mud!

Amy and Elise in my kitchen!

Steve checks out my spacious basement.

Elise and I have a glamor shot in front of the house!

The Roof is Shingled and the Wires are Dangling!

2007-03-24T21:31:00.000-04:00

The shingles are done! I love them!

Many switches in the bathroom! Hooray for power!!!

Wires and Plumbing and HVAC, OH My!!!

2007-03-21T23:37:00.000-04:00

Windows and Doors!

2007-03-18T21:55:00.000-04:00

I have windows and doors!! Hooray!!!!

Sunroom

Foyer

Great Room

House!!

I also got to spend the weekend with my friend Karen and her family. I tried to wrestle her 2 year old, Rachel, into a picture but she was a little squirmy!

Two Floors! I Have Two Floors!!

2007-03-09T20:22:00.000-05:00

I have two whole floors now and the whole house will be done by Monday!! Hooray!!! Hooray!!! The upstairs was completed but I couldn't go up there--no stairs. I thought they may frown upon me dragging out their ladders and climbing up the house! I considered it though. :) The only down side was the shoe-sucking mud I had to traipse through! :)

Looking out to the sunroom.

The front door/entry way.

The upstairs...I so wanted to go up there!

The Great Room

Great Room

Looking into the kitchen-sunroom to the left.

I HAVE A (part of a) HOUSE!!!!!

2007-03-06T20:30:00.000-05:00

Hooray!!! At long last I actually have some walls!! Hooray!!! I was able to walk around and feel the space. There are still walls (and the entire upstairs) missing but in less than a week I should have a whole house!! Now I am sooooo excited!!!!

Front of house (missing study on left side)

Standing in front of the sunroom windows.

Standing in my front door.

By fireplace, in front of Great Room windows. Wall missing! :)

A Few New Zealand Pictures

2007-02-27T00:12:00.000-05:00

Here are just a few pictures from our fabulous trip to New Zealand!! To see a slide show with more pictures go to The Great Kiwi Adventure.

The Big Dig Begins!

2007-02-20T20:38:00.000-05:00

At long last, through the snow and sub-zero temperatures, the dig has finally begun on my home! Hooray!!! The forms are in, walls are poured! They even moved my one, lonely little tree so that he wouldn't be smashed to smithereens!

New Tattoo!!!

2007-02-19T20:40:00.000-05:00

Hooray! I just got back from New Zealand and I got my tattoo when I was there!! Here is a picture of it...

Happy New Year!

2007-01-07T01:11:00.000-05:00

Christmas was a success! The weather remained lovely and I got the opportunity to visit my families in different states and also several friends. It was a well needed break. Justin also managed to turn 15...which is frightening close to 16!

Anna and Caleb

Family

Shanna and Gavin

Gavin and Grandpa

Caleb starts his treasure hunt in his new shows!

Jan and Justin

Proof that Justin now has clothes *without* holes (much like my land)

Tom and Jan check out their new-fangled digital camera!

No, No Hole Yet...

2006-12-18T00:27:00.000-05:00

But the house is staked!!! Steve came out to walk the floor plan with me...in between he made me some air dinner and played a little air piano!!! Oh, I can't wait until the excavation process begins!!

Stakes in the Snow

Steve plays piano in the study

And cooking a virtual dinner...the only kind he ever makes!

And us!

Flaming Fractals

2006-12-01T14:02:00.000-05:00

Here are 50 pretty amazing shots of flaming fractals!

Videos to Make You Laugh

2006-11-28T20:59:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of videos that are, imho, hysterical. White and Nerdy is by Weird Al and may just be a theme song but The Evolution of Dance is for anyone who ever listened to bad music--watch the whole thing!

Poor Wolverines...

2006-11-18T22:57:00.000-05:00

Alas, the Wolverines were taken down by the Bucks...so very, very sad! A good time was had by all though!

OSU fans are not known for their fashion sense or great hair...

Herman turns to technology to help him view the game on Rich's 11" TV screen.

Spoiled Kitty or Stupid Owner?

2006-11-12T01:10:00.000-05:00

I spent $159 on a litter box today and I just know it was a totally reasonable purchase. I have been trying to explain to Bianca (my kitty) that it is an early Christmas present for her and that she is a very lucky kitty! It plugs in! It has a clock! It cleans itself! How could she not wax rapturous in her delight to have such a modern gizmo? She, however, refuses to see reason. She keeps talking about the rake of death that is automatically triggered every time she leaves the box and that she can't tell time anyway.

So maybe it is a gift for me! Auto-clean and auto-torture! Gotta love technology! :)

Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars

2006-11-12T01:03:00.000-05:00

Who knew that NASA designs their space expoloration equipment to be gender specific!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54360

Isn't He Cute?

2006-11-06T20:55:00.000-05:00

I got to spend the weekend with my nephew. Isn't he adorable?

Isn't he rotten? That is a look of pure trouble!

Mommy and Gavin!

Cute and he knows it!

Cancun - October 2006

2006-11-02T11:12:00.000-05:00

The Cancun trip was fabulous!!! Here are a couple of photos to make you all very jealous! Alas, we are back to reality now! Our New Zealand trip is only 3 months away!!!!

Fabulous Local Muscians!!

2006-10-26T23:29:00.000-04:00

For a wonderful family holiday experience, check out the local sounds of Searchlight Ensemble!

Searchlight Ensemble is a 7-member instrumental/vocal Christmas group founded by Christopher First and Michael Papatonis. Their music is a collection of contemporary Christmas instrumental and vocal pieces. The concerts include selections from their CD along with narration and audience participation. The ensemble is made up of professional studio and orchestral musicians who perform everything from rock instrumentals to acoustic/classical compositions. Some of the pieces even have a Celtic flavor. Searchlight also gives the audience numerous opportunities to participate and sing their favorite Christmas carols. Their goal is to bring Christ back into Christmas time through enjoyable family oriented entertainment.

Oh the Things We Do to Kitty!!

2006-10-26T22:08:00.000-04:00

Poor kitty, kitty! I don't know who has such tolerant cats...Bianca won't pose nicely!

Oh Happy Day!!!

2006-10-26T19:23:00.000-04:00

I closed today!! Hooray for me!!!! It's official, signed, sealed and delivered!!! Let the digging begin!! As many of you suggested, we'll have to have a dirt party soon! Bring your own lawn chair and s'more supplies!!!

Second Floor

First Floor

Aerial Photo of Land

2006-10-25T20:23:00.000-04:00

Yes, more pictures!! My house will be about 200' from the road (roughly in between the two neighbors!).

Geeks and Guns

2006-10-25T09:58:00.000-04:00

It's old but it's one of my favorites! This is what happens when you mix Geeks and Guns! You'll need the sound on your computer for this one.

Pictures of My Land!!! Hooray for Me!!!!

2006-10-24T22:39:00.000-04:00

Hello All! Here are the very first pictures of my land!!! Hooray for me!!!!

Looking North and seeing the neighbor's grass!

Looking South - Lovely Weeds!!

Across the street!

My weeds! And my neighbors to the north!

My Land! My Land!!!

My Weeds! My Weeds!!!

More Land!

Okay, this isn't related but I needed to post this for someone! These are crocuses we planted on Jason's site!