It's a Start

Since L is here during daylight hours and I am not, here are some XLNT photos he took of the exterior paint job so far. This is after less than 2 days work. Some of the trim remains and the accent color, the rust on the half-rounds at the gable - looks like that will happen tomorrow.

L has started moving things into the office. He has set up his electronics assembly area:

adjacent to the regular "office"

My corner is right here, entrance door from vestibule at the right. This is Dad's old oak desk. For Christmas, my sister gave us all enlargements of a great photo of Dad not long after he emigrated here. I will find a place for it close to his desk.

The Furniture Part Has Started...

Last Thursday after work and then Saturday, we went shopping for a bedframe. After looking at over a dozen of them, I fell in love with this one, right inside the door at Stanton Furniture.

Floor Model, As Is, no visible defects, a little over $500, down from original price of $800. I think it will fit nicely into a Mission / Craftsman type environment. There were armoires, night stands, etc. but we already have all that, in a very similar stain color to this. Bed was delivered yesterday but we have not assembled it yet.

Joey has been quite perturbed with us. As soon as he figured out how to get up the ladder, we prevented him from doing so. Just discovered new places, and now he can't get up there. However, we were mightily forgiven by the acquisition of this new leather office chair.

Virtually, every time L goes into the office, Joey is keeping the seat warm for him. Which only makes sense since the addition AND the chair are specifically FOR Joey. We built him a new playground. At least that's the story he's telling all his friends as they come to talk at him at the new windows.

This area, a small alcove at east end, will become L's "manufacturing" area, where he can build circuit boards and adapters as needed for his business.

Finally, L decided that instead of covering up the glu-lam (main support timber), he would just stain it. When the framer and his son came over earlier in the week, the son thought L had wrapped the beam in plywood. It looks REALLY good especially with that quarter-round at the edges.

Desks and other furniture have been brought in but they are not "settled" yet. I think I will take the new photo T gave me of Dad and post it on the wall, over his old oak desk which I will soon be moving into.

Let's get some HEAT in here...

Well, we are digging out from the biggest snowstorm in 40 years. It's now mostly slush. However, it was bad enough that we rescheduled the big Family Christmas Event. Twice. Now scheduled for Jan 3.

Since there's only so many snow pix, I won't put them all up here, just a few more.

In the meantime, we had our "immediate family" gift exchange. Joey provided entertainment by getting his head stuck in a hole in the wrapping paper.

L put up the metallic dragon art. This pix doesn't really capture the luminescence of the piece. The light reflection changes depending on where on the piece the light hits. It's kind of a "you gotta be here" to see it.