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Things around here have come to a screeching halt.  Tom is in the hospital.  On Wednesday he started having a lot of pain and thought he had...

I found this patio set on craigslist.  Had to drive to Dallas to get it, but I took Netta with me so the drive was fun and she helped me pac...

The A/C guys came on Monday and finally finished installing the A/C unit.  So now we have real heat, not that we need it today because it i...

We let our carpenter go this morning.  He was just doing shoddy work.  It's not like it was earth shatteringly awful, but why pay someo...

While fixing my breakfast this morning, I happened to glance out the kitchen window just in time to see a small coyote (about the size of a ...

So, I wasn't going to post pictures of the kitchen until it was all trimmed out and done, but I couldn't wait. Here's the peni...

That's what I am, fed up with these workmen that have no respect for our space.  The A/C guys still haven't finished the job.  They ...

Since I got no volunteers to put the cabinets together, Tom and I did it ourselves. Figuring things out. Coming together. ...

The apartment is painted.  Above is the wood for the trim, all of which has to be painted by moi before the trim carpenter can get started. ...

About a 15 or 20 minute drive from us is the biggest flea market in the country.  It's called First Monday Trade Days and is the weekend...

I saw an ad for this on craigslist.com and went to the website to see what I could see.  It's a rather hokey website, but I liked the pr...

Tom pulled the truck and trailer around to the front of the house this morning in preparation for going to pick up some parts of a greenhous...

The new tape and bed guys started yesterday. They showed up at 9:00 as promised and worked until they had the whole place taped and the firs...

I hope everyone is having themselves a very happy holiday season. This is the extent of my holiday decorating this year, except for a few o...

While topping the sweet potatoes with marshmallows yesterday, I dropped one on the floor and Pearlie snatched it up and ate it...or so I tho...

Except for just a few small spots, the drywall is finished. Those two plywood areas are the recesses for shelves.  This is Tom's offic...

We've been wanting to put a gate across the end of our driveway - somewhat for security, but also to keep Harry in.  I came across these...

A few pics practicing with the zoom. This is the moon at about 11:00 last night.  I intended to get up at intervals to take pictures of th...

There's a story here somewhere, but the cats ain't telling.