More pictureless ramblings

I'm about to give up on pictures altogether. Our desktop computer has become buried in all of the home improvement projects that we have underway. We finished laying all of the wood flooring, and we lack doing the t-moulding around the kitchen and in the doorways in the hall. Gary decided as of yesterday that he would be replacing all of the doors down the hall (except our bedroom, which we replaced right after we moved in). There's nothing wrong with the doors, except they don't match the trim. So we have to stain them a different color. Gary has done a phenomenal job with the baseboards and quarter-round. We're also about to get new linoleum in the kitchen. I found some that really looks like real tile. I'm not a big fan of tile because I drop a lot of stuff on the floor, and I'm too lazy to clean the grout. So I prefer the cheap stuff that saves my dishes and I can thoroughly clean without scrubbing with a toothbrush. Well, enough ramblings. I promise I'll post some pictures as soon as I find the camera, USB cable, and computer all at the same time! Oh, Gary is all but completely healed! He still feels a little irritation in his leg, but you can't tell to look at him.

No pics, but another update

I know I'm overdue for some pictures. Sorry. But I'll go ahead and update everyone without photo evidence at this time. Gary's recovery was extremely slow going, up until about Sunday evening, when he began improving by leaps and bounds (somewhat literally). He decided he wanted to get started laying the wood floor in the entertainment room regardless of whether he could walk or not, and before we called it quits for the night he was walking quite well...without the crutches!!! We got the entire entryway complete, and we're about halfway done with the entertainment room!

Update on Gary

I don't have any pictures to post at this time, but I thought everyone might like a quick update on Gary. The swelling really started going down over the weekend. He's going to try to return to work sometime this week. He's getting around a lot better on the crutches, and as long as he doesn't stay standing too long, then it doesn't hurt him too bad. He said it now feels more like a bad sprain (as opposed to someone having taken a sledge hammer to his foot and leg, as it did last week). He still can't put any weight at all on his foot, but hopefully by the end of the week he'll be able to with assistance from the crutches. Thank you for all your prayers, e-mails and calls of concern. We can't thank you enough.

Made a mistake, got kissed by a snake

Well, yet another disaster has come upon Gary. On Friday, we were at my sister's house and Gary and my brother-in-law were walking on the concrete from the house to the garage. While bs-ing and laughing about something, neither noticed the huge copperhead slithering across the sidewalk until it was too late. Gary, wearing flip flops, stepped right on the thing and it bit him in the top of the foot. So off Gary and I went to the ER, where they did absolutely nothing for him but charge us and arm and a leg for a couple shots of morophine. Anyway, here's a picture of the bite. But of course mother nature can't quit there....yesterday, Nala decided that she'd taste a few yellow jackets. She let out a cry like I've never heard, and next thing I know her head matched Gary's foot. It was quite a sight. I'll have to post a picture of that later, because I haven't got them off the camera yet.

Wood Floor

Well, our wood floor project has been a nightmare. We had some serious settling issues with our foundation, so we had some major work to do before we could actually start laying the boards. Here's a picture of Nala helping Gary lay the floor (notice she has a blue leg from rolling in the chalk line), and the living room after we got the floor done. Also, there is a good shot of the doors that Gary built (note the cat door). He sure surprised me with his carpentry abilities.

New York, New York

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I'll try to start where I left off. We went to NY at the end of May. We got to see our friend from high school, Barrett, and we had a blast. Our hotel was right on Time Square. We went to see a broadway show, the Putnam County Spelling Bee, and it was hilarious. I loved it. We also went to see the Yankees/Red Sox game and of course did all the "touristy" stuff.


In the picture with the turtle, I thought the turtle looked way too happy since he was dead and all, so I was imitating it and Gary took a picture.