Thursday, June 28, 2012

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

So, the room is re-floored and most of the painting is done.  I’m not sure if we’re going to finish re-painting it prior to my father-in-law moving in, which could be as early as tomorrow.  I might just be moving the furniture back up to the room and reassembling it tonight (after I fix the wide dresser).
Here’s some pictures:
 
Just starting the floor:

Another angle before flooring:
Almost done:


Done: 

Color Scheme:

Color Scheme with Curtains:

We’ve postponed shuffling the kids around for the time-being.  We will re-address soon, possibly moving Megi in with Donna, and later doing the shuffling around.

That’s all for now.  Thanks for reading.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Rush Job

So, Candice’s Dad is coming to live with us in a couple of days.  This presents a  neat little challenge:  we haven’t finished remodeling the guest bedroom yet.  So we’re under a time crunch.  I’m leaving work early today and taking tomorrow off so I can get the flooring laid and the curtain rod hung.  Here’s a picture of the color scheme (my camera doesn't really do them justice, but you can at least get the idea):

I’m hoping we don’t have to remove the baseboards to finish, but when I laid down the first row to test, it looks like it might be a challenge to do.  We might have to replace it at least on one wall (the orange one).  Worst case I suppose is we finish the baseboards (and painting of them) after he moves in.

I’m glad he’s moving in, because at the very least now Candice will be informed what’s happening with him, and I know he’ll be getting better care than he was before.  His wife has not been very forthcoming with information, or for that matter, with letting anyone speak to him.  So at least she’ll be able to talk with him and know what is going on.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.

So, we’ve been putting together our bucket lists.  One item that we’re doing soon is skydiving, because my wife and father-in-law (and his wife) have it on their list and we’re trying to do some things with him while he still can do some things.  I just finished mine today:  Anblick's Bucket ListI tried to only put things on there that I had control over myself, not stuff that is dependent on other people accomplishing them (like “See the Cubs win a World Series” etc.)  Though a couple of them have a dependency on others (but are people I know and can hopefully influence), I still have a good deal of control over the items on the list.  Many of them won’t be accomplished for a while, if for no other reason than I need to save up money to do most of them.  A couple were just “fun” things to try, and a few involve me doing some things that are NOT in my introverted nature.  Should be fun.  You should try it…



Not much else to report in this blog.  Thanks for reading.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Jump And You Will Find Out How To Unfold Your Wings As You Fall...

So what’s been going on lately, you ask?

Well, we’ve got most of the guest bedroom painted, except for the edges and the trim.  Then we have the bathroom to paint.  We’re painting it blue and green a la Angry Birds, and we got Angry Birds Accessories for the bathroom too.  I’ve also started sanding down the furniture to paint it.

Candice’s dad has been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer that has already spread so far that they’re recommending he skip treatment and just enjoy the rest of his life.  It sucks, but it looks like it’s going to get him a little more involved with his grandkids so they can develop some fond memories hopefully.  We’re going to get pictures made soon, too.

The kittens are doing well, but it seems like phantom might not be a she.  They won’t know for sure for a few more weeks.  Chimera might also be a he, but they think the facial structure is more female.  Who knew that you could sort of gauge a cat’s sex by their face?  Well, I still can’t, but apparently vets can…

I’m starting a companion story for the story about the painting where I tell the story from the viewpoint of the ship that is inside the painting.  Now if only I can get the time when I get in the writing groove.

I’ve also started back up with my scroll saws.  I’m making a plaque for Candice that reads “Don’t Think Just Create” which is a paraphrasing of a Ray Bradbury quotation (Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.)  I’m going to stain the plaque backing light colors, the letters of the quote a darker color, and paint each individual letter of “Create” in rainbow colors.

We’ve also completed our Skylanders collection (except for getting the Wham-Shells).  We’ve got two of each (one for each path they can choose), and started actually playing it.

Gabe is excited about doing chores.  We got a magnetic/dry-erase chore board for the kids and he has his chores listed so he can get starts, which will earn him his choice of an allowance or playing mom and dad’s Wii for a while.  We got it because he is always forgetting stuff, and it looks like it is going to work much better than we hoped!  We just have to remember when the school year starts back up to add “homework” to the list of chores!  On that same note, we probably need to come up with some chores for Donna to start doing.  We did get her a chore board, too, after all.

And any of my readers who are also friends from Wordtrip, if you are a member of the Large Writing Group, you can read the story about the painting there…

As always, thanks for reading.

Quill Writing

Quill Writing