GARAGE/WORKSHOP CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

We are finally getting very close to being finished with our construction project.  The carport conversion to mancave has been completed for a while now and the garage/workshop is getting there.  We have friends coming to stay with us on December 17th so I am hoping we are done with the daily construction noise and mess by then.  Here's some photos of the "workshop" interior..

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stairs done, hand rail next

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workshop cabinets and farm lighting

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bathroom vanity and vessel sink

 

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looking out bathroom sliding door in to outdoor shower

LAKE COMO...

My friend just finished his remodel of an centuries old house he bought a few years ago on Lake Como.  Since he and his family live in Nashville, it was a long distance construction project that required a bunch of trips to Italy to monitor the work and also deal with all of the historic building restrictions and hurdles to jump over...He just sent me an email with some photos he took from the back lanai and boathouse on the Lake and invited us to stay in the place anytime they weren't using it...really amazing views....

MORE RIDGE PICS FROM OUR BACK LANAI...

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MY BIRTHDAY (SAME DAY AS KENNEDY ASSASSINATION)..

I turned 67 on November 22nd and I keep hearing the Neil Young song "Old Man"...the lyric's keep repeating " old man take a look at me now, I'm a lot like you were"...yikes..scary...good friends celebrated with me..a bottle or two of good whiskey from kauai friends..a box of excellent cigars from Lee and Gin in Florida...and Jane made me my favorite raisin pie...and a chocolate birthday cake..just another brick in the wall :-)

GOOD NEWS...

We went to Jane's oncologist appointment on monday to finally get the results of her oncotype dx test.  She scored in the low category which means that chemotherapy is not warranted...she has a better chance of non-reoccurence with radiation treatment followed by endocrine treatment (drugs) which brings her down to about an 8% chance of reoccurence in ten years..we went to her radiation oncologist yesterday and she is scheduled for 33 treatments that probably won't start until after the holidays..she is doing great..the surgery is healed..and she is as beautiful as ever...

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FALL RIDGE

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SWEET JANE

We have been home now for a couple of weeks and Jane's healing nicely.  Last week we met with her radiation oncologist and yesterday we met with her oncologist.  We liked both doctors and have confidence in them.  Jane had a list of questions for both of them and everything was covered, explained, and explained again.  The incision sites have healed without incident and now we are waiting for the results of the oncotype test to better determine a treatment plan.  Hopefully, radiation followed by drug treatment will be indicated and no need for chemotherapy.  We'll find out next week.  Jane is in good spirits and continues to be in a fighting spirit.  She only weighs 104 pounds but pretty much all of that is grit...stay tuned...

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yesterday at Lihue oncology appointment

(I just told her we were heading for a glass of wine for her and a beer for me)