Maintenance time

We’ve lived in the house for a year now. Hard to believe. The phase one remodeling is almost done. Just waiting on the counter, tiling and plumbing for the wet bar and the rest of the light switch and wall plate replacements. So I guess it shouldn’t be a shock to have the first major maintenance activity. We’ll see how prudent my decision to self-insure instead of renewing the homeowner’s warranty turns out to be. 

The house has two refrigerated air units (for those of you in parts of the country where there are no swamp coolers, that is an air conditioner). One cools the front half of the house (living room, dining room, kitchen) and the other cools the bedrooms, offices and library. The second one has at least a bad motor. The repairman took it away today so he can get a new one when the suppliers are open on Monday.

Fortunately my office ceiling fan is installed and the bedroom already had a ceiling fan. Cindy’s office adjoins her sewing room which is an enclosed porch with a window unit, so her office gets some cooling, too. The weather forecast is for highs in the low to mid 90s, cooler than usual, so it shouldn’t be bad. Updates on the repairs in a couple days.

Almost a year…

It’s hard to believe it is almost a year since we moved into the house. Recently, it has really begun to feel like home. We’ve even started to entertain again. Sarah and her friend Mantissa cooked Father’s Day dinner for her dad, Noah, Gabe, Catherine and their parents and us. It was lovely to have a house full of people again. We are approaching the point where I am starting to think about house concerts again. I’ve become at home in the kitchen and have done enough there to have gotten back into my routines. We are very happy with how it turned out. It is bright and as spacious as a small kitchen can be, comfortable to work in and, with the breakfast nook, roomy enough to visit with people while you are cooking.