Old House

I haven't talked much about the house, but I should. It was built in 1727 and deserves some respect. We love it, it has the style and charm of an old house, but has been so well maintained that non-do-it-ourselfers (which we are) can handle it. Now that's not to say that there's not stuff we need to do or to get done.

Here's a fun one: This is the time of year when I get to start worrying about water in the basement. Hurray. Our first house had that fabulous problem, too, so we buried a nice and expensive and extremely effective dry-basement system into it. It was great. Never had to worry about it again. Problem solved. However, I don't live in that house anymore. And the new house (err, OLD house) has a nice water-in-the-basement problem to deal with. Fabulous. So this will probably be my last Spring of up-and-down the stairs with the wet vac because the peace of mind of having a dry basement - not to mention how that will help preserve the house from water problems in the floors and walls - is tremendous. I just need to part with all the money. Which is not fun to think about.

Oh, and did I mention I probably need a new driveway this year too? And that its about 200 feet long? No? Well chalk that one up to "preservation" as well.

Well doing all this will get me excited for our annual Spring Pig Roast - never too early to start planning for that.