Thursday, December 04, 2008

pictures, pictures, pictures....

I have just finished placing a picture order with "snapfish.com"... Kas told me about them, thank goodness!!! I am a picture taking fool, and between photos for the blog, photos of animals, photos of the house and barn... I can fill a camera card!!!! I love this digital thing, in the old days, I had rolls and rolls of film always needing to be done!!! and then I kept maybe half of the pictures once they got back!!! It's so nice to be able to see your pictures right away!!!

On this "catch up" day of mine, getting my prints edited and ordered was a main project of the day... I placed the order just moments ago.. all 433 of them!!! PLUS 80 photo Christmas cards!!! Fortunately, my bill wasn't as high as you might think... so if you are a "picture freak".. you might look into "snapfish"... funny name, good company!!!!

a catch up day...

As much as I love having "work" (private students, dog classes) when I do get a day "at home" it's a real treat... and so it was today. I actually appreciate being able to be home or at the barn, because it seems as though there is always some catching up to be done. I pretty much spent the day working around the barn... getting things tidy and put into place. I was able to get Duke out again today, and we did much better working together. I think that I am beginning to figure him out, and for such a big guy, he is super sensitive.. I find that I had to hold him real easy in the mouth. I also got his harness figured out, and it looked (and fitted) so much better today.

The house is closing in quick!!! and the pile of panels is getting low. For the first time, I was able to pop inside and see what it looks like with walls. I am happy with the size, and think it's going to be just right!!!

The mason came today, dropped off his supplies and the chimney will be started tomorrow!!! We are going to have a center chimney with a woodstove in the living room. It would have been nice to have a fireplace, but it doesn't make sense to have one.. and they're pretty expensive to install.. so, I will be happy with a woodstove. This picture was taken from the "living room" looking towards the stairs and the spot that the chimney will be in.





And this "shot" is from the garage looking towards the kitchen and living room area. It looks big without interior walls, but that will change with time.






From the backyard, the house looks really big, but I think it's because you can see the cellar entry as well. If things stay on track, we should have a roof next week!!! And then the weather won't be such a worry!!!
So, it's busy/busy around the farm!!! there should be some big changes over the next few weeks...
and yes, we are still waiting for lights...oh well, everything in good time.....