March Madness @ Avvo

So, no matter how much I might complain about stress at Avvo... it must not be all bad.

Mazama

Erika and I took a couple days off and went to Aunt Cindy and Uncle Jim(bo)'s "cabin" in Mazama (10 miles west of Winthrop). We just hung out, read books, went snow shoeing, and watched a couple movies. A good time was had by all. Here's some pics.

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No, this squirrel is not fake.

yay snowshoeing

mountain.

This Old House - Episode #1

So, Tim, David, and Kristin came over on Saturday and we tore down an old wall in the basement and re-sheetrocked it. Fortunately David knows what he is doing and showed me and Tim what to do. We started by ripping down some of the old ceiling tiles and dry wall. I've got a couple scabs on my knuckles from punching through it. Hey, it's not very often that I get to punch through drywall. Gotta take advantage of it when I can.

7 hours, 4 sheets of rock, 70 feet of spacer boards, 1.5 pizzas, 4 beers, several pounds of mud, 2 garage cans of junk, 1 shop vac filled with dust, and 2 trips to Home Depot later there was a wall where there wasn't one before. Booyah. Fine, there was a wall there before, but it wasn't as cool.

Next week's episode: installing trim.













































Screwing in the rock.



















Me fitting the corner piece.























one piece hung.























That is is one good looking end.






















Get that wall!























Down to the studs...














Whoops. Looks like we left 3 of the studs out. Nice.

The Hun discovers TV

So, I was watching that Planet Earth special on DVD last night and the Hun was sitting on my lap intently watching the screen. Then she got up and this happened:



I apologize for the sideways video and poor contrast, I took it with my phone.