Archive for September, 2007



Published on September 28, 2007

Watched a new show tonight, Moonlight. Yes, it’s a vampire show. Really, very good though. Well written, interesting, neat cast. I think it could be a good show.
I know. I say that about all the vampire shows.
Tonight, my brain is rumbling like an overfull tummy.
My goodness. [...]


Published on September 26, 2007

A couple pictures are in order…
First, our tree-slung broadband antenna. I find it kind of neat-o. Others will probably say “Hmm.”

Next, the camp set up by our painters in our loft:

And here’s some apples that Sarah and the kids turned into caramel apples. Its “Apple Week” at their school, and this is [...]


Published on September 25, 2007

We’re connected!
The broadband company came yesterday and put an antenna up in one of our trees. There’s a cable running from there to the garage (it’ll go to the house later). The bottom line? We now have broadband out at the property!
This will make it so much easier to get things done [...]


Published on September 21, 2007

The kids were off today, which made it feel very vacation-ish. Our weeks have been so full lately, with the school routine Monday through Friday and then soccer (in Grass Valley) on Saturdays. We’ve stayed home from church a few times just to have a day where we don’t go anywhere.
On those [...]


Published on September 12, 2007

Its been a busy week at the house. The ceilings got painted over the weekend, and the finish guys have been busy since Tuesday. They put in the knee braces for our reclaimed beams:

They also have been hanging doors and putting up the window casing:

Today, the cabinets got delivered, which was really exciting. [...]


Published on September 10, 2007

Ugh. I’ve been online so little these past weeks that its been hard to get a post up. First things first – an update on Sparky and Kathi. Bumping this up from his comments a few days back:
Kathi had to return to the hospital for a second operation, re-opening the same [...]


Published on September 2, 2007

The Cowboy has started drawing comic books. He did an entire series about a hero called “Transoforman” a couple of weeks ago. There were morals at the end of each, and supporting players that carried over from one issue to the next.
On Friday, he drew another, for his new friend at [...]