Sometimes things just hit ya

Friday marks the 1 year of being here in this house. It is hard to imagine it, but a full year has gone past. A lot has been done and accomplished, and a few more things need to happen. Most importantly, it feels great to be back over here on the east coast.

Sometimes a little piece of your raising or up-bringing will sneak up on you. Like this evening, over a nice salad and piece of steak, there we were having a really nice conversation. Talking about work, about friends, about us. All at the dinner table. We have never really spent much time at the table for meals because it never really felt like the place to eat. But now it does. The kitchen is tied in to the dinning room, making it feel warm and welcoming. That is how I grew up. I learned and communicated with my family around the table. The table was always where the day was discussed, homework was finished, and weekends were planned. It's a very important part of the house.

Down for the count-

Just my luck. Gauley Season is coming up and I am going to be down for the freakin count for the first couple of weeks. I gave myself a Hernia a week ago and am going in for surgery tomorrow. YEah!

Sandy and I finished putting the tile down for the bar tops today. We went for the basic, bright white, subway tile. It looks really nice with the natural light that comes in and with the overhead cans that shine down. We didn't want flashy, so this is going to be just right.

I hope to get up and running in about 3 weeks or so. There are still a couple of little things that need to happen before we can call it complete and have everyone down / up for thanksgiving!

Slowing it down-

The past couple of weeks have been really slow for us. With the countertops in and the appliances working, we are starting to cook more, work less. We have tiled 1/2 of the bar tops and completed a small portion of the trim work. Eric and Isaac will be coming over next week to finish the trim.

The old house is a lot of fun. It has more character than you could shake a stick at. Here is a pic of our bathroom floor.

The first time I saw that I about fell down. ( Not really, but it is sorta like a 3-d drawing) There are a couple of houses on our street that have something similar. We know of somone up in DC that has the same exact pattern with the gray part in the middle.

Who is Who?

I know that some family is reading this on a regular basis, but is there anyone else out there?

Just curious