Covering activities from July – September, 2006. Betsy, Joe, Sara and Kristen made their first return east from Colorado just after July 4. To celebrate, and show off our Pfefferkorn house for Barb’s extended family of “Chinese” aunties and uncles — the old Fisher cohort of China hands — we hosted a brunch on Saturday, …
Barb’s office picnic on June 20, 2006 at Centennial Park in Columbia.
In 2006 we continued settling into our Pfefferkorn house, I was looking for new adventures after financial planning and Allie was in fifth grade at Glenelg Country School. Between Allie, Barb and I, we had some mutual fantasies about turning Allie into a TV star or model. Allie spent countless hours of her life watching …
Grandma and Grandpop were our first visitors at Pfefferkorn on July 19. Grandma persisted in her efforts to teach Allie knitting. Allie was a willing pupil for a while but I’m not sure she retained any skills. It was a little like most of her sports and music endeavors — learned that, move on. One …
June 29, 2005 at (Amy Hunsberger’s house?)
Photos from our house at 10316 Paddington Court, Ellicott City, taken April and May, 2005. We moved out in June. Exterior shots taken on April 16 when the lawn was mowed and trimmed and the tulips and cherry tree were in bloom. Interior shots taken May 12 when the house was all cleaned up for …
As 2005 got underway, we were in the midst of constructing the Pfefferkorn house, I was taking personal finance classes online and Allie was in fourth grade at Glenelg Country School. On January 13 we did something or other with Chris Garwood and her dog, Tallie. It’s possible that at this point Chris and Gerard …
August 31, 2004 picnic at Centennial Park in Columbia. Barb will have to caption these.
January – March, 2005: Windows, doors, roof…completing exterior, starting interiors. Monday, January 3, 2005 Happy New Year! Roof pretty much complete. Have a look from Pfefferkorn Road and around the neighborhood. Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Getting ready for a real roof. Monday, January 17, 2005 We have windows and doors! Friday, January 21, 2005 Now …
November – December, 2004: Exterior and interior framing, and getting a roof. We have the basics of a house in four months since groundbreaking. Monday, November 1, 2004 Allie and I stopped by after school. We have floors! Tuesday, November 2, 2004 We return the next day. We have the first of our walls. We …