Here's what happened since we hung the chandelier:
Wendy found a $160 ceiling fan on Craigslist for $45. We bought it to replace the ugly faux marble fan we have in the living room. However, although the fan can be mounted as a flush mount or angled ceiling mount, it's missing one part that we need. So that fan will go into the Elspeth Suite since that fan's blades we sagging more than my waistline.
The Cassels lent us their chainsaws, so we took out the last African Tulip tree in our yard. We also cut out most of the stumps in the yard. We also hired a professional tree trimmer to take down the palm trees that were growing in the power lines. It cost us $50, but we really didn't want to try to take down the trees ourselves since they could have dropped on the power lines or the neighbor's house.
This week we cleared the area between our front door and the garage. We put down some edging and dumped a bunch of gravel. We're not done, but here is where we're at so far:
