Stage three starts...NOW! porch roof off & tarped porch carpentry being done now remaining wood windows upstairs being done now new sashes being made where old were rotten paint colors swatched to side of house to see if they stick...
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Harris and I have been talking hypotheticals about getting married for a few months. We'd hoped that Windsor would be the case, but instead, it became the precedent for the case, so ok, it's the case, but not the time. Whatever. Anyway, after they ruled for Edith Windsor, we started talking about inevitability and soon ness and what we would do when the tide changed. When would we through a party? How big ? What entertainment? Where? What kind of food did we want? These sorts of things. What remained consistent for us was that as soon as it was legal we'd get married and then plan and throw the party later. Then the 4th Circuit ruled in the VA case over the summer but issued a stay while it was appealed to the Supreme Court. When the Supreme Court declined to take any of the cases on Monday we started talking more seriously. I made sure I had $60 in cash and watched twitter for news. The news comes faster on twitter when you follow people who are on the ground...
I'm writing multiple stories right now with a nursling who sometimes lets me write. They are slowly coming, but, emphasis on the word slowly. Margot is a delicious baby. She smiles, she's nursing, she's happy, and she has the most adorable cupid bow mouth and wide eyes. She does indeed look like a cute human lemur. Madeline went to the orthopedist on Tuesday and after crying through six x-rays was cleared for regular 5 year old activities. Her arm is healed, new bone nicely grown over the fracture, and climbing restored for my happy little monkey. She uses her arm more and more each day and is glad to not have that cast anymore. House - we've cleaned :) And entertained. And cleaned some more. Our windows should go back in the stairwell sometime in the next week or two. We're getting ready for the next stage of work right now, money showing up sometime in the next week or so for some massive changes. We have to get as much as possible done by the end of the y...