Some Minor Updates.

1. We have plumbing in the new (old) half-bath on the side porch! Mr. Scout and his plumber hacked, sawed, and felled a 300-lb. cast iron vent pipe from the side of the house, replacing it with a temporary in-wall unit until after the 4th of July. This morning, after delivering Finn to daycare, I picked up a new toilet and sink from the Gucci Lowe’s. They will get installed tomorrow along with the door and some temporary drywall to make a functional bathroom for the parade.

2. The carburetor on the Scout is being assembled as I type, and hopefully I will get a call this evening with an update and the go-ahead to pick it up. Which is good, because we have new piles of debris to haul away from the house.

3. I made a few edits to the files here on the site in an attempt to speed up pageloads. Let me know if you see any difference (it’s that little link to the left that says “comment”).

4. Plans are afoot for a vacation stay in the Outer Banks in September right around Finn’s birthday. We have a house picked out with a stunning view of the beach and a lovely in ground pool for the girl to splash around in. We are excited to have something fun to look forward to.

5. FRD will be getting some ridiculously adorable drapes in her room next week. The plan is to have them finished by Sunday so I can wash them with the rest of the week’s laundry, and get them out to you Monday. They’ll definitely need ironing before you hang them, though, so be advised.

Awesome! Thanks Linda!

Initial pageloads are way faster but it still takes forever to resolve to the comments page…

Hm. I’ll take a look at the backend code to see if it’s full of foo that needs to be trimmed.

S’funny Ren’s having that problem because mine’s the exact opposite. Initial pageload is still taking foreva

Both went way faster this time…