Working on the Manor

Today I'm removing caulk (with a painter's tool and rubber mallet) and re-caulking the house between an exterior wall and a sidewalk. There's a sort of large gap so I'm filling it first with foam. This is when home ownership is fatiguing. Remove caulk? ugh! We love living here though so I'll suffer for a little while.

Dee and I bought this house in January 2007. On January 25 we closed on the 27 we moved and on the 29 I turned 40. An auspicious week to be sure. We looked at pictures on the web before we even viewed the house and thought it was certainly out of our modest reach. I hate to be all caught up in a building but this house just blew us away. First of all it isn't full of little rooms. It's a house for grown ups with no kids. It has four big rooms and a big garage. The living room is what wow-ed us. At 20 x 20 (feet), it was just a tremendous room. It is a perfect setting for cocktail parties although we've refrained.

The kitchen had been remodeled into a sleek contemporary room. The construction was a bit amazing to us. All the closets but one are cedar lined. All the windowsills are marble. We did have to ditch the dripping chandelier.It looks like a brick ranch home on the outside and the surprise come after walking in. The hard wood floors had been refinished. All the stainless appliances were included. The guy who owned the house had some legal trouble and had to give it up. Drug addiction is no joke. But his loss couldn't have been a gain to two better people. But - I digress - I must get my mallet and tool and get to work.