Pound Head Here

I haven’t hit you with house porn for a while, but the drought is over. If I could pack and drive out of town today, I’d want to go see this house in person. It obviously needs updates – but nothing looks scary to me, merely outdated. The wallpaper would have to go for sure,…

Life has been… yeah. Much improved from a few weeks ago, though, thank goodness. The grandson is doing vastly better. He’s back to his smart-aleck-early-teen self. While his mama is still dealing with health issues, we’ve now established with 100% certainty that the health issues are greatly diminished when she’s not in Arizona. She flew…

Given the amount of stuff I dumped on my last entry, I figured I should provide the latest update. Crisis #1 Follow Up No change in the older daughter’s situation that I’m aware of, though it may take her a while. I talked to her about moving to the Midwest with us. Her initial reaction…

I’d love to say I haven’t posted lately because life has been boring and nothing was going on. It would be a lie, but I’d love to say it. Crisis #1 Some 3-4 weeks ago, our older daughter’s husband kicked her and the boys out. For a few days they decamped to our living room….

Warning: long-ish post ahead, though I tried not to make it a monthlong epistle. When we bought our house, it was in rough condition, inside and out. It had plumbing issues and bare concrete. The seller did put in cheap carpet and fixed the most egregious plumbing issues. The yard was a jungle of knee-high…