Seeking the Rainbow

A very happy holiday to you!  Whether you celebrate Festivus, Kwanza, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, Hanukah, Eid, Christmas, or are just enjoying a three-day weekend, may it be a joyous one.
We decided to use the movie “A Christmas Story” as our theme this year, but we were a little late getting started.  Even so, we’ve been [...]

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Below are two links.  The first is to the original pictures we took of the house when we first saw it, before we put in an offer and bought it.  The second link is the before/after comparison of the work we have done so far on the inside of the house, plus some extra pictures [...]

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I’m still working on posting regularly.  The house is mostly done.  We have a laundry room one bathroom and the kitchen still to paint.  Three bathrooms, a laundry room and a kitchen to put in tile floors instead of the crap that’s in there.  I keep saying that I’ll have before and after pics, but [...]

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I know I haven’t posted here for a while.  There’s been a lot going on.   I’ll be making up for that soon.
Last night, though, I found a story on CNN that touched me.  This is the story of a 47-year old woman named Susan Boyle.  She has a slight learning disability.  She spent most of [...]

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I wasn’t planning on posting again until I had some before and after pictures, but I’m just too excited.
We were unexpectedly invited to the Kitsap County Democratic Victory Party tonight, and decided to attend.  Aside from actually voting, this is the first real major political gathering either of us have been to. 
Gawds, what an experience.  [...]

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Time for another update.  Let’s see . . . . The last update included a diatribe about religious fundamentalists trying to deny me my rights; an update on the work we’re doing around the house; the heating system conversion we’re having done; and some “yadda, yadda, yadda”.
This past weekend, we mostly finished the master bedroom’s trim, [...]

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Something very important to Washington State is up in the air this election, though I’m sure other states will have to deal with it eventually.  There is currently a ballot initiative for a “Death With Dignity” measure, very similar to the one Oregon passed a decade or so ago.  A lot of special interestests are [...]

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Happy Atumnal Equinox!!  Sorry it’s been so long since the last post, but we’ve been very busy.  I must be doing something right with this blog, though, because my spam filter is catching quite a few spam posts the last couple of weeks.  I just wish more people would respond to the posts, or use the [...]

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Things are really starting to come together.  The kitchen is totally done, as is the dining room/music room combo.  The living room is mostly done, but we need to find a better solution for DVD storage and all of the components for the big screen TV.  Guest room is done, just need to get a [...]

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Just a really quick post.  The movers we hired to get the rest of the big items from storage and into the house were here a few hours ago.  I have my piano back!!  It’s even still in good tune, although we will need to get a tuner out soon. 
At this point, everything is in [...]

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No, you’re not imaging things.  I was too damn sore and tired to write posts for days Three and Four, and this should be a fairly short post.
Kitchen is usable.  Dining room area is mostly set up, except for the missing china cabinet (to be delivered tomorrow), and all of the boxes strewn all over [...]

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Last night we had our first good nights sleep together in over a month.  We’ve been sleeping in separate bedrooms because the beds were too small.  Last night we slept together on our mattress on the floor, since we didn’t have the time or energy to put the frame together.  For most couples, sleeping apart [...]

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Long post tonight, I hope you don’t mind.  I’m doing this on my laptop, and am not really used to this keyboard, so please forgive any typos.  ALL of my desktops have ergonomic keyboards, and this one will soon be docked and will have one.
Big drama over the last couple of days. 
Thursday morning, the day [...]

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I was going to wait until tomorrow to write another post, but I find I have some extra time on my hands tonight, so here goes.
We sign on Thursday, we get to take possession on Friday.  Now comes the unenviable task of cleaning up after ourselves from our stay with our hosts.  Laundry is almost [...]

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