I've been mostly off line since June, with brief rare visits to the local cafe for its wifi, when I've had about 30 minutes to catch up on mountains of email and web stuff. Most of you know that this is how I've mostly kept in touch! If you check the link, you will see that we are living in our house! It's far from finished, but it's warm, cozy, and it feels like home. I've never lived in a place where I knew I would stay for the foreseeable future- as far as I'm concerned, I'll leave here feet first. I am so happy, and relieved, and proud of my husband for the incredible hard work and creative problem-solving he's put forth these past 4 1/2 months.
We are using our living room as the workshop, so it's filled with tools and sawdust, and the upstairs is one big (beautiful) unfinished space, but the kitchen and bedroom are basically done. I'm planning the menu for Thanksgiving dinner!
On a sad note, we lost both cats to outdoor predators (we live on 15 wild acres). But we now have a new little friend, Marie Labeau, a 10-week old black kitty who shall remain Indoors Kitty, Ruler of All She Surveys. Pictures will be pending soon!