Tuesday, August 08, 2006

New Post

Wow - I've been delinquent in my blog posting! So, what's new and exciting? Well, this past weekend we started the process of converting our extra bedroom into the nursery. So far, we've taken out all the furniture, and relocated what we could into the office - essentially making it the spare bedroom. Actually, it looks pretty good! We took out my office desk and tossed it (it was subsequently picked up by folks today... along with the dresser we tossed). We moved the surviving bedroom furniture into the room and then have started by painting the ceiling. This weekend, we paint the walls in two sections and measure out where room border is going to go.

Last weekend we also went to Simon's Baby Furniture and Juile's mom got us the crib, matress, and bedding. I THINK she also bought us the double wide dresser... but I can't recall exactly. Then we added to that some odds and ends and a very nice glider, or rocking chair. It's got a nice high back, and eventually will make a really nice piece of furniture in our living room. Then, following that, I think we paint the trim around the ceiling, and that should finish the room. I'll take some digital pictures and post them here - maybe a before and after.

Oh, we also got some very nice landscaping done over the past couple weeks. In fact, I'm writing this from the comfort of my newly re-designed backyard. Well, maybe that's a stretch... but it does look awfully nice. A very large branch from a big black walnut tree in the backyard broke off last week and of course landed right on top of the new landscaping... but after a couple hours of cutting, it's been removed and the plants seem to be no worse off for wear. Had a very nice time sitting back here with Tim Corio - smoked a cigar, drank some scotch - and of course attacked some very tough political issues. I miss having really good political conversations! Tim and I had just left the 50th wedding anniversary party of some mutual friends, and afterwards decided we needed booze. Afterward, we went to Dinosaur Barbecue for a bite to eat. Going to Dinosaur at 9:30pm on a Sunday night is GREAT! We got a parking spot on the Court Street Bridge practically in front of the door, sat right down, and had our food in no time. I might have to do that again!