Rochester, take 2

So owning a house is a lot of work! Although Bri took great care of my house while I was gone, there were a million little projects to do when I got back. These may not seem like big things to those of you that have owned a house, but many of these were things that I would have previously said "dad, the railing is broken" and POOF! it would be magically fixed! Too bad things don't work like that out here :) So my completed tasks this weekend:
- fixed the railing to the basement
- replaced the brackets in the kitchen drawer that have been broken since I moved in
- nailed in all of the pieces of molding that keep falling off (because the previous owners didn't nail them down, they just set them there)
- replaced the themostat with a programmable one
- replaced about a million burned out lightbulbs, of course in all high up light fixtures, all of which needed different types of bulbs!
- added a lock to the attic door, which the cat kept pulling open
- and finally painted(and cleaned) my office...see below for proof :)
The office was this yucky purple. I've hated it since I moved in. I wanted to paint it some shade of blue.
Let's just say that this isn't quite the blue I had in mind.! It dried so much darker and greener than it was on the chip. It's growing on me though. Yes, it desperately needs a second coat of paint. But since my desk is NOT easy to move, I wsa painting around it and removing the painters tape as I went. By the time I realized it needed a second coat, all of the taping was gone, and I'm too tired and lazy to start over! Someday I'll get around to doing it. For now, it's tons better than the purple.

And a random picture taken the day before I left Rochester. It was just the beginning of fall here, and this tree was so beautiful that I had to stop and take a picture of it. Now everything is all bare. It has been insanely warm here though. Friday I went to the gym at 7pm, and my car thermometer said 58! Today was a bit colder (44 at noon), but most days have been sunny. You'd never know this was Rochester! Even my maple tree is confused....it's starting to bud. Let's just hope winter doesn't come, or that tree is in trouble!

Hugs to everyone back home. I miss you all, but take 2 is going much more smoothly than take 1 :)