October 12, 2009: Painting Day

Today dad and Dominica are working on painting the stairway and upstairs hallway.  With this round of painting the entire non-basement portion of the house will have been painted since we moved in ten months ago with the exception of the kitchen which was the only recently painted portion when we bought it.  It really …

October 11, 2009: Sunday with Dad

It is Sunday and I need to work today.  Today is dad’s big “hanging out with Liesl” day.  I have to work today, as usual, so not a lot of time off for me to hang out with everyone. This evening we ordered in Chinese take-away and watched the second episode of Torchwood. We were …

October 10, 2009: Maybe Dad’s Last Trip to Peekskill

It is Saturday.  I worked until four this morning and so slept in very, very late today.  It is hard to sleep in with Liesl because her routine involves a lot of time spent playing in bed in the early morning.  Normally I just get up with her and play for an hour before starting …

October 9, 2009: Working Overnight

It’s Friday and a long, busy work day for me.  We got some heavy rain this morning.  Tomorrow Dad is coming down from Upstate New York to visit for the weekend and to help with painting the upstairs hallway.  We really want to get that done before attempting to sell the house.  It will make …