Author Archives: mark-diane

Back to work.  Wait a minute…I’ve been working all summer, but it has been really good.  I got a lot done.  There is still a massive amount to do, but each step towards the next step is progress. We are … Continue reading →

Signed my last contract today.

Today, we bought tickets to the Parade of Homes.  First time.  We thought we could get some ideas.  The first house was in Black Forest – 4000+ sq feet and 725k.  It was huge and so not my style.  Who … Continue reading →

I feel like I have been knocking around the house doing nothing.  This has been such a push and the past few days have just been wasted.  I look around and there is only so much I can do at … Continue reading →

It’s empty; the second one.  And, it’s out the door.  I also sent books hither and yon and I have many more to take to thrift stores.  I am firm in my resolve to buy no books in the next … Continue reading →

Bits of wood. These bits of wood held the holiday village and the tree. Magazines and papers and books and yarn and tools and flotsam and jetsam. These are the things we weave around us.  Intricate spools of color and … Continue reading →

Yesterday, a young lady came over and took all of the bags of weaving materials.  She really had no idea of the treasure she had before her, but she was thrilled.  I, too, was thrilled, because I really did not … Continue reading →

Load 16…gone.  Load 17…loaded and ready to go. The books.  What a conundrum.  I need to rethink my plan and adjust as necessary. How many books do you have on the shelf?  Shelves?  Rooms?  Today, Mark found a note from … Continue reading →

This morning I counted the books on three of my shelves…average 35 books per shelf.  Then I counted the number of shelves.  Then I walked around and counted the odd stacks of books on the headboard, dresser, et al.  Then … Continue reading →

Today, load # 15 went to the thrift store.  It’s getting a bit more difficult to select items to toss; and yet, I need to have most of it gone. We are rethinking the size of the new house.  We … Continue reading →