Extreme Makeover
Thanksgiving Day was great as always. Mom always does a great job of fixing up everything down to the cranberry sause. Got together with my whole family and enjoyed some good family time. Even Grandma Cline was there. After lunch we watched a video from the trip my parents took on their Alaskian cruise. The kids played video games and ran around the house. My only regret is that I didn't get to watch any football... so much for traditions... :-)
On Friday, two of my wife's sisters came down for the weekend to help decorate and buy things for the house. And boy-oh-boy did they ever... I felt like one of those people on Extreme Home Maker TV show. They went out shopping on Friday afternoon around 2pm and didn't come home until after 7pm. Then we hit it again on Saturday. One of them is an excellent seamstress and made some new living room curtains to match our new "look". They told me it was the "French Country" style... whatever that means. She's also going to make some new dining room curtains, but the material had to be ordered, so it's being shipped to her address and she'll have them ready for Christmas. We had a really nice time with them, but I think we wore them out with all the shopping! HA!
Yesterday (Mon., 11/29th), the furiture store brought some lamps and was going to bring a new entertainment center for the living room (but it was damaged in transport, so they took it back). They also took back one chair we had bought and the downstairs entertainment center which turned out to be too big for the downstairs. We also had the guys move the couch & loveseat that we had just bought (which was downstairs) upstairs and our old couch, loveseat and recliner downstairs. Just glad I didn't have to move it. We may not get our new entertainment center until January as the other one they had in stock had a slight crack in the wooden leg, so they will have to order a new one. The salesman at the store told us that this is the time of year that all the funiture manufacturers take off for the holidays and vacations for the year. So any orders will be delayed until after January 8th... Anyway, it's been a little crazy lately with all the funiture moves...
Also, last Friday, we noticed the arched window in our bedroom was all cracked. AHH! It was the inside pane of glass too. Eariler in the day, there were tree service guys out there removing one of our neighbor's trees. My guess is that the loud noise of the tree chipper and stump grinder vibrated enough to crack the window. A guy from the glass company is coming out today to measure and give us an estimate on replacing that.
The previous owners of the house still haven't gotten the various items fixed that they were suppose to have done when we bought it. Plus, we still have their pool table and piano... Hopefully....one of these days... it'll all be taken care of and over with...
As far as sports over the weekend... Hooray for the local college b-ball and football teams and a double hooray for our local high school football teams that won state championships. One small 2A school won their very first state title (Blair Oaks beat Cameron 27-26) with an undefeated season. Congrats! The local pro football teams were a different story though.... Always next year I guess!
Blessings!
On Friday, two of my wife's sisters came down for the weekend to help decorate and buy things for the house. And boy-oh-boy did they ever... I felt like one of those people on Extreme Home Maker TV show. They went out shopping on Friday afternoon around 2pm and didn't come home until after 7pm. Then we hit it again on Saturday. One of them is an excellent seamstress and made some new living room curtains to match our new "look". They told me it was the "French Country" style... whatever that means. She's also going to make some new dining room curtains, but the material had to be ordered, so it's being shipped to her address and she'll have them ready for Christmas. We had a really nice time with them, but I think we wore them out with all the shopping! HA!
Yesterday (Mon., 11/29th), the furiture store brought some lamps and was going to bring a new entertainment center for the living room (but it was damaged in transport, so they took it back). They also took back one chair we had bought and the downstairs entertainment center which turned out to be too big for the downstairs. We also had the guys move the couch & loveseat that we had just bought (which was downstairs) upstairs and our old couch, loveseat and recliner downstairs. Just glad I didn't have to move it. We may not get our new entertainment center until January as the other one they had in stock had a slight crack in the wooden leg, so they will have to order a new one. The salesman at the store told us that this is the time of year that all the funiture manufacturers take off for the holidays and vacations for the year. So any orders will be delayed until after January 8th... Anyway, it's been a little crazy lately with all the funiture moves...
Also, last Friday, we noticed the arched window in our bedroom was all cracked. AHH! It was the inside pane of glass too. Eariler in the day, there were tree service guys out there removing one of our neighbor's trees. My guess is that the loud noise of the tree chipper and stump grinder vibrated enough to crack the window. A guy from the glass company is coming out today to measure and give us an estimate on replacing that.
The previous owners of the house still haven't gotten the various items fixed that they were suppose to have done when we bought it. Plus, we still have their pool table and piano... Hopefully....one of these days... it'll all be taken care of and over with...
As far as sports over the weekend... Hooray for the local college b-ball and football teams and a double hooray for our local high school football teams that won state championships. One small 2A school won their very first state title (Blair Oaks beat Cameron 27-26) with an undefeated season. Congrats! The local pro football teams were a different story though.... Always next year I guess!
Blessings!
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