Around the House

It's only 11 days now until Beverly arrives in Tremont! She should be back in China now after a two-week group trip to Europe. I know she was anxious to get home and catch a replay of the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, which were televised while she was in the air, on the return trip home. We watched last night here in the U.S., about 12 hours after the actual ceremony took place. What a wonderful job China did in welcoming the world to Beijing.


We have been doing some improvements around the house, and the last couple of weeks have involved removal of old wallpaper in the kitchen, new wallpaper going up and a new floor going down. Our house is about 30 years old and we have lived here for 12 years. Things had just been updated when we moved in, so we have not really done anything until now ... and it really gives it a nice facelift.

We didn't make any recent changes here in the dining room, it's just a picture for Beverly to see another part of the house. It's a pretty cloudy day so not a bright day for taking pictures!

Just outside the dining room doors we have a deck and fenced in part of our back yard. It's a nice shady retreat on the hot days. We also have a small fish pond that has some pretty large goldfish in it, and some resident frogs that seem to find their way in every year! There are about four that have these bright green faces and are pretty big. TJ took this picture, it is really tough to get a good picture of them because as soon as they hear us coming, they leap into the air and then into the pond with a big splash!

Next week is new carpet upstairs!