More House Stuff

I promised a picture of the rock retaining walls that I've been working on. Well, here they are! As you can see, some of the rocks are quite large. Amazingly enough, all rocks were in the top 2 feet of soil, with the exception of one. I kind of stalled out on finishing the walls as the interior work has taken priority. There is still plenty of critical rock arranging to be done before I will be satisfied with the walls.

This photo shows the completed front porch and the addition of lighting by the garage. We still need to put up the shutters on the far left windows to complete the look. The cedar porch rails will most likely be painted white, but again...interior work is my focus right now.

I managed to get the microwave and stove installed this past weekend. We ended up getting them from Sears and the sales person failed to tell me that the appliances do not include power cords. I actually knew this once, but had forgotten. Anyway, I was irritated to be reminded only when I was at the house ready to install the units. No power cord! After much grumbling about the poor service one receives these days, I went back to Sears to inquire about the power cords. Since one of the units was a dishwasher, I figured to get a regular 110 volt cord and use that. The sales associate insisted that the dishwasher could only be hard wired to the house electrical supply. It was at that point that I realized I again lucked out and found the one totally inept sales person in the entire store. Perhaps my look of 'What? Are you some sort of an idiot?' gave the guy a clue. I promptly announced that I was buying my power cords at Home Depot! That showed them!

Here is Katey, patiently waiting for me to finish one of my endless tasks at the house. Such a good sport!