well, as luck would have it our ac compressor just died, only months before we sell the house!

a piddly $1500 later and today we will have ac once again downstairs. a gift to the new owner.

things are finally seeming to move on the new house. we hired a plumber and he is working on fixing all the stuff the other idiot messed up (a ton of stuff), plus finishing the plumbing work in the house.

we are getting estimates for things like tile installation, electrical work and even a kitchen remodel (that will wait till the other house sells).

fun stuff, but all this really chews up time in big chunks. we are texturing and painting at the new house also, so that the back area can get ready to have the carpet installed.

hopefully i can post some more images soon.

well folks, here is an update on both our new house and my injury all wrapped into one entry...

the house is moving along slowly at the present. between using a contractor that sometimes shows up, sometimes is a no-show and really only getting work done on weekends, we are making progress, but slowly.

we have purchased furnishings for the new bathroom like a whirlpool tub, a toilet, fixtures and 2 lavatory cabinets with sinks and fixtures and all these items have been taken to the house.

the floor has been put in the bathroom (ready for the tile which we have not yet picked out) and they are working on the plumbing and the electricity now. some progress on the drywall has also been made.

i have been working out of the office (what will be the office) at the new house when workmen are there. i have a small desk, a fan and cable internet there and i make the best of it. so that means that they really can only work during the week on 3 days because i have to go to arlington to the office 2 days a week.

about the injury...i have had some improvement overall, but i still am experiencing swelling in my hand that is stopping progress in other areas.

i just had to change the location of my physical therapy (due to the therapist i was seeing getting a new job) and the new place seems to be a more professional office and hopefully will have some solutions to the swelling problem.

1 day left of 47 for me and i jump into my 48th year. yippee!

ruthie is great (exhausted most of the time due to work and the new house but cute as ever), jon is fine (although sad about the maverick's loss last night), david is doing fine at a&m and will be back in town soon. yoshi just had his wisdom teeth taken out in israel (said it was sorta painful) but otherwise is fine.

oh yeah, our good friend jaque just moved back from florida and is living with our next door neighbor leora.

well here is an update to the previous post. we now have totally cleared the space and are awaiting the new.

it's exciting to see the progress (always seems slower than you thought it would be) of the construction.

so far we have purchased a large corner whirlpool tub and the fixtures for the tub. got a lot more to buy before this is over, but i think it will be real nice.

this is a short video of the work being done at the new house to break out 3 closets and an old bathroom so rooty jr. and i can build our new modern bathroom.

it's very noisy. i am sitting in the next room with my laptop working on web design for work.

this is what it looks like today. we found some really neat shower/whirlpool combos that we are thinking of putting in the new bathroom. i'll update the blog with more as the work progresses.

this is more like it. here's our young man yoshi riding high and proud on top of an israeli tank.

he looks very manley up there on top of all that steel.

we have no idea where in the country he is. it's better for security that he does not disclose that.

the amazing thing to me is that this photo (and a number of others from him) were taken on his cell phone!

we just spoke to him and all is well. he has sent some other pics as well, but i have just not had any time to deal with them yet with all the extra stuff we have been doing trying to deal with the new house (getting it ready to move into) and the old house (getting it ready to sell) too.