Most of our friends spent 4
th of July viewing fireworks, but we hung a flag and kept working away on the house. Things are really starting to take shape but we see that we have many projects started, none are finished. We continued
with the kitchen cabinets, we still need to install the island and fix the plumbing
before we can put d
own the floor. Then we can put in the
counter tops and finish the lighting.
Also before we put down the floor, we needed to re-surface the
sub floor in the living room. This
brought the
sub floor level to the kitchen floor so we can run a contiguous floor and it covered the badly damaged
sub floor. (see "It's Just Cosmetic" section of this blog).The new sub floor looks and smells great, plus it gave us a chance to clear away the boxes and tools and other non essentials from the
living room. The
living room has not been this free of clutter since we moved in.
On Sunday (July 5
th) we invited some close
friends and neighbors from Lake Carmel over for a very informal get together. It was informal
because we are in no
condition to do anything else.
Alexandra and Vasili arrived first and we loved having them.
Bill and Carol showed up all smiles followed by Darlene and Will.
We all took a "nature walk" to the back of the property before settling down to eat beside the
pool just as Jack and Anne arrived. 
Food and
conversation were plentiful. Everyone loved Carol's potato salad and flipped over Darlene's cheese cake squares. Everybody brought something and we had plenty of food left over!
You could not stop Jack from talking about his lake restoration business and he even threw on his
snorkel gear to inspect the pool. No problems reported by Mr Clean-Flo. Since it was only in the mid 70s and the water was even cooler, you have to give Jack points for enthusiasm!
Most of our friends spent 4th of July viewing fireworks, but we hung a flag and kept working away on the house. Things are really starting to take shape but we see that we have many projects started, none are finished. We continued with the kitchen cabinets, we still need to install the island and fix the plumbing before we can put down the floor. Then we can put in the counter tops and finish the lighting.
Also before we put down the floor, we needed to re-surface the sub floor in the living room. This brought the sub floor level to the kitchen floor so we can run a contiguous floor and it covered the badly damaged sub floor. (see "It's Just Cosmetic" section of this blog).The new sub floor looks and smells great, plus it gave us a chance to clear away the boxes and tools and other non essentials from the living room. The living room has not been this free of clutter since we moved in. 
On Sunday (July 5th) we invited some close friends and neighbors from Lake Carmel over for a very informal get together. It was informal because we are in no condition to do anything else. 
Alexandra and Vasili arrived first and we loved having them. 
We all took a "nature walk" to the back of the property before settling down to eat beside the pool just as Jack and Anne arrived. 
Food and conversation were plentiful. Everyone loved Carol's potato salad and flipped over Darlene's cheese cake squares. Everybody brought something and we had plenty of food left over!
