I have been one busy lady! Mike is building me a bookcase -- a wall-to-wall bookcase -- and my walls are warped. I live in a really old house with low ceilings and bowed walls. Now mind you I gutted this house...tore it down to the studs and put all new sheetrock walls in, replaced what flooring or other critical wood that needed replacing, but some studs were just jutting out a tiny little bit further than others and were perfectly good, albeit very old, studs so we left them. Figured we'd call it "character" or such. Anyway, now we are having a time making straight, square, perfectly gorgeous shelves fit into a warped, out-of-square, unlevel house. :-( But Mike is a wonderful carpenter and he is making it work. It is just taking more time.
Feb 27th was my youngest's (Ely's) birthday. Eleven years old already. He got a new "bigger" bike, some video games (Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, Sonic Unleashed) and some movies (Madagascar 2, The Penguins of Madagascar). And of course some money (Thanks, Uncle Max!). We took the money he got and I matched it so he could buy a new wireless controller for their PS3 so he and his brother could play it at the same time. 
P.S. Josh, the new puppy, is doing great. He learns fast and minds pretty well. The only person he barks at so far is my dad, but that is because Daddy was stretching a rattlesnake hide and had the smell of it on him the other day and it really freaked Josh out. At least I know he'll bark and run from rattlesnakes! :-)
The casing is in and painted. We just have to get the shelves cut to fit and painted. I can't wait to 
see the end product. I've included a sneak peak for you here. The color is "caramel nut" brown, matching the trim in the room. The walls are a light gold, a color I had blended, there's no name for it, and the furniture is black, all but the sofa which is red. My "real" sofa is being made and should be here by the first of April. I ordered it from Pottery Barn. It is also red and a sectional but of much better quality than the one that is in the room now. I can't wait for it it get here. Nor can I wait for my bookshelves to be completed. Finally, a place for my wonderful books. I used to have about 1500 books, but I have given most of them away. We'll see what is left when I start unboxing the ones I couldn't bear to part with and putting them on the shelves. Maybe I'll have room for some new ones! :-)
see the end product. I've included a sneak peak for you here. The color is "caramel nut" brown, matching the trim in the room. The walls are a light gold, a color I had blended, there's no name for it, and the furniture is black, all but the sofa which is red. My "real" sofa is being made and should be here by the first of April. I ordered it from Pottery Barn. It is also red and a sectional but of much better quality than the one that is in the room now. I can't wait for it it get here. Nor can I wait for my bookshelves to be completed. Finally, a place for my wonderful books. I used to have about 1500 books, but I have given most of them away. We'll see what is left when I start unboxing the ones I couldn't bear to part with and putting them on the shelves. Maybe I'll have room for some new ones! :-) 
Feb 27th was my youngest's (Ely's) birthday. Eleven years old already. He got a new "bigger" bike, some video games (Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, Sonic Unleashed) and some movies (Madagascar 2, The Penguins of Madagascar). And of course some money (Thanks, Uncle Max!). We took the money he got and I matched it so he could buy a new wireless controller for their PS3 so he and his brother could play it at the same time. 
Other than designing, building, painting, and the usual chores, life has been simply going on..."obladee obladah"
P.S. Josh, the new puppy, is doing great. He learns fast and minds pretty well. The only person he barks at so far is my dad, but that is because Daddy was stretching a rattlesnake hide and had the smell of it on him the other day and it really freaked Josh out. At least I know he'll bark and run from rattlesnakes! :-) 
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