View of shed from a distance.
View towards the east from our clearing.
No one except Andy went up this week. Joe and his crew had planned to go up Monday, but it was way too cold. It’s warmed up since then so if he doesn’t come up tomorrow we’ll phone Steve to find out what’s happening. Greg, the photovoltaic fellow, was planning to start installing the solar panels today but his schedule changed and he now plans to go up December 20-23. It doesn’t matter because the batteries won’t come until the first week in January. He plans to finish the installation then.
So Andy and I went to Santa Fe to talk to talk to a designer about our kitchen and bathroom. We felt comfortable with him so the next step is to figure out the appliances we want, get their measurements, then go back to the designer with the house plans and details. We weren’t looking forward to this step but it shouldn’t be too bad now that it’s clear exactly what we need to do. We actually got farther along today than we expected. We do know from experience that taking the first few steps is usually the hardest. I will let you know!
How was your week?
Snow looks pretty. We had a few flakes earlier in the week. The only place I saw any sticking the next morning was our deck, roof and part of the yard. Further down the
mountainhill, there was no indication of any snow. It’s been colder than normal for this time of year and, with that and the cold rain earlier in the week, the roads are cold enough that it wouldn’t take long for snow to start sticking if we were to get a storm. It’s unusual for us to have a white Christmas, but we’ve had at least 2 in the last 5 years, as I recall.Our week? Dryer on stacked washer dryer failed and we had been planning to replace it with a side by side set. So I’ve got the washer dryer out on the front porch waiting for haul off while renovating our tiny laundry room with new shelves, etc. The new set is supposed to be delivered this afternoon (12/9/2011).
I looked at Tammy’s remark in Cheerful Monk to recall where everyone is from. Mike- NE in U. S.? Evan- Australia. Cathy in NZ (thanks Cathy). Tammy- California. Jean & bikehikebabe in New Mexico. For weather reports we need to know where.
(Tom is calling me to get ready to go to a luncheon.)
whats that song…from the “Sound of Music” about high the hill stood the lonely goat herd.
that’s what your shed looks like…little lost boy in the midst of a burnt forest with snow 🙂
we have just one glorious day, then a second glorious day rapped in humidity +++, today at this point windy and overcast…
even though the weather god has been weird and uncertain…I’m sure Santa won’t be mean and not give him a nice sweetener on the 25th!
It was a pretty nice week for me. No dramas. Spending lots of time thinking about making an income from blogging – not something I am naturally good at – so lots to learn.
A very placid week for me. Good that slowly things are falling into place for you.
Mike,
A friend suggested we get a stackable washer-dryer for the cottage/cabin, but we decided it wasn’t a good use of space. We’ll do our laundry down here. We’ll have a lot of windows but not much storage. It should be interesting.
Why are you switching to side-by-side models? Because they have more capacity?
bikehikebabe,
I think Mike’s in Arkansas and tammy’s in Oklahoma.
Cathy,
Yes, the lonely goatherd. That does describe the little shed.
Evan,
Good luck on getting an income from blogging. It’s nice to have an independent source of income. I value my autonomy too. Please let us know how it goes.
Rummuser,
Placid can be good. Hope you had plenty of pleasure too.
We had gone with the stacked — it was a single combination washer dryer with the dryer on top — for space considerations eight years ago. I wish we had put a little more thought into it. It actually made things more cramped with the geometry of the small room and the cabinets we also installed. Now the cabinets are gone, relegated to the shop, and the new washer and dryer are in with new Rubbermaid wire shelving above them and on one side wall, making the room much more open and airy. The stacked washer dryer was also hard to work with. The washer was on the bottom, but it was a top loader, so the lid only went open about 45 degrees. The new units are larger capacity and much more techie 21st century.
Yes, we live in west-central Arkansas, in the Ozarks.
Mike,
We were going to something similar. We were going to save space by putting in a shower instead of a tub with shower. It turns out to keep the shower from feeling too cramped we would have lost space where we needed it most. Who would have guessed? Bless Steve for warning us about the cramped feeling. There are so many details it helps to talk with as many people as we can. Kaitlin and Torben are a big help because they recently remodeled.