Decking the Halls!

Shelves in the butler pantry


Boxes of Christmas stuff!
Santa's helpers, Darian, Danielle, and neighbor dog Pippi


















The hole in the butler's pantry ceiling is now covered
The first set of pocket doors will go here

















Damage from duplex wall repaired in entry way

Christmas in November with Pat's mom and dad

Lonnie helps Bo find bricks
Pat and Kathy on the home tour













Our friend Anne's family planned a special birthday celebration for her











Maddie is one!



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From November 23-December 16, 2007
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It's the blog before Christmas and things are a mess!
Restoring an old house can sure create stress.
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Frank, the floor man had scheduled an October date
When that changed to December we decided to wait.
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"The tree must be in place! I've been waiting all year!"
So OSHA Babe stubbornly moved into high gear.
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To the clutter of sanders, and paint cans, and tools
She added the boxes from storage marked "Yule".
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While Bo sanded and painted the dining room trim,
She set up the tree and adorned every limb.
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She recruited a great crew to help with the task
Fiesta elves Danielle and Darian were asked.
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Then Charlie the carpenter showed up to restore
The entry way's damage from the ex-duplex door.
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The bannister on the stairway now is complete-
Small touches like molding sure make it look neat.
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A once ugly hole in the butler pantry ceiling
Is now covered nicely with no tar paper peeling.
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Bo sanded and scraped the shelves in there too
When we get the doors fixed it will all look brand new.
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In spite of our list (seems the work never ends)
Several times we've packed up to visit family and friends.
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For Thanksgiving week we flew off to the west
Met Pat's mom and dad for a few days of rest.
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Selling jewelry in Dallas gave us reason to drive
To Salado, a quaint town, on I-35.
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While most girls would shop at some cute little store,
Our OSHA Babe found a great barn to explore!
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Lonnie's known in the town to have what you want
We found some bricks there for our sidewalk out front.
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In Dallas we managed to have fun and play
Pat and Kathy shopped famous flea market First Monday
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McKinney's old home tour-they enjoyed it a lot
It made Pat excited to realize what she's got!
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Golfing with David suited Bo just fine
Church with Uncle Don, Bonnah, and Laura rounded out our time.
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A trip to Austin was on the next weekend's plate.
Anne's family included us for her special birthday date.
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And tonight we've returned from one more birthday run,
Shanna is ?? and Maddie turned one!
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One more thing to report, we are greatly relieved
Historic designation was finally achieved!
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So you see why the blog's not received much attention.
Much more's going on than we can possibly mention!
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Thanks to our readers who don't mind when we're trite
And say that they miss us when we don't sit and write.
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Our progress is steady, though slow is the speed.
With persistence and patience we'll have what we need.
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Meanwhile we're thankful, our life's rich and great
It's the people that matter-this old house will wait.