Cleaning the garage

Part of our new bathroom project involved moving into a different bedroom - the one next to the new bedroom.
It also involved finding a new home for the stuff that was in that room. Either getting rid of it or re-organizing things to a new storage spot. That's where the garage comes in.
A few months ago when Linens 'n Things was going out of business and having a liquidation sale, Aimee and I went to a store near us and bought some of their display shelves. (They were selling absolutely everything in the store.)
The shelves are two feet deep and we can line an entire wall in the garage from floor to ceiling with them. This will allow us to park both cars in the garage and have a place for everything.
That project should come together in the next week or so.

Bathroom Update

We're getting closer to the end of our bathroom remodel work. This week the toilet, sink and faucets are due to be installed and then it will just be finishing touches after that.

All of the heavy lifting is behind us and the painting and tiling is done as well.

We're looking forward to using the new bathroom, moving into a larger bedroom and parking both cars in the garage.

The Ranger

Back on Thanksgiving night while we were sleeping, somebody came around the corner WAY too fast and crashed into the back of Aimee's truck pretty hard. The bumper was slammed downward and the frame was bent (among other damage).
Fortunately, the driver had insurance.
Coincidentally, we had already begun looking for a new car for Aimee and were close to making a purchase when this happened.
Last week, we finally settled with the insurance company, who declared the truck a total loss.
They came to get the Ranger and send it off to auction. We got a check for more than we could have sold the car for before it was damaged. In a way the whole thing was a bit of good luck for us even though we were sad to Aimee's truck of 12 years get hauled away.
Just a few days before the wreck she had turned 100,000 miles on the odometer.

Rosebud meets her match

Rosebud wouldn't stand a chance if trouble started with one of these big birds.

Happy New Year

We took a ride in Aimee's new car on New Year's Day over to the duck pond.

Rosebud always enjoys going for a walk around the lake and seeing all of the ducks and geese and whatever else they have there.

Some of the birds are pretty big and loud. I'm not sure they are always happy to see her.