New Granddaughter

Tony and I have a new granddaughter, number four for us; number one child for Sus and Bryce.

Meet Miss Maisy Lucia, born August 30. Seven pounds 14 ounces; 19.5 inches long.

Doesn't she (Susie) look incredibly happy? She did good!!

Day One Hundred Three - I Found My Camera

O.K. so here's the deal... I lost my camera, several days (maybe weeks) ago. After several gentle nudges about updating my blog I made an all out effort to locate the camera. For about a week, I looked everywhere I could think of, most place several times. This afternoon I spied my Pendleton plaid backpack in a large stone jar behind my computer chair. I can't remember the last time I actually used that backpack and hadn't checked it for the camera. But even though I knew the camera was't in the backpack, I looked anyway. Well low and behold, there was my camera! So I downloaded the pictures that were on it.

This is the half bath in our bedroom. Does anyone find it amusing that it looks like a privy? Or an I the only person who sees that?

Let's see, since I last posted I have ordered the windows; the bathroom plumbing; and the range hood. I have looked at lots and lots of paint chips; floor tiles; countertop materials; and lighting fixtures. I have met with the HVAC guy and tomorrow I will meet with the stone mason and the hardwood guy. It is pretty exciting to be able to tell these guys when we will need them.

I will take the camera up to the house tomorrow and take new pictures. Nic has done a lot of plumbing and electrical stuff that doesn't change the way the house looks. But we did get the concrete porch floor poured and Nic got the last porch roof built. It is the porch that is most noticeable as you drive up to the house so having it built really changed the look of the house. That porch roof also forms the small deck off our bedroom, its fun to see what the view is going to be from that deck, but it is kind of scary without a rail.