Monthly Archives For May 2008
Mother’s Day Weekend
In contrast to last weekend’s busyness with working on the house and going out to dinner and whatnot, this weekend was fairly low key. We did some housekeeping and busywork on Saturday, and Catherine and I took the opportunity to go to Lynch Park for a photo shoot.
What coal-burning power plant?
Today, for Mother’s day, I took care of all the meals. (I’m really good at cooking… up a trip to the local eateries for take-out.) After church, we went over to Lynch Park again for a picnic (we’re trying to get as much time there as possible before Memorial Day, at which point non-Beverly folk have to pay to park). Of course, more photos were taken.
Momma and Catherine twirl!
Yes, she got up there all by herself.
This week we’ll mostly be around home, but on Saturday we’re heading down to Florida for a week’s vacation with my parents and my sister and brother-in-law. I’m very much looking forward to it for many reasons: it will be good to see everyone in a nice, relaxed setting, good to have some nice weather, good to take a vacation from work (I’ve only taken one day off since New Year’s).
By Peter | 05.11.2008 | 10:13 PM | Permalink | Categories: Family, Occasions | No Comments
Bertucci’s and Beaches
On Sunday, we met Ken and Dianne at Bertucci’s at the North Shore Mall for dinner. Due to a variety of trips, we won’t be seeing them until early June, so we wanted to have some time to hang out and chat.
Luckily, Catherine took care of the bill for us. You can see some more pics from the trip here.
Today we were gifted with very nice weather, so we once again headed to Dane Street Beach.
More pics from that trip here.
By Peter | 05.06.2008 | 08:10 PM | Permalink | Categories: Catherine, Family, Photography | No Comments
Art Time
Catherine has been very interested in using her art easel lately. She loves her markers, crayons, pencils and watercolors. The last time we painted she kept putting her fingers in the watercolors (the hard, disk kind) instead of the paintbrush.
So, I thought she might like to try finger painting. Thanks to this recipe (second one down) I didn’t need to waste gas or money on getting new paints. I cooked up a batch, separated it into red, blue and yellow, and set the gal up at her easel.
Of course today she wouldn’t paint with anything but her paintbrush. I think she had a good time. There are more pictures here. Enjoy.
By Rebecca | 05.05.2008 | 10:30 AM | Permalink | Categories: Catherine, Craftiness | 1 Comment
Top and Bottom
Today was another long day of work in the basement - 8:30 a.m. through 11:00 p.m.! As before, Ken led the way, taking us through finishing another small wall, putting strapping on the ceiling and putting DriCore subfloor down on the cement floor. We also had four electricians come by to assess the situation and get the information needed to give us quotes on the necessary electrical work. It was interesting to see four people working in the same profession, but with different opinions, personalities, and ideas. Hopefully by early next week we’ll have some price quotes and will be able to hire one of them to start ASAP. After the electrical is done, we have one minor plumbing issue to address, and then we can get our rough inspection. After that, it’s on to doing the finish work and making this basement a fully livable space!
You can see more photos from today.
By Peter | 05.03.2008 | 11:30 PM | Permalink | Categories: House | 1 Comment
88 panels of Dricore in our car…
… and now they’re waiting on the basement floor!
DRIcore is a subflooring system. These should keep our basement floor nice and warm and dry. Here’s to innovation!
By Peter | 05.01.2008 | 09:59 PM | Permalink | Categories: House | No Comments
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