Olive Helenscat Mysteriosa Smith

We were hoping to be productive enough this weekend to have a new home improvement-type post, but that just didn't happen. Then Chad realized there was no post for the newest friend of Roosterhaus, Olive.

We first encountered Olive living under the house in July of last year. She would hang out on the porch and wait for us to come home. Then she would talk to us and ask for food. We decided that we would take her to get spayed and try to find a home for her, because we are both allergic to cats. But, while she convalesced with us after her spaying, we realized that neither one of us so much as sneezed due to her presence. So she is our new house pet. She is slowly getting used to the idea of being an indoor kitty... but there seems to have been no adjustment period necessary for the idea of regular meals.

New Doors!

Noise from the washer/dryer and tv be gone! Chad and I finally had two doors installed to cut down on noise. Both of the doors are on rails, so we didn't have to bust into drywall to install pocket doors. One blocks the kitchen from the utility hall and the other closes the door between the office and living room. They also add some fun pops of color to the white walls... so much fun color, in fact, that the art work seems a little overwhelmed by it all.

The kitchen door:





The living room door:

New Year, New Paint

We're trying out colors for exterior painting on the shed. So far, we haven't hit upon the right color. Chad wants green. Mary wants blue. Neither is quite right, so we'll be off to the hardware store to try some other colors tomorrow. We may go white... or brown... or butter... or maybe just slight variations on the blue and green... who knows?

Here's crayola green:



And a historic trust-type blue: