we are 2 today!

today is our second anniversary in blogville! i think i'll have a party!

thank you for visiting, reading, commenting and allowing me to do the same with all y'all!

xoxoxo

enjoy *insert appropriate noun*

seriously, have a great day tomorrow, my fellow americans! the MITM and i will be watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade, then some football and eventually wandering over to visit with our bff's for supper and give to thanks for family and friends.

another day in the life

windows are being replaced here. yep, the three palladium windows are being removed and temporary single pane windows are being installed. they'll be fixed and re-installed on wednesday. six of the lower single hung windows are also being replaced immediately. it seems the seals had sprung leaks and the interiors were all foggy (pretty technical description, eh?). lordy, i am boring myself! on to more exciting stuff!

the MITM will be home tonight from his hunting trip with captain chaos in south dakota which from now on will be referred to ask that place. check out the cap'n posts about the trip! he did take some good photos.

no pheasant, so i'm making a hearty beef and vegetable spoup for tonight!

1028 update:

i was over at scarlet's and read about the gender analyzer type in your blog url and find out if your gender is apparent from your style. there's a 60% chance that what you're reading right now was written by a woman, but it's "quite gender neutral."

(yes, the men are still working on the windows here! i am bored to tears!)

1621 update:

the lower windows are done, the palladium windows are off to be redone. just a solid piece of glass instead of the correct mullions.

from mr.moose i give you:

sunday

dive reminded me about where i was a month ago regarding this move. yep, we hadn't closed on this house, i was packing up the old house, the MITM wasn't home yet (and was dealing with his own set of professional lunatics/situations over in deepest, darkest africa and going equally as insane) and a host of other minor/major roadblocks that kept appearing along the way, so compared to all of that, things in the here and now are FANTASTIC!

i have to keep reminding myself, we've made a decision to plant ourselves permanently in the garden of good and evil, instead of living like houseplants - transient, movable, disposable and without roots in the ground.

we really are HOME.

1007 update:
i've been awake since 6 am and now i'm feeling as if i should be doing more than reading the paper, drinking coffee and watching sunday morning on cbs.


*ack* i think i've forgotten how to just be.

enough!

i don't want to unpack another thing!

i don't want to flatten another empty box!

i don't want to put one more thing away!

i'm tired.
i'm achy.
i hurt in places i had forgotten about.

so, MITM if you're reading this, there will be work to do when you get home.

i'm done until then.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful

... must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas Jefferson

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cap'n dyke has returned after a brief hiatus and requested that as many of her friends and followers post the following banner! go over read her blog and remember, once we deny the rights of any group because of our particular religious beliefs, we open the door to suppression of all rights for any reason.

wednesday and she finally gets around to answering friday's comments...

Eryl Shields said...

So many visitors! I'm so glad to hear you are in and MITM is back, and you'll never have to haul recyclables again. Well done, now the fun begins.

i fear it may be the beginning of an endless stream of repairmen, sugar ! but, you're right, now the fun begins! xoxo

mark said...

Progress is a beautiful thing. Just look at what you guys have accomplished in two weeks. You amaze me and I salute your talents. You know where you have been and you know where you are going. You are the fabric that makes this country great. Im very happy for you and I look forward to seeing the first gourmet meal cooked in the castle. Enjoy life my friends.

you're too kind, sugar!the MITM & i thank you for your good thoughts and support. xoxo

captain chaos said...

Good on ya, ya bastards! Is the addition for me and the mutt? You shouldn't have!

we figured it was the only way we'd be able to leave all y'all something to fight over after we're daid and gone! and no, the addition is for your grandmother! we have more than enough room for you and ghost! (and a fenced yard, too!!!)

tallulahbloom said...

Are you not just shattered? Although moving in is way more fun than moving out!

i'm getting there now, sugar! the MITM is off pheasant hunting with the #1 son, so i'm taking this unpacking show a tad biut slower! ;) xoxox

Kim Ayres said...

So long as the library is set up, you can lock yourself away and ignore everything else :)

well, it's almost done! and i am working on ignoring everything else anyway. xoxo

tony said...

We Had squirrels in our attic a few years back........they are a real pest.especially in Spring when all the babies appear.
Whats the position in The States? I UK it's a problem as they are classed as a "Protected Species" & not regarded (officially ) as "vermin".So....you cant get companies out to get rid of them as you would,say,mice.

the company is really and truly called "critter control," sugar! here in georgia you can trap and release away from your residence. our man thinks that it might be rats!!! so he set killer traps. so far, it seems as if he was able to seal all the entries to the attic and nothing was trapped inside.

PI said...

You are doing famously and I know you are sensible enough not to overdo it and give yourselves break periods every day. No sense in going to bed too exhausted to sleep.
All best wishes for a very happy home. What more do you need?

it's all coming together rather well, i must say, sugar! even with the MITM away, i've been able to keep plowing through the remaining boxes! he really was a darling to work so hard the few days he was home before the hunting trip! ;) xoxox

mago said...

Library, architect, bar ... the rest ... umh ... will follow.
Squirrels are nice. If you can not lock them out you'll have to look for a Trapper's handbook. In the library or on the web. Maybe the architect can design some squirrel housing device. What does a squirrel need? Ask LGS.

i'd rather use the attic for storage and not vermin housing, sugar! ;) xoxox

MJ said...

Where are your priorities?

Set up the bar!

done, done and done, sugar! the MITM took care of that detail already! xoxox

CyberPete said...

I'm with MJ on that one.

Bar and bed - that's you need!

*raises mojito*

absolutely in total agreement, sugarpie! xoxox

Kevin Musgrove said...

Squirrels = Stew pot fodder.

Think of the attic as a small farm unit. (-:

i'm not that southern, sugar! down here that call that brunswick stew! (welcome & thanks for stopping by!) xoxo

rockmother said...

Whew! You sound busy busy busy Mama. Look after yourself won't you xxx

moving in is almost worse than moving out, sugar! i am trying to stay sane, sugar! xoxox

TC said...

Suddenly I'm not so annoyed by the noise of my upstairs neighbors...

too funny, sugar! it is all relative, isn't it? xoxox

dive said...

You laid in that late?
Sheesh!
The fun really starts when you are shovelling squirrel-shit out of the attic.
I love moving house.

i really am a slacker, aren't i, sugar? re: the shoveling, that's part of the contract with critter control, they vacuum up the droppings! xoxox

Cap'n P said...

Aye, t'was the same th'last time I refitted the Thirsty Kipper. YYarrr t'was a chore to get all the chores done and paid for. Although, I pillaged back what I paid out for repairs. Tis the perks o'bein a pirate.

aye, cap'n, i knew you'd be understanding! xoxox

Manuel said...

crikey.......that's a months worth of callers....

and more cash going out than i like to think about, sugar! xoxox

scarlet-blue said...

I'm with MJ and Pete at the bar!
Sx

word veri: verisin
It's going to be one of those days...

that's why i love you, sugar! our priorities are always in sync! i do hope your days are getting better! xoxox

Conan Drumm said...

Well done. What, you've no time for pictures?! :)

thank you, sugar! i know! what's up with that??? i'l get the MITM to take pics when he gets home! xoxox

iSTVANSKi said...

No Jehovas Witnesses?
Jolly poor show.

not a one, sugar! i think we've already shown ourselves to be part of the godless masses or if nothing else, the already committed! ;) xoxox (glad you're back in blogville)

A.B. said...

You'll be all settled just in time to have Thanksgiving?

Yeah to recycling!

i think we're hiding out here at home eating sandwiches and watching football all day, sugar! and giving thanks we can! ;) xoxo

Have the T-shirt said...

I dunno, I think the library would be my first choice, you can just grab a bottle of wine and a glass before you settle in with a good book. You don't really NEED the bar as badly as the library.

Just my humble opinion.

it's all part of settling in, sugar! at this point, i need everything to kind of fall into place, even if it changes next month! i need ordered chaos... ;) xoxox

Scout said...

Boy, I don't envy the work ahead. Sorry. That's not very encouraging. We have squirrels sometimes, too, but can't get anybody to help get them out. We once had nearly 20 flying squirrels living in the attic.

every day is better than the day before, sugar! the critter control guy is almost sure he's sealed all the little buggers out! xoxox

CyberPete said...

We will make good room/housemates Scarlet. A bunch of lushes we are.

petey-pet, you make me laugh! thanks, sugar!!! xoxox

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so there it is! y'all are too fantastic for words. i love reading your comments and your blogs, it's just taking me a tad bit longer to get around to all y'all. i think that by next week, my time will be more of mine and less wrapped up in the house which is rapidly becoming HOME!