Hi!
It's been a week! I'm not sure if I should say "it has flown by," or "it feels like one week has actually been 6 months long...?" Either way, I'm beat.
OK, way too much is going on in life right now. We closed on the house last Monday (yippee, cheer, throw streamers and confetti, play your favorite music REALLY LOUD)!
Our stuff gets delivered October 14th, so we'll actually "move in" in about 8 days. This means we have about 8 more days to do any work we can on the house while it is empty. Much easier than when it's full! Of course all our projects cannot be completed in a mere 8 days, but we will do what we can.
Frank has been spending every night over there, with one to four other family members with him. All the little fixes are too lengthy to list. MAJOR changes will include kitchen remodel, master bath remodel, add a closet to the front room where there was none, and re-claim the large garage from 40 years of oil, exhaust, rust, mildewy cabinets, etc. This home was built in 1950.
I'll show you before/after pics when we are to the "after" point! Ha.
Meanwhile, Mom came to visit this week! She booked a "fall foliage tour" months ago, and it started today. Of course we THOUGHT we'd be all settled in a house by now! All the best-laid plans...
We have been able to squeeze in a LITTLE sight-seeing, amongst cross-country meets, field trips, and of course camping out at Home Depot, staring at floor tiles.
Frank's co-worker Andre, from Brazil, is also visiting for a conference. He's never been to the U.S., so we tried to give him a smattering of sight-seeing, of his choice, of course.
Saturday two of our tours were Fenway Park and Harvard, so THAT is what you get this week!
FENWAY PARK. 
I am not even a huge baseball fan, but this was a very entertaining and interesting tour! 
There is quite a history, here at the oldest ball park stadium, home of the Boston Red Sox. 
Also there is a WILDLY intense rivalry between the Red Sox, and the New York Yankees and their sadly disillusioned fans. One funny "lone red chair" is in the bleachers (the rest are green), to mark where a man sat in the 1940's, when a home run ball hit him in the head at something like 510 feet! Knocked him out cold for 2 minutes. He was a Yankees fan and converted, after he got bonked in the head.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY. (I just thought it would be a lot bigger!) Very nice, very stately, very expensive. 
I liked the courtyard "Harvard Yard," and the huge library with columns. 
We would have liked to see their 52 MILES of bookshelves, but once inside the front doors we were met with this sign:
(I think the intellectual, emotional and monetary stress involved in getting that "Harvard ID" is a little more than I'm willing to pay right now...we are content to see it through the window, from the outside!)
Have a great week! Kari
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7 comments:
sounds fantastic...how exciting about your house..that's great...
Are you sure it wouldn't have been easier to build a new home? I just think of Dina and all the remodeling she did. Ahh...Home Depot. I htink our home is built from HD. For sure our cupboards, bathroom fixtures, drywall, tools, some flooring and supplies, oh and all our kitchen appliances. Happy with them all except our GE Profile fridge. Don't buy one. It is so noisy that when ever anyone walks by they open and close the door real hard and fast to get rid of the banging. Hold on......now that is must quieter. (I'm not kidding, I really did stop that noise).
I can't wait to see your before and after pics. They are fun! Keep up the site seeing, we all love to know what you are up too and what fun things your family does.
Congrats on closing on your house! that's so exciting-you guys will be "settled" soon!
Looks like you have lots of fun stuff to do with tourists. 52 miles of bookshelves? That's awesome.
If I were there I could just wiggle my nose and all your stuff would be organized - everything in it's place! (that's how I always do my cleaning....) Those darn miles between us!
Doug's friend's older brother is at Harvard - doing his Masters in Architecture. They are going to see him soon. He read Johnny Trumane and is more excited to go to the area - his Mom suggested that to us too!
Good luck with it all!
Want to see if my picture shows up
Hey Aunt Kari-I figure its about time I leave you a comment since you always comment my blog(: Sounds like all these "moving adventures" are finally winding down a bit-good good(: Easy on the dramatics there(: jk...How fun for Grandma Kay to come over there. I was supposed to go with her, but oh yeah, I have this life of college here I just couldn't take off anywhere(: For heaven's sake I had to take English hw just to Show Low a few weeks ago! Anyway-good luck with everything, thanks for all your comments, say hello to my cousins, and Boston(:
Congrats on the house!!! & all the adventures that are included in that journey. Can't wait for pics and updates. Keep being my virtual tour guide of your state. I just love to hear about anywhere you go! Ever since the movie "Fever Pitch," I have always wanted to see Fenway Park.
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