I am simply astonished I have not written since October.
Well not really as I have put my energies into a few other things besides
sitting at the computer.
Last you heard from SIT, we were busy with having some fun
in the summer. Well it is now the Fall season and we continued to have fun.
Well some of you may not think it is fun but we sort-of do!
We had a couple of trees die at our rental properties so we
tackled the cutting down and removal of the trees. That part went pretty
smooth. The tough part was getting the stumps out since we were going to plant
new trees in the same spots. I definitely didn’t need to work out for a few
days with this project going on.
I need to keep this short so here goes. We decided to do a
little bit of makeover to the house, well the bathroom and kitchen counters
that is. We were able to make a decision on the granite countertops we wanted.
The demolition was tackled by us, with Izzy supervising. She seems to be pretty
good at that job.
The professionals installed the counters for us and then our
jobs started again. We took care of the plumbing and then I set out on finding
the backsplashes for the kitchen and bathrooms. We decided to take it up to the
bottom of the cabinets in the kitchen so I had a bit more tile work to do.
While I was busy with the tiling project, Steve tackled rebuilding the back
gate he had made in 2008 and refurbishing the garden area.
Hopefully you can see by the pictures that we both completed
our projects. Oh and Izzy supervised.
After
Island before
Hall Bath
Master Bath
Supervision at it's finest
The End Result
I made a trip to southern California to visit my brothers,
meet some cousins I had never met before, and surprise my niece at her baby
shower. The weather was great and so was the company. It was wonderful to meet
Levi Bailey and his family. Rod, Mary and I spent several hours visiting,
looking at pictures and getting to know Levi (2nd cousin) and his Aunt Laura (our cousin)
and her husband. Pretty sure we will connect in person again.
The visit was short but unfortunately it was at the time
when the massive fires were occurring. I felt bad for everybody impacted by
them and as I drove from one brother’s to the other.
Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it is time for the
SIT Christmas letter. Oh and where are we? Still in Idaho that’s where we are
and will be for the winter!
Amazing! So as I usually write, stay tuned!
