Crises Over, We're Done!

STILL some work to be done on the inside, but the outside is finished, except for the shutters. Doesn't the chimney look much better set back on the roof? Grass stays green here in the Northwest, so on January 1 when we moved in it still looked pretty much like this, sans junkpile.

Our first night in the house was a thrill even though we had to spend quite some time moving enough boxes out of the way so we had a path to the bed and bathroom. I'd found the sheets and comforter so at least we had a proper bed. We looked out through the French doors in our bedroom, saw across the water the lights of a neighboring island, looked at each other and giggled. We'd done it. Well, Sarah had done it, but it was done. It was OURS!