Summer II

Well, as summer progressed, Glenda and I were able to visit our kids and grandkids. We enjoyed visiting Christy and Tobin's new home in Corvallis. Since they were going to remodel and replace some doors in their home, Tobin asked me what size doors we had. When I got home and measured them, Tobin said they were exactly the size he was removing. Their doors were 300% better than ours, so instantly I had another project. Now the problem--the doors were 125 miles away in Corvallis. Solution--Christy was going to be running in a race in Central Oregon, so Tobin offered to bring them over when he came to pick up Christy. The doors arrived, and with the help of a friend within two weeks the doors were installed. Then I bought new baseboard molding and learned the fine art of angles and how to cut them for each of the corners I encountered. I replaced all the molding in the hall and bathroom. Glenda's remark about this was, "The bathroom is finally complete" because ever since we moved in 21 years ago some of the bathroom baseboard molding was missing or in need of repair. We didn't want to replace it until we did a makeover, and the doors afforded that opportunity.

The very first picture of this group shows the remodel of our living room window. I framed it totally in wood in preparation for the new shades that are soon to arrive. I think this was the highlight of the small remodeling we have been doing on the inside of our house. Glenda was overjoyed to finally get rid of the 24-year-old drapes. The new wood will definitely showcase the new shades.