The long, long road to Tipperary

[primsong]

This is the Summer That Never Ends, and also at the same time the Summer That is Flashing Before My Eyes! I can't believe it is already August, and I have to take my kids shopping for school pants, school shoes, school supplies already - ack!

The house is slooowly coming together, and at last it begins to look like something is happening. I have packed up most of the non-essentials in the 'old' house and am presiding over it, while hubby works on the other one for the most part. Lots of boxes, lots of gradual hauling in carloads when I am limited in what I can move until some of the work is completed.

The kitchen is partly installed, and almost all the carpets are done...two bathrooms still need help, and the windows are only cuts in sheetrock to the size they will be when they come in, but it's getting there. Only small foibles so far. For instance, the carpet guys came to put in the new carpet in the master bedroom today... soundsl ike that would be a good thing BUT unfortunately, they didn't wait for the icky black built-in vanity monstrosity to be ripped out by the other guy first, hence they cut a big chunk out of the carpet and carpeted around it... aigh! Then they took the remnant with them, so we are having to chase them to get it back to plug up the hole! ARGH!

I've replaced some of the icky light fixtures already because I just couldn't stand to look at them anymore, even though we were originally going to do that after the painting was completed. Oh well!

I've been washing, sealing and priming and painting the dark grey concrete laundry room in the basement. If I have to be there that much, day after day, it's NOT going to look like a dungeon, IMHO. Now it looks like - well, I was thinking "sunrise colors" but my daughter very correctly dubbed it "SweetTarts". Hee hee... She's right.

The grapes are ripening, and I'm making apple crisp from the early apples that are falling from the trees. The plums are getting purple and the roses are blooming like crazy. Now there are glads opening up along with the lilies too. I think I'm going to look forward to seeing what this yard does in the spring!

Comments

[siradaono.livejournal.com]

made me whooosey just reading and thinking of all that hard work.

It will all come together one day and then you can put your feet up and rest at Moot Pointe.

Happy Daze... ;-{> nt

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Yikes, you ARE busy, aren't you? But it will come together eventually. I am familiar with that "half and half" feeling -- trying to figure out how to pack so you don't send away the things you might still need. How far away is your new place from the old? Can you drive over and get that wooden spoon you shouldn't have sent over just yet? ;-)

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness it is close - it only takes me about five minutes to drive there. I don't know what I would be doing otherwise! Even today, my youngest couldn't find her swimsuit... "I took it over to the other house." Drive to the other house...

And now the kitchen sink will not line up under the cabinets, two inches off-center. Why? Because they ordered the wrong width on one cabinet. This also meant there wasn't enough room for the dishwasher in the dishwasher slot. So we have to reorder two cabinets (thank goodness it was their error, not ours, so no extra expense)...more delay before the kitchen is done.

At least the new carpet was the right carpet!

[gondoriangirl.livejournal.com]

wow! Is all that fresh fruit from trees and plants you own? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Yes indeedy! Goodness knows what I'm going to do with all those grapes. I think I need to find someone who makes their own wine or something!

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to LJ...I've missed you around here.

Geez, you're making my tired just reading about all you have to do. But, I love moving. There's nothing like moving to help you get organized, get rid of flotsam and jetsam that you don't really need and get a whole new start on things.

Here's hoping (and praying) for some great new beginnings for you dear.

[pippinswolf.livejournal.com]

*apple crisp* (glazed eyes)
When I come to visit out there eventually, please have a pan ready ,still warm from the oven please.
good to see you here Prim, and glad that things are humming along with the house.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Very glad to - I have two apple trees at my current house and two at the new house, so I'm awash in apples. The cherries are already past, so I don't have to worry about them this year - I expect the birds will eat most of them anyway. My blueberry bushes barely had anything on them this year - a handful for the breakfast cereal per bush, perhaps. I want to put some in at the new place.

When I was small we lived in a rental that had an apple orchard for a back yard and having little money, practically lived off of the free apples, so at least it's familiar. Apple crisp is something I can make at any time, no recipe needed. :-)

[primsong.livejournal.com]

That's for sure! I've taken three carloads to the thrift store, and have a fourth carload in the making. It's a grand feeling, getting rid of junk. Like combing out the tangles in your hair.

[boriel.livejournal.com]

what are you going to do with your grapes? the reason i ask is i have a bumper crop this year of grapes too...and have nooooo idea what to do with them. (last year i made juice because they didnt ripen before the first frost and so were no good to eat)

just looking for some expert advice...thanks

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I wish I had some - let me know if you find someone who knows what they are talking about. I've trimmed the arbor back to keep it from taking over the greenhouse, but I am clueless as to what to do with the grapes. Only thing I've done with them before is blanch the leaves for Greek dolmas.

[boriel.livejournal.com]

ooh oooh ooh!!! you *must* pass on a recipe for me - well, not so much a recipe, as a how to with the leaves..once i know what to do with the leaves, there are tons of recipes out there. i love dolomades!