July 28, 2003

  • Yesterday morning I was sitting on the porch in my old house. The sky to the east of me was gray, the sky to the west of me was gray and there was sunshine in the middle. Hence this great rainbow.


    Now just under the rainbow is location of my new house....okay I am exaggerating a tad.....the new house is probably north of the rainbow by a mile.....but it makes a better story to say that it is right over it.

    We have been going to the new house daily and swimming there and walking around. We have been doing our research and our buying while the painters are in there. The painters are scraping off the old wallpaper and putting drywall down where they cannot remove the textured stuff. So far, we have purchased a barbeque (first purchase), soon followed by all new windows and doors (homedepot). Now we just have to find someone to put the new hardware in! The old owner came by to give us last minute instructions on some of the items in the house and saw the painters doing their wallpaper removal stuff. Yeesh, the old guy was on the verge of tears and horror! He loved the house so much and l guess loved his decorating style a lot too. But a room in pink and white stripped wallpaper with blue trim is just not what we want! Anyway, he got so emotionally upset he had to leave!!! We really like this guy, but I don't think we'll have him over again. I think he needs to move on. We will have to get all the pool maintence instructions from the pool company.


    We took over our new mango trees and bought a small palm. The tropical garden is already starting to take shape.


    While there yesterday we experienced all the bird....a duck with her chicks and the resident iguanas.



    There is a big rubber tree overhanging the lake and they also hang out there....can you spot the young iguana in the picture?


Comments (2)

  • I'm not an overly emotional person, but I had that happen to me once.  We sold a house that I liked, but was not particularly attached to.  They called us to say they had received some of our mail, so we went over to pick it up.  It was a shock to see that, in less than a month, they had ripped out all the carpet and laid wood flooring, and had painted everything white.  It was just a shock!  (And very cold looking, frankly.)  But I'm sure the fellow did not intend to hurt your feelings.  He just was not prepared for so quick a change, I imagine.  At least, that was my excuse!  LOL  Congrats on getting a place that you're happy with, and I hope you will always be!

  • cool iguana! We just re-painted several rooms in this place we're in and the landlord (a friend) was devastated also...but seriously, we wouldn't have been able to hang any of our art in here with the walls the colors they were! Not to mention we would have had to buy all new linens!

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