Somethin' To Hang Onto

So many people have asked me: "Why didn't you hold onto the railing when going down those stairs?" Referring, of course, to my spill and subsequent injury a few weeks ago.

The answer is simple: there wasn't a railing to hold onto. The joy of buying a house that is not finished is, well, that you get to make your own choices and finish it the way you want it. The downside, of course, is that there are lots of things missing. Such as handrails on stairs.

Doug decided after my fall that, perhaps, we did actually need a railing down them stairs. Pathetic, but effective, I guess. So we took Jack to Home Depot and found us a railing.

He loves riding on those orange carts. He is constantly in motion, which is why the picture is a little blurry - sorry about that. The last thing the guy said to us in Home Depot: Make sure you finish it before you hang it! Doug was offended. I laughed, and said something along the lines of "Well, duh!"  Doug just gave me a look.

When we got home, Doug started measuring and putting up the brackets.

The kids got a kick out of the chalk line (I have been erasing chalk off my tile since), and obviously Jack loved that I was taking pictures. The "ham" trait is definitely genetic. Then Doug placed the railing on the brackets like so...

And made me make sure I liked it. Not bad, Doug, Not bad.With my approval, he cut the ends so they were nicely contoured:

And screwed the railing into the brackets. Did he finish it, like the guy at Home Depot admonished him to? Oh, no. Well, not immediately. It sat like this for a few days (remember how I told you last week that Doug has been busy but I've been feeling too sorry for myself to update the blog? Yup, this is one of those projects).

Apparently the admonishment was eating at him, though, because this week he took the railing off and stained it to match the banister on the other side of the stairs. LOL! Sorry, I should take that down a notch. I am giggling about it, though. So, it should be up again soon...this time, finished. Go, Doug.

Freakin' Out!

There's actually quite a lot going on right now - Doug's been busy. I'll share that next week, I promise.

Right now, I'm just freaking out about some news on my leg...the sprained ankles are both healing quite nicely, so much so that I'm feeling strong and ready to get back to work.

Sadly, my broken leg hasn't healed at all. At. All. In fact, the fracture is spreading open...so quite the opposite of healing. I have an appointment with an orthopedist next week.

Not exciting for me. A little freaked out. In case you haven't figured that out yet. I am not excited about the prospect of possible surgery or screws (yikes!).

Thanks for letting me vent, I promise more work on the house next week. Have a good weekend.

It's November!

This is my favorite month. There's snow...

But not so much of it that you have to pull out the shovel (usually). Beauty without work, love it. There's cooler weather -sweaters! - which also means that working outside isn't a sweaty, hot prospect.

This year, it also means that I only have two more weeks of wearing the walking boot for my broken leg. Woohoo, the end is in sight! And then, I can get outside. Ahhh. I've really missed that. I might actually get some more bulbs in the ground before winter. I'm hoping, anyway.

It also means colorful leaves. I found these leaves at Target on clearance for fifty cents each:

They are felt placemats. I stuck them in my front window to be a little festive, since they are the perfect color. The house looked a little bare after taking down the Halloween decorations (even though there are still a few ghosts hanging out in the trees outside - I can't climb to get them, and keep forgetting to get the girls out there).

How's things at your place? Getting Halloween put away? Hope you have a great week, whatever you're doing!