Just had 2 nights and a full day with our older son and DIL as they stopped on their way further North for an annual extended family visit. They will stop on their way back too.
Nana and Papa camp started Wednesday. We agreed the theme was “Anything Fun” so the first day was games, crafts, going to the park for the climbing wall, an ice cream outing and having neighbor kids over to play. She also had us do a pretend cooking competition where she mimicked the announcer so perfectly that we all were laughing a lot!
Other highlights "camp" for me were that she wants to hold hands when we walk anywhere, how happy she and the pup are together, that she was a trooper while we went to the rock and stone yard to decide what to buy, how creative her play has become and that mostly she is cheerful all day!
We wrapped up our 3 day camp with seeing the new Little Mermaid movie at a funky movie theater in Oakland that has couches and other kinds of chairs for seating. We also bought dinner there and ate it while watching.
The removal of all the mulch and weed barrier from the backyard revealed that they had covered 2 drains (!!!) and there were lots of operating drain pipes close to the surface and some old ones that weren't connected to anything. Also lots of 3 year old termite bait stations to dig up. Sigh. What is done for staging a property to sell.
On a positive note, having to lay out the flagstone vs gravel vs planting areas has gotten us a little excited about the outcome of this unexpected & expensive project. Now to solve the how to fix the slippery when wet paint that was used on the large patio. It says right in the product description that it is slippery when wet - DUH!
The vertical blind for the balcony sliding door was installed and now we know how crooked the house is! The installer had a heck of a time figuring out what would look best and ended up aligning it with the sides of the door frame so the panels would hang in line with them. We are happy with the color and texture we chose and that it will help keep some heat out as the afternoon sun comes in there full force.
When Harvey was doing the drywalling in the back addition, he was always amazed at how a builder (supposedly) could not make anything square. Drove him nuts!!!
ReplyDeleteCamp sounds like a great deal of fun.
God bless.
I suspect things were square once upon a time but the upstairs addition was done in the early 1960s and the main house built in 1952. It is always something with an old house!
DeleteWhat a fun time for your granddaughter. Our house is totally not square. It was built in 1949, no insulation, post and beam foundation. There's a lot of upkeep. sigh...
ReplyDeleteIt was fun with her even though all 3 of us were pooped by the end. Aren't old houses always full of surprises and yes, a lot of upkeep.
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