My Bathroom Renovation.......in progress! It's so odd to see it with no wallpaper. But even in this state, it looks worlds better than it did with the flower/stripe vomit that was there.
What used to be a blog about experiencing the places and cultures of the world has morphed into one of living in my adopted home of Wyoming.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Sunday, March 12, 2006
This one's for you, Alan!! I have not cut my hair short, and while you can't really tell from this shot, it's a little more red now, *wink wink*. Luck o' the Irish and all that! Kathmand decided to jump up just as the shutter opened. Believe it or not, those are the stairs to the upstairs to the left of the shot.
This weekend I got a very little bit of yardwork in. I had an appointment for a tree trimmer / landscaper to come on Saturday, and he never showed up or called. That may be incredible on its own, but this is the fourth service call that has opted not to show up for work. I just don't understand these local service providers; they have no idea what "service" really is. Anyway, here are some mystery flowers in the front yard. They are pretty but it'd be my luck for them to be weeds. There is some landscaping done in the front that had a good wood chip mulch layer at one time; I'll need to tidy that up. Under the mulch they laid the anti-weed fabric like material, which the squirrels have dug up in many places.
Last weekend I noticed some mud that looked suspiciously like a drain leak. Turns out it was. I had the plumber over while I was out of town; he was able to repair it without ripping it up and replacing it. Turns out they use ball and spigot type clay piping here, and at the joints, tree roots like to wiggle in for a drink. The plumber didn't think it had been snaked out for some time, he got feet worth of enmeshed roots. All's flowing well now, though. If I hadn't made a yard check on that side of the house I would never have known I had a leak. Kind of scary. Anyway, this is the west side of the house - the direction that storms come from - and it has no gutters. So the rain that runs off the roof just drops straight down, and splashes up along the stonework along the crawl space. I'm going to have that pressure washed when I have the gutters installed. The previous owners never cease to surprise me with some of the little things that they opted not to do (and some of the big things they did poorly).
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