Sunday Sunday Sunday!

It was pretty quiet on the homestead front today; though it again started early with a quick trip to dump the clean wood, which Heather had loaded into my Matrix yesterday quickly without taking the time to shake off all the bugs and creepy crawlies before placing it in the car. She knows that I (and our two sons) get "somewhat" creeped out by spiders, but it didn't matter. She just crammed it all in there (bless her heart, there was a boatload of it - or a Matrix load anyway), and let the bugs crawl where they may! Which is fine if she's driving, but not me! So I had to dump the wood first thing this morning and completely vacuum out the interior just in case and critters thought they found a new home.

After that, I worked up a little Sketchup model for the bathroom, since we're trying to decide how much tile to put on the walls and if there needs to be any additional color striping. I think we agreed on some things using the model, but we still have a little more work to do this week. Soon, too, because Pete's really cranking on the drywall work. He'll be ready for finishes soon.

Which takes me to the next photo; it's the floor edge at the stairwell, and there are a number of odd things coming together here. The railing needs to be mounted soon so the flooring detail there needs to be designed and drawn. The concrete basement wall sticks out a little further than the framed wall above, and then there's the slope of the ceiling that angles down, and the joists that need to be covered up with wallboard or wood trim, and the opening I want to keep into Kian's "Man Cave" from the stairs, and the handrail that needs to go down the stairs. Oy! Just listing all the stuff to do makes me want to stay up all night and work on it. Not.

I heard Karin and Phyl made it all the way to Klamath Falls yesterday on their trek to Burning Man. Today they should have pulled into their campsite at the big event sometime late this afternoon.

Kian is back from three weeks at summer camp; Heather's so glad to have him back.

And lastly, it was Heather's dear friend Grassa's birthday today (29!!); she is one of the owners of Tempero do Brasil, the awsome Brazilian restaurant in the U District by Ravenna Avenue. H and I joined them briefly for a wonderful get-together including Pam and Tim from Tacoma, Antonio (of course), and so many other I cant' remember off hand. Maybe H will log in now and add detail and photos!

And that's all that's happening tonight in Lake Wedgbegone, where all the women are beautiful, all men are handsome, and all the children are above average.

Ciao!