Month: April 2006

  • The Bundle of Joy, and a fiendishly clever plan.

    We went to California for a little while to visit with the Queen of Paint, her husband (Stephanie’s younger brother), and most importantly (sorry guys!) The Bundle of Joy, Stephanie’s nephew. It was a lot of fun, although our time was mostly spent shopping, eating, playing with TBoJ, eating, shopping, and playing with TBoJ. We…

  • Final kitchen design

    You know, I realize that many of you who were playing at home may not have seen the final kitchen design. So here is a rough illustration of it (not to scale, naturally!)CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER DRAWING. It seems spacious until you are in it– I think that ultimately it will be a cozy and…

  • Seder– a little "order" in the chaos

    On Wednesday, we got a little cheeky and decided that we would have 14 people over for a dinner/seder. This despite the fact that our kitchen isn’t yet in, and that Aaron was able to install the oven at 3 pm on Wednesday. I was a little shaky about it, because — well, it’s a…

  • The Queen of Paint… and a chilling tale with a moral.

    So I made a little mistake yesterday. The painter asked me which color to paint the sun-room (which is a little bonus room that we have) And I told him–which was naturally the biggest mistake of all! But first– a little backstory:Stephanie has a very nice sister-in-law, who for reasons of privacy we shall dub…

  • We are not alone…

    Even as we think we’ve got problems with contractors, timing, and we may feel like we are the only people renovating a home in Yonkers– lo! what light through yonder window breaks? There is another blog that talks about their problems and delights with their 100 year old Yonkers home renovation! There are lots of…