animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

not quite done

We painted our bedroom walls yesterday. This almost concludes the painting tasks for that room. Only the baseboard trim remains, but that will have to wait until we get new carpeting (hopefully by the end of the summer) as it will be easier to do at that point in time. …

first ride

Brian and I just took our first motorcycle ride of the season. He’s been out on his bike a few times, but this is the first chance we had to go out together. We took a ride to the Conemaugh Gap Scenic Overlook as I needed a photo for Do …

hvac

Add another skill to our list. Our house a/c has been broken since the fall. We scheduled an appointment to have it fixed last month, but the guy never showed up. Annoyed, I did a little research and found that the problem was probably a capacitor that needed to be …

paint

For someone who doesn’t like to paint, I sure find myself painting often enough. Today, I painted our upstairs bathroom (which is part of the overhaul of the upper floor of our house). I did a two-tone thing–a tan color and an off-white. It turned out nice–it looks so much …