Monthly Archives: November 2019

Sunday, November 24, 2019

By Nina Macdonald | November 26, 2019

One of us has been out most days this week, and we have both taken photos, but it’s been hard to think of what to write. And most of the photos are full of drop cloths or trash. It rained last week, which was useful because the skylight in the guest bathroom no longer leaked, […]

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Saturday, November 16, 2019

By Nina Macdonald | November 18, 2019

Ted was out at the house on Saturday and took these pictures. He was going to weed-whack a hill that has some tall grass growing on it, but there were Santa Ana winds and it was very hot and dry. It was too dangerous to use even the plastic cord because if you struck a […]

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Monday, November 11, 2019

By Nina Macdonald | November 12, 2019

A lot of finishing work has been done in the last 10 days. Two of the three shower doors have been installed. The contractor assumed we would want clear glass since that is what modern houses usually have. We were both opposed although for different reasons. Ted doesn’t like the problems of hard water streaking […]

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

By Nina Macdonald | November 1, 2019

We’ve had Santa Ana winds this week and they turned the power off Wednesday afternoon and didn’t turn it back on until early Thursday morning. Fortunately, the people working on the earth moving were able to keep working. The counter people have been busy this week. We have full counters in both kitchens and the […]

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