After attempting for 10 months to get some house repairs done on my home (crack walls and nail pops), the builder finally sent some workers last week and finished the repairs in 2 days. What a relief to get this done as it has been lingering for a long time and not to mention my house has been torn up since June (when they first began the work). Mom and Dad are in town so they were able to be at my house the first day while I was at work. I took a vacation day the second day and Mom and I spent most of the day shopping while Dad stayed home to keep an eye on the work.
I posted some pictures below that I took with my new digital camera. I am still trying to figure out all of the features it has to offer but so far I like it.
The picture of the Great Room shows the new metal art work hanging above the couch. I have a smaller version that is similar to this and Mom found the larger one this year at the Peach Festival. I was so glad to hear the same artist was still selling his work. The trick was trying to get it to Tennessee. Mom and Dad had trouble fitting it in the car so they had to be creative and and actually hung it from a rope from the back seat - I should have taken a picture of that because it was interesting to see how they came up with that idea! It got to Nashville in 1 piece.
The Great Room now has handmade window treatments and these were designed and made by Mom. The pictures don't do it justice but they are awesome!
I also bought new office furniture, a project table that opens up for more surface space and organization cubes. Mom and Dad delayed their return trip home by 2 days because I would not be able to assemble the 12 pieces by myself. And not to mention how heavy and large these pieces are. Even the instructions state 2 people are needed for assembly. I will post some pictures later as I don't have the room put completely together yet.
Dad also had fun fixing a running toilet and a printer cable that I accidently sucked up in the vacuum. Mom gave my myrtle a major haircut and transplanted some pieces under my deck and in the area where grass is not growing in my backyard.
We did make time to do some Geocaching and drive around in my new cross-over vehicle. I promise during my parents' next visit, we will not work as much and spend more time enjoying Nashville. Always glad when they can come visit.
