A Very Pleasant Surprise Indeed

Yesterday afternoon I received a call from Juanita. She had been in North Carolina and, on the spur of the moment, decided to drive on up to Fin's in N.J. She decided that she had to stop to see my new house in person. So I told her to come on up and stay over at my place. She rolled into town at 8:30pm. Eleanor, my cousin, welcomed her in and we had a nice catch up on the news and made plans to see the house this morning.

This morning we had breakfast at the Milford Diner and proceeded to the house. We got there as the contractors were beginning to clean up the site and the interior of the house. The carpet contractor arrived and installed the carpeting in the three bedrooms.(photo tomorrow)

Now, I'm not supposed to say this, but, although Juanita might not have been the first friend or family member to visit my house, she WAS the first to try out the new toilet. 

And the Winner Is

The winner in the "What color is the front door?" is Cathy!!! She guessed purple, though I'm certain she never really thought I would put that on an exterior door. LOL. The actual color is concord grape from Sherwin Williams. Juanita came in a very, very close second with eggplant. The winner gets a luncheon at chez Fifi with some bubbly.

The appliances were delivered today, and, the front steps are finished. The carpeting goes in tomorrow. 

Don't Blink

Golly, if you blink, you miss out on all kinds of photo opportunities these days. I got over to the house after 2pm. The well digging rig had been rescued from the yard; the plumber was finishing up attaching pipe under the house in the crawl space; the electricians had been there and finished installing the last of the pendants in the kitchen.

I have TOILETS! Life is good. I have running water, cold and hot. Tomorrow, the painting. The following are random shots of today's completed work. 

Oh, Well

Things are happening at 604. I drove to PA (Allentown) and back today. It was a long day, but I had to stop at the house. The carpenters were just finishing up with the cabinets and counter top. The electrician had been there to hook up a couple of other lights and put in some electrical outlets at the cabinets.







And - the well is drilled! Can plumbing be far away?? Poor well driller; the front right wheel of his rig drove into the ditch created by the electric company to run the underground wires. So the drilling rig is having a sleep-over at 604 until it can be pulled out.




The painters will be working on Friday and Monday and the bedroom carpeting should be in any time. Yippee!! 

Back on Subject

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following: Juanita, Joyce, Mma Burrows, Didja and Peter Jennings!!!!


The kitchen cabinets came in yesterday. Today the carpenters worked all day putting them up. Tomorrow is the ceiling trim and the countertops. They put the countertops on on site. Stay tuned for the finished product.





Today, also, the septic system went in. Could the well be far away? 

Delaware Bay Yearly Event

Last night my cousin, Eleanor, and I drove over to Slaughter Beach. It's the closest beach to her condo. We got there before dark to see if there was anything going on just before high tide and the May full moon. It's at this time of year that the horseshoe crabs come ashore to spawn. When I was in town last May looking for a building lot, we went there too. But we never saw one spawning crab due to the flooding that took place last Spring. It disrupted their schedule and caused them to arrive in dribs and drabs. Last night was different. Unfortunately, it had rained and clouds made the night dark, but we saw the first wave of crabs coming ashore. There were hundreds of them and we were able to get a couple of pics. We hope so see thousands of them if we go there at the right time. We intended to go back tonight, but the thunderstorm we had late afternoon made the skies cloudy again. We'll go back another night, probably tomorrow. But I plan to go back tomorrow morning to see if there are migrating shorebirds there by the thousands, feeding on the eggs. Fingers are crossed.


The latest on 604 Evergreen: Cabinets are to arrive Monday afternoon; cabinets are to be placed on Tuesday, as well as the septic system (finally). I expect a lot of things of the finishing type will be happening after that.

On May 29th I'll be leaving for Indiana and will pick up the rental moving truck that next Tuesday. I'll then load what I have at my brother's house and my brother, Ed (the contractor) and Sandy and I will be off to Memphis. Then we'll load the rest of my household goods and drive on to Black Mountain, N.C. where I have a new bedroom set waiting for me to pick up. Off, then, to Milford to unload all of that by Friday, the 6th. It sounds like a lot to do in a relatively short period of time.
But the contractor says it is totally doable.