the title pretty much sums up all we have been up to lately.

we have had our old boiler replaced and central air conditioning installed over the past 2 weeks. though we are thrilled with the results, especially considering the icky weather on its way, we were not prepared for the amount of dust the job was going to create:

so quite a bit of time was spent monday and tuesday cleaning out dust from every imaginable spot.

in addition, we harvested our first crop from our community garden plot:

and tom attempted pickles from scratch:



they turned out to be a bit too sweet for our tastes, but i do believe there will be more pickles in our future.

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