Nothing Like a Holiday . . .

. . . to get a few things done.

We aren't finished with the kitchen, but we've made some significant progress. It all very exciting.

We have been meaning to put wainscoting up in the kitchen for about a year now. Remember when my friend Jessie helped me paint the kitchen?

We were going to paint it black and then install it, but it rained all weekend. It wasn't a lot of rain, just enough to make it impossible to paint. So no paint yet, and we still have to put the molding on the top.

Here it is so far.


close up . . .


Oh and we came across a nasty looking spider. I don't know what kind it is yet, but I plan on going to What's That Bug to find out.

Dreadlocks Here I Come

After I got in the shower this morning I saw a huge ass spider. Sorry dad. I know people only swear because they can't think of anything smarter to say, but if you saw that spider you'd of swore too. Okay maybe not you, but mom would have. I doused the spider with water until it drowned. When I was confident it wasn't going to jump up and attack me I got out of the shower and made Michael clean up the aftermath. It may be a while before I shower again.

Today we are going to the coast. I'm pretty excited because normally we go to Brookings and Gold Beach but, this time we rented a guest house in Bandon. I am excited because yesterday it was 108 in Brookings.