Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Construction update

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Cement stairs from the family room.  These will be covered with stone.

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Cement stairs from sun room deck to new cement patio under the living room windows

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Cement stairs from family room with strip of cement connecting to garage stairs.  All this cement area will be covered with stones.

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another view of the strip that will be covered in stones

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the basic outline of the fire pit

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Dinner with Kelsey & Ashley

We had dinner with Kelsey and Ashley at Hunan's in Arcata.  Kelsey's parents also joined us for dinner.  We had a great time hearing what the futures will be for the new graduates.  Kelsey will be in Rohnert Park for a little while longer and Ashley is off to Washington D. C. to work for the Defense Dept.  Go Girls!!!kelsey & ashley

Flowers at our house

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Monday, May 26, 2008

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata California

kenetic-83 kenetic-72 kenetic-32 kenetic-17  kenetic-16kenetic-10 kenetic-6 kenetic-2 During Memorial Weekend they have the Kinetic Sculpture Race which goes from Arcata to Eureka to Ferndale.  It was started by Hobart Brown in 1969.  All the vehicles use pedal power and must float.  Here are some of the sculptures from this years race.

New furniture

  We finally finished putting the entertainment center together so here it is .  We also got our new swivel, recliner, rockers.house-19

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

I found it!!!

I finally found the right password and I can now get into my blog and comment on others. YEA!!