Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

So, forgot to mention why we have so many things happening at the moment that might not be happening otherwise -- Chris and I are expecting a baby this Fall!  Squee!

My parents generously offered to move into our carriage house and help out with daycare once the baby arrives, so we're in the midst of quite a transition with that part of the property.  And it is a heck of a transition -- we have a tenant living there who has been on the property for nearly 15 years, and the previous owners did little or no maintenance for about 5 years prior to us buying the place.  We've been making modest changes since we bought the place, but now we'll be doing  a pretty extensive renovation of the place, inside and out. 

Wish us luck, on the baby and the house!

Speaking of Stuff Happening...

If you don't live under a rock, you probably know that I live a few blocks from the infamous Sandusky trial.  I'm not going to talk about the trial itself -- I don't know Sandusky or anything that anyone else wouldn't know who has general access to the media.  However, I am going to comment on what it's like living near the courthouse during an event like this.

In a phrase, kind of annoying.  I'm thrilled that the media is renting storefronts, drinking coffee, and eating in our restaurants.  I wish the borough had done a better job of staging the satellite trucks around the courthouse, though.  And each morning's commute is a little more challenging than is normal, due to the large number of people on the street. 

Also happening this week: The Bellefonte Cruise.  Which is a car show commemorating the tradition of cruising.  Honestly, please remind me next year, if I consider staying home during this event that I should leave town.  Again, I like the shot in the arm that it provides to the local economy.  Quite frankly, though, I hate the exhaust, the crowds, the people stomping my flowers, revving engines, you name it.  Next year I'm going away. Mark my words.

House Hijinks

Progress on the New Bath, a photo by Athens Nikita on Flickr.

So, what've we been up to the in the 'Fonte? Quite a bit, actually.

There's been a lot happening in town lately, which I'll briefly touch on another time.

However, at our house we've suffered some catastrophes and entered unwittingly into several unplanned projects. But we also had projects slated for the summer -- like an additional bath with a tub for our new tenant in the other half of the house.

Yesterday Herman came over and helped Chris kick that project off -- what you're looking at in this photo is the first stages of what hopefully will be a rapidly unfolding laundry/bath addition where the commercial space used to be.

So far it's just spec'd out and framed, but baby steps, folks. Baby steps.