This past year...

What can I say?? I've really fallen down on the job! This year was one of the longest and one of the shortest of my life. It seems the older you get, the more you have to do and the longer it takes to figure it out. Of course, I'm speaking for my brain only! Meanwhile, it's all pluses in our lives. The house is done, we have a beautiful granddaughter, and a wonderful, new daughter in law.

I Modannari

This weekend was the annual chalk art festival at the Santa Barbara Mission. Our friends, Greg and Karen Goforth were here so we went over to check out the progress the first day. The artists were out in the baking sun, working away. They have huge trays of pastels. Their hands were covered with all the colors of the rainbow. Today Stan and I went back to see the end result. It is truly incredible!! And to think they only last for a week or so...

A Home...

A house without friends is just a house, but a house with friends is a home and a great one at that!

Clearing things Up

Last Friday we hosted a little window unveiling. We started removing the plastic film from the windows. Wow! That cleared things up Quite a bit...

If I did Yoga.....

If I did yoga, this is where I would do it. The floors are almost all in and now I'm thinking, do we really need furniture?

Loving these countertops!

Kristian and Stan worked so hard to get the color I wanted, and they nailed it. I had no idea that concrete countertops were such an art. Many samples and lots of time later, the tops are on and the kitchen is well on it's way. So perfect!

Still having fun with those stairs

The never ending stair saga is finally ending. The treads are done, the rail is done, the lamp is hung and the tower is painted. This is the month where everything comes together (keep those fingers crossed) and we can move back home. We won't be all done but we'll be done enough!