Swept, vacuumed and hand washed the livingroom, and then we put down the newly cleaned carpet. Note that the IKEA poang chair is not permanent. There are two other patio chairs we will use while company is here, but we should be able to provide seats for everyone.
We got the guest bed moved down today.
We are not moving the dressers right now. We can do that later when life resumes its normal pace. I got all the bedding washed and popped back on the bed.
We also moved the Hoosier into the pantry. It will be used to store the appliances I don't want to leave on the counter.
It was another hard day for both of us, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
For Northsider Dave, who I have been disappointing for some time now.
I need to set my tomato cages, but that, my friend, is a 4 foot by 8 foot raised bed of tomatoes, and it looks like it is going to be a bumper year for them.
Cucumbers have mucho blossoms. Peppers looking good, all except for one that looks like, for whatever reason, the bugs love him to the point that they're ignoring the rest of the peppers, and I'm kind of okay with that, really. There is a double row of onions between the peppers and the cucumbers, and I'm trying to train the cucumbers to go up the trellis instead of across the bed to the onions and peppers.
Tomorrow, we will move our bed down to the new house. Between the camper and the house, we have enough room to accommodate everyone. I hope that it is an enjoyable weekend for everyone. Monday, I will be heading back with 3 grandchildren for a week away. I will babysit while everyone travels to an adults only wedding, and I'm looking forward to that. Having all of them, all at once, is not a common occurrence. This means I'll be pretty quiet for the next week.
Enjoy your break! 😀
Steve Reed: the podcast I listened to was Crime Junkie on Pandora. Infamous: University of Idaho Murders. There are other podcasts on Spotify and on Iheart radio that looked to be interesting, but I tend to stick with what I have on my phone. Something interesting though is that Bryan Kohberger is an incel. I did not know that, and it provides a possible motive.
Looking good inside, and with the outside being very productive.
ReplyDeleteOnce we get the siding on it (the last big project), that little house will be done and we can slow down and do the little projects one at a time. The next plan is to have a sun room put on the front of the house where the sliding doors are in the living room.
DeleteWishing you a smooth move and a joyful time with the grand kids. You’ve totally earned that quiet week ahead
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I'm glad for it Asep. Thank you.
DeleteIt's looking like home. A week with the grands should be somewhat of a rest for you. Or a different kind of busy.
ReplyDeleteA different kind of busy, to be sure.
DeleteIt should be a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteI shook my magic 8 ball, and it says that 'all signs say yes'.
DeleteHad to look up incel. A word unfamiliar but now clear.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the family gathering will be a success.
I hope so. A man has written a book. (I'm looking forward to having time to read again this winter!) Bryan Kohberger was an odd duck who seemed to want women's attentions, however he was so robotic and emotionless that people (of both sexes) were put off by him. However, he saw himself as successful, good looking, and a perfect catch. There seemed to be a real disconnect between his view of himself and the rest of the world's take on him.
DeleteYour house is looking wonderful, ready to get on with your lives in it.
ReplyDeleteYes. That's how I feel too...ready to get on with it!
DeleteLove the photos. You guys do good work.
ReplyDeleteAnd we are almost done 'doing good work'!!!!
DeleteMy crime podcast club at the library uses Crime Junkie as one of our sources.
ReplyDeleteWow - the rugs are gorgeous on those lovely floors! And how perfectly everything is fitting in. That bed!!!! And the hoosier!!! Just made for your house!
Have a wonderful time with all your guests and especially next week with the grands. It really is all coming together.
The bed was something that I admired at an estate sale. Tim waited until the last day of the sale when everything was half price, and then went back and got it and the matching marble top dresser. I was surprised. He's not normally a guy for grand gestures. That bed is probably too grand for our simple house, but I couldn't part with it.
DeleteOne of my girlfriends used to have one of those cabinets in her kitchen. I loved it! We never knew it was called a Hoosier, though. Yours is even more beautiful. Hers was mostly metal and the wood looks way better!
ReplyDeleteI had read that Bryan K admitted he had no feelings or emotions about anything. But if he was an incel--he probably could muster up some negative feelings or thoughts, for sure. I haven't heard much about the case though. Been on a news diet. ;)
Hoosier is just the name of a company who made this style of cabinets. It has morphed into the name associated with all the cabinets. Ours is actually made by a company called Sellers. Interestingly enough, Tim saw a side cabinet for a hoosier on Marketplace last night. Although he was lounging in his underwear at the time, he was up and moving. We bought it 6 minutes after she posted it, and were putting it in the back of the truck a half hour later. What a terrific find, and what a coincidence to find it the very day we moved a hoosier into our new home.
DeleteMetal hoosiers were an adaptation. A company saw the popularity of the hoosiers and began making them in enameled steel, which I'm sure was popular, and seen as rodent proof. Faultless Ironworks was one such company. I've seen some of them, and they are cute too. Once kitchens began to be designed with built in cabinets, hoosiers fell out of fashion rather quickly.
And boy, do I ever get the 'news diet'.
There was an old Hoosier cabinet in our farmhouse. My parents had to leave it when they moved from the farm. One side had a bin for flour and an attached sifter on the bottom of the bin. My mom kept flour there and when she needed some, she let me turn the sifter a few times. I imagine the cabinet is still in the house, it was all wood and had been painted a number of times. Years ago, when people painted the kitchen, they painted most everything that was wood in the kitchen. A lot of this was by cooking with coal the walls and all else got so dirty. The house and big red 3 story barn was built in 1875, and people still live in it. 320 acre farm I think. Daddy farmed with horses when I was young, I have one of the work horse collars and a bridle I need to find a home for. My kids have no memories of that period so don't want them.
ReplyDeleteOur hoosier comes with its own story. It was from a funeral home. It belonged to the original owner of the funeral home, who began his business in 1906, moving to the community. He was killed when a pile of concrete vault covers fell on him, a story which bemuses people even years later, because piles of vault covers seem a little heavy to fall over on their own. But, in any case, his widow sent his long time assistant to school in Philadelphia to be licensed, and the two of them continued the business.
DeleteI have seen English equivalents of hoosier cabinets sell very well at auction during the last couple of years. They seem to be very practical, especially for a small kitchen or pantry.
ReplyDeleteHow different your house looks now that you are starting to put furniture in it. It is really starting to look like a home.
It is starting to feel like a home, as well.
DeleteWishing you a joyful weekend and a happy time away with your grandchildren - not sure that's a holiday, but 'a change is as good as a rest' they say!
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see them all. It's a rare thing to have family all gathered together.
DeleteHave a very happy time!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to it.
DeleteWishing you a happy time with family and then grandkids. The house is looking really nice. Once you move your bed in you will be home. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI am definitely a 'home is where my bed is' kind of gal. I expect that moving in will be followed by a few weeks of needing something that always seems to be at the other house.
DeleteI love those raised beds. Thanks for the photos Debby. It's great to eat your own fresh and organic vegetables.
ReplyDeleteI am quite pleased with them as well, Dave. No sign of blight. As soon as the growing season is over, I plan to cover them with a layer of your famous 'fym' and tarp them for the winter and early spring. I am hopeful to prevent blight by doing that. It is something that some Amish do.
DeleteHave a wonderful visit! Everything looks fantastic. As I have mentioned before we are Hoosiers and when we moved to Iowa a new friend said "I never realized my Hoosier cabinet had any connection to Indiana". That is a beautiful antique treasure you have and I am glad to read it will be fully functional as well as beautiful in your new home.
ReplyDeleteYou are ready! Hope you have a great time.
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