I realized that most of my friends back in the States hear a lot about us working on the house, but don't really get to see many results.  Therefore, here is a quick few photos of what things look like at the moment (minus the currently messy kitchen).  Enjoy.

I'm feeling prouder of myself this weekend.  The house got more or less cleaned (Kate's a ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been so unresponsive lately.  I really appreciate the 'happy birthdays' earlier this week and I feel bad for not responding.  However, starting Monday, Kate and I have been in a state of intense (seriously) housework.  We've been pulling 14-16 hour days for the past 6 days and I haven't had the energy to do anything else ( Read more... )

I'm back at work now.  Kids never change.  I mean, individually, they do, but as a general group they are consistent in their virtues and faults.  Many still aren't listening and many are still cute and earnest as can be.  Ah well ( Read more... )

I was whining earlier about Kate having to go to work, but, really, life is quite good right now ( Read more... )

So, I finally got an interview.  Now I'm nervous.  It's next Friday and I'm doing a pre-visit on Tuesday.  It's not the easiest place to get to of the places I've applied, but not the hardest either.  Pretty much it's a bike-train-bike deal that'll take about an hour.  I'm still applying to more jobs.  About one a day since they all require a ( Read more... )

I think it may be because yesterday Kate and I made two trips to B&Q to bring home 21 bales of insulation, 21 boxes of tiles, 2 ginormous buckets of tile adhesive, 2 bags of grout, 2 masks, a tape measure, a small tin of baseboard paint, and, um, probably other stuff.  Kate also went back *again* because we had underestimated the amount of ( Read more... )

It's strange. I'm cold all over, but my knuckles feel particularly Arctic at the moment. Just thought the world should know ( Read more... )