We've continued to get a lot more rain than normal. As I write this, we're getting flood warnings. Our house is high enough and on enough of a slope that we're safe, but there are areas close to Oak Creek that have been ordered to evacuate. We're expected to have a wet winter (not necessarily cold, just wet). October was eventful mostly because my in-laws visited for most of October. We saw the fall colors at the Snow Bowl up in Flagstaff and got to visit the Grand Canyon again. Overall,…
I'm a little late with September but didn't want to get into a pattern of shifting to just posting every other month rather than monthly. I don't really have much in the way of photos to share this time around, so we'll keep it to a text-only update this time around. The house is coming along. We're hanging art and mirrors. The last real piece of missing furniture to buy at this point is a coffee table. You'd think something like that would be straightforward. Turns out…
I missed last month's set of notes mainly because we had so much going on. Home Update We had a bit of remaining furniture and stuff for the house to source. Our coffee table is still being elusive, but we did finally get some counter stools for our kitchen. We also got some lamps for our bedroom, and a few rugs. We still have a few items on our punch list with our builder, but we're down to mostly waiting on some door hardware and a faucet that was damaged by contractors. Hot Tub Problems…
I got out to a conference at the beginning of the month, Blastoff Rails, in Albuquerque, NM, but the main event was that we finally, just last week, moved into our new house. I can't properly word the amount of time and stress it's taken, especially at the end, but we're here. We're still unpacking and have a bit of new furniture still to be delivered, so things aren't quite yet presentable. It's getting closer day-by-day. Here's a peek at the inside. Next month…
June is going to be a busy month. This is primarily going to be a post about the house. Delays with the house have stretched our move in date for as long as we're able to. Our lease normally would have ended today, but we were able to keep it going on a month-by-month basis if we needed. After feeling end of June was safe, we notified our landlord who showed it right away, and now they have a new tenant lined up to move in early July. This means we no longer have an option…