The empty space to the left of the white truck is Tex's parking space for his car. You can see his little truck on the far side, far left. My car is in a garage unit. Thankfully, in a month we'll be able to give up two of the three parking spaces we're paying for!
This is what the Texas fall color looks like out our apartment windows.
My chariot, with Tex driving, awaits as:
OUT OF THE PARKING LOT
THROUGH THE METROPLEX,
OFF TO THE SMOKESTACK WE GO!
This is the Smokestack restaurant in Thurber, just a couple miles down the road from the Gordon exit off I-20. We met a 7R neighbor for Thanksgiving dinner at noon. The Smokestack made 200 Thanksgiving dinners and all they asked was a donation for the food pantry. What a wonderful thing for them to do! What a wonderful thing for me. I didn't have to cook and didn't have to clean up after. (FYI, family - this is our new Thanksgiving tradition!)
This is THE Smokestack across the parking lot from the restaurant. Thurber used to be a thriving coal town of 10,000 in the early 1900's. The population now is 25. The restaurant is in what used to be the general store.
Lookie, lookie, lookie! A mailbox! Last time we were out at the house the block with the 900 was wrapped in plastic sitting on top. You can see the debris in the road from cutting out the space for the address block.
Do you think we should keep the port-a-potty? Might come in handy for parties.
Just as you come in off the garage this is what you see. This is my desk.
Just as you come in off the garage this is what you see. This is my desk.
This is opposite my desk.....a bench with drawers underneath and cabinets and a place for coat hooks. The laundry room is through the door to the left.
Another view of the kitchen. All the woodwork and the cabinets are going to be stained a dark walnut with the exception of the island and all the cabinetry in the laundry room and off the garage entrance. Those are to be painted a light olive green, distressed and wiped with a brown glaze. Who knows what that is going to look like. I'm just praying I'm going to get what I think I'm going to get. Sometimes, what is in your head turns out very different in reality.
All the cabinets are in. The hall to the garage is just to the right of the space where the refrigerator will be.
Another view of the kitchen. All the woodwork and the cabinets are going to be stained a dark walnut with the exception of the island and all the cabinetry in the laundry room and off the garage entrance. Those are to be painted a light olive green, distressed and wiped with a brown glaze. Who knows what that is going to look like. I'm just praying I'm going to get what I think I'm going to get. Sometimes, what is in your head turns out very different in reality.
The cabinets have to be stained and painted and the walls painted. They've put in the wood on the stairs and upper hall but have to let it acclimate for two weeks before they can scrape and stain. The light fixtures have to be installed as well as the hardware for cabinets and doors. The garage doors aren't here yet. The driveway has to be done.......but, that is the very last thing.
Who knows when it will be finished.
Hope ya'll had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. We sure did. Old Nellie has a lot to be thankful for! (Except for this persistent running on of the paragraphs in my postings. Arrrgggg!)
Nervous Nellie
(Good grief! The preview showed the paragraphs running together......like they have in so many of the past posts. Then I post, and see that they were fine this time. The blogging gods are having their fun with me. Well, not for much longer, you little imps! The house is almost finished, I will be done with blogging and you won't have me to toy with any longer!)
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