7.1.01 |
Steve and Kristie "help" their parents install stairs on the back porch. |
7.10.01 |
Not entirely sure if this is the right date, but we do a bunch of work making sure we have the guest room set up as Ron and Jeanne are coming to town for a surprise party this weekend. |
7.14.01 |
The party is pretty successful thanks in no small part to Ron and Jeanne's help. |
7.15.01 |
While Steve recovers from a party misstep, Ron and Dad redo the electricity in the garage and Ron amuses himself with the power washer. |
7.29.01 |
Steve and Kristie hang many1 movie posters in the living room. |
8.??.01 |
The Renaissance Festival begins and Steve and Kristie find their weekends busy for a while - very little home improvement goes on. |
10.2.01 |
The festival run ends, but Steve and Kristie remain tired for a while, plus Steve decides to blow up his gall bladder. |
10.20.01 |
Halloween decorations are deployed at the house. |
11.6.01 |
Steve's gall bladder surgery is mostly okay and he attempts a return to work. |
11.13.01 |
After working basically part-time for the last week, Steve is full-time again, but still too tired to help Kristie around the house much. |
11.20.01 |
The basement receives several days of careful attention in preparation for the Winter Camp meeting. Kristie appropriates a closet downstairs for teaching supplies and designates another downstairs closet as "the holiday closet". |
12.2.01 |
Christmas decorations are deployed. |
1.6.01 |
The living room posters are changed and now the four posters for Lord of the Rings are on display. |
1.12.01 |
Christmas decorations are removed. |
1.16.01 |
Kristie calls Steve to tell him that they have to take down their fence by January 31. |
1.26.01 |
Kristie and Steve return from a weekend trip to her parents' place to find that his parents have taken care of the fence problem. |
3.16.01 |
Kristie's friend Nicky and her husband Richard come down for a visit and a chance to see Great Big Sea. |
4.07.01 |
Kristie's brother Tony bring his wife Angie and son Anthony2 down for a visit3. |
4.16.01 |
Tim shows up to help as two more truckloads of stuff are removed from Steve's folks' house. Only one or two more remain! |
4.17.01 |
Steve purchases more shelves for the game room. |
4.18.01 |
Steve begins an effort to bring order to some of the chaos by putting shelves in the garage. |
4.28.01 |
Kristie's father and mother, Jim and Mary Ann come for a visit. |
5.07.01 |
Steve compiles this list and realizes either they haven't done very much or he doesn't remember it all or both. |