News from the Villa

I have been SO happy to get home – to be home! Travel in retirement they ask. I am really liking being home. And Philip has and does SO much work – hours and hours – to make this a lovely place to be. And it is a lovely place to be! So, yes I…

Kitchen reno dreaming

Since much of the house is now renovated and it’s looking great – but the one piece of the house left to do is the kitchen…so we’ve been looking around at contractors that do this work. Clearly, there are a ton and quality is all over the place. Should it be wood or some “wood-like”…

One year later

On July 1, 2021, we awoke for the very first time in our very first house. Hard to believe to some, yes I know you’ve had your own home for decades and it’s long since paid off….well not us as we’ve had housing provided for almost all our married days, but that’s another story. All…