Barbaraann

I smell watermelon. I am sitting here on a cold wintry Monday morning, and I smell watermelon coming up my heating vent. The drywall men arrived at my house bright and early at 7 a.m. I wonder how much drywall they will be able to put up in one day's work? Last Friday when they were here, they spent 1/2 their time carrying that heavy drywall up into the attic, so only a few small areas were completed.

My grandson is surprised at how warm the attic is without their being any heat ...

The temperature today in Chicago dropped down to single digits this morning. Maybe if we are lucky, it might reach 20. The other day it reached the 30's, and when the insulation man reported for work, I was indeed surprised. He did put in a full day's work upstairs, and now my attic is very well insulated.

I thought the next step would be to bring the electrician back, but they are talking drywall instead. I can't imagine workers carrying drywall through my backyard full of snow, ...

I thought that Kathy and Sean would be spending their Christmas up in a nicely remodeled attic this Christmas, and sadly that is not happening. Work is so slow that my turtle moves faster. I had visions of what it would look like with Kathy and Sean all snuggly cozy warm upstairs with their very first Christmas Tree. Instead they are a wee bit cold in my basment instead. In order to get them warm down there, I have to crank up the heat more than I'm used to.

Hopefully, the heating ...

I still have the hole in my kitchen wall under the paneling where the plumber worked on my pipes. I was hoping that the wall would be fixed, but that hasn't happened. So today, I decided to put the shelf back up, and put a few Thanksgiving decorations on the wall, sort of as a camoflauge of the problem.

Thanksgiving is pretty uneventful at my house. My husband's brothers come over and my 2 grown sons show up as well. I always include my tenant/neighbor Diana as well. All her ...

I had a hard time finding my way to the proper place to make another entry in this Blog. However, after much looking, and clicking, I finally discovered the right place. Things sure are different here at MiceChat. I am remembering just how much this place has changed in the almost 6 years that I have been here. A lot of people have come and gone. A lot of people are still here, but our paths don't cross very often because our interests are different. I have learned a few things, regretted ...