My own home

A small blessing in disguise.

The furniture has been delivered and now I'm feeling a little more complete.

First up the office/guest room with it's new futon. Otherwise known as the other end of the living room.


Another view of the futon, or the dog's spare bed now.


The new dining room set.


And finally not as exciting but a new mattress for the bedroom.

Nicely done.

and all that for the price of what my local furniture store wanted for just a futon... including delivery fees.

Maybe someday. I've still got about 30 years to make those decisions.

I still haven't got the paperwork from my lawyer but I guess it's official. http://www.nantucketrealestate.com/NantucketRealEstate/?cat=4 Look under week ending April 4.

  Nice one Shane, now you're official   

Loft bed has arrived and works perfectly. Turn it on and it fills to the desired pressure, a second silent pump maintains the pressure. Turn it to deflate and it sucks all the air out and shuts down. Less than 5 minutes each way. So here's what I'll call the kids room up in the loft.


and deflated but not rolled up

Or maybe just the loft?

Sure don't wanna be tipsy going up there, it looks like a long way down   

I'm still working on having some stairs made going up there but estimates so far have been higher than I can afford right now. It's about 8' I think.

Well don't forget, just call the basement mine lol

Well I finally found a decently priced ladder kit that I liked and have the items ordered for a project in the dining area. Before the flowers all passed I had to grab a picture of the front garden. I take no credit for this, my neighbor seems to enjoy keeping all of this up. I just help to pay for it but it does look great.

Very nice indeed, now they can come over and do mine   

After 2 weeks of trying I finally got the loft ladder finished and put up. That's one big project on my list done.

Before.


And after, or now, or whatever..

looks good, job well done!!!

I got my last big project done this afternoon. Now I can take my meals by the side of a lake, something I always wanted to do at my own house.

Well after over 20 years of renting the same mail box I turned in my key today and switched my mailing address to the house. I guess that means I have to stay here for a while. It was very emotional for the girls at the Post Office, "the end of an era" was used several times while I was filling out the paperwork. Now I just need to inform all those people who mail me crap that I've changed it.

Really, less junk mail is always nice.

I knew it was going to happen, driving home last night I thought to myself that I had enough time to stop by the post office before it closed, to take that off my list of errands I need to run on my day off. Then I remembered I don't have to do that anymore

Wakey wakey