year as we went to grandma's and celebrated a little early. It was a
nice change and spread the festivities out over a week or so. Lillian
turned 8 in November and Margaret 4 in January. Grandma is coming up
on her 85th in March so I think we will have something to plan for
that big one! The girls are doing great in school, this being
Margaret's first year of preschool. Lillian continues to do well and
seems to like it for the most part. They both are very tired by Fridays!
Our big news, other than Liz's job and we really don't want to talk
about that, is our new little house at Lake Erie. It really has given
us something fun to do and dream about. We have managed two weekends
up there since we closed on it in December. One, Joe was by himself
and the other just this past weekend. We really have gotten alot done.
Joe has had the fun job of tearing out all the termite eaten wood(big
job, LOTS of damage) and the old insulation. YUCK! We aren't sure how
much damage the termites have done on the second floor, we haven't
gotten that far yet. The first floor is all concrete walls, very
interesting! Our plans to knock out the kitchen wall and widen the
kitchen are now on hold until we see which of the walls are supporting
ones. I tackled the ivy, poison and English, on the fireplace. I
managed to come away without too much damage. Hopefully, that
nasty creature will be dead by the time we are back up there in March!
The trunk was a good 2.5 to 3.0 inches thick at the main root, with 3
or 4, 1.0 inches of smaller roots lining the fireplace. The weather
was amazingly warm for Feb so it was a treat to be outside and air the
house out as well. We're hoping to have the house redone in three
years but anyone who has ever gutted a house knows, it will probably
take longer because of unforeseen issues. Or kids, they do take-up
some of any free time you might have...LOL! Here are some pics.
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