Blog-hero Kimberly had an unwritten rule about posting to the blog every day. I say “had” because she wrote about the rule, so I don’t think we can consider it unwritten anymore. This rule sets the bar way too high for me, but tonight I’m making a valiant effort to overcompensate for past negligence. Today […]
Yes, Kimberly, Jon my contractor is Kyla’s Jon. (Kyla and Jon are both on Bufflehead, the dance team of which I’m a non-dancing, tuba-playing member.) It is nice to work with a friend, especially when that friend is a sweetheart with really good taste, and better yet, taste that is remarkably similar to my own. […]
Kimberly and Paul are my blogging heros, and Kimberly requests pictures. Who am I to refuse my hero? The earlier entry, “A picture is worth a thousand gasps,” had pictures of the before, demolition, and early during photo albums, but to save you some scrolling, here are the links again: Before Preparing for chaos Demolition […]
Jon, my contractor, is also a member of Bufflehead Northwest Morris, and I got to serenade him with a parody of “Oh Danny Boy” (aka “Londonderry Air”) this weekend. It all started at the Robert Mondavi winery, in the bathroom. Somehow that tune had found its way into my head and had become a bit […]
Sorry it’s taken me forever to post an update. It turns out that camping in your own house takes up a certain amount of energy and time… Since last I blogged, a bunch has happened in life: I got a hideous cold, fever, sinus infection, bronchitis crud thing that I’m still fighting off. While still […]
My contractor got married on Saturday and took Sunday and Monday off to honeymoon, so there’s been no change on the destruction/construction front. When you start a project like this, you know about the big expenses–remodeling projects cost way more than you would ever think reasonable, but you sort of expect that and you rearrange […]
In these photo albums, you can click any thumbnail for a larger view. Before Preparing for chaos Demolition and chaos
The last few weeks have been a nightmare, only partly due to the kitchen remodel. Three weeks ago, we agreed on the various contract revisions and I signed my life away. Meanwhile, Akhnaten opened at Oakland Opera Theatre (http://www.oaklandoperatheatre.org), and I was spending much of my life in the pit. The week before last I […]