Project Updates

Here are some things I have been working on the past few weeks.

Labor Day we stained the headboard.
Here is the original paint on the wood.

Here is the sanded wood.

And the stained wood.

Here is the finished product.

We took advantage of case lots and bought food storage.

My garden has been doing really well. Here is one of the five beans we have been able to grow.

They have been more interested in growing than in making beans.

The marigolds

An African Daisy that FINALLY bloomed.

A sign I made for my garden. (This also covers up a streetlight that shines right in my eyes at night)

I made cute signs for my craft boxes.

And a sign for the dirty dish towels. (We are trying to reduce our paper towel use)

And we made salsa from tomatoes from my mother-in-law's garden.

Things I owned three years ago

Here is a fun activity you can do when you find your self alone with: A clean house, a camera, a computer, and photo shop.

1. Take pictures of all the rooms in your house.
2. Pick a point in time
3. Look through the pictures and find all the stuff you owned before that point in time.

I did this for September 2, 2006. This was three years ago. It was also the day I met Brandon. At the time I thought I was pretty set in life. Back then everything fit in one car load to get me to Logan. Let's see how much of it I still have.

We'll start with the living room.

Here are all the things that I still have on display.Living room from another angle. (This one is tricky)The hallway
The project room:
(This is Brandon's side of the room)
My side of the project room
Can you tell?Kitchen
Nothing was showing so I cheated. I had these casserole dishes.
The bedroom
Bedroom from another angle
The bathroom
Imagine all the changes that will take place within the next 3 years.

Head board

I've wanted a head board for a long time. It is the last thing I need to make my Boring Beige Bedroom into a Soothing Beautiful Place. We don't have the money right now to buy the wood so we did the next best thing. We found an old futon next to a garbage dumpster and brought it home.

Brandon took apart the futon and started designing the headboard.
I sanded down the wood. I'm so glad I bought this sander for "Brandon." (Please ignore the Saturday hair in this picture)
Sanded wood
Here Brandon is laying out the head board. He planned it out so well and even made little spacers so the wood would stay 2 inches apart.
The Dewalt Drill makes a well deserved Cameo
Brandon putting together the headboard. I helped too.
Oh to have a garage. . . . and to be able to flip pictures in blogger
The before pictures . . .

The after pics . . .

We'll stain it as soon as I get paid. But we didn't want to wait until then to see the finished product.

Fleece Picture Frame

I made this present for my brother to commemorate his Eagle Project. His project was to tie fleece blankets.

I saved the scraps with this project in mind.
First I cut strips about 5 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Then I sewed them all together.

I pressed all the seams.Brandon (the patient one) cut out the matting from poster board.

If I had done this part it would not have been straight.
Then I cut the fabric to the length of the matting and cut a 45 degree angle for each corner. (This was totally guesstimated I'm surprised it turned out as well as it did) I glued the fabric to the matting with Elmer's glue.
And Ta Da! A colorful fleece matting.
Here is the picture I put in the frame. Sorry I don't have a pic of the two together. (click it to see a larger image)

Brandons Remaining Flight Requirements

We've had a lot of questions lately about how close Brandon is to graduating. In response to that I have added this new sidebar. It will (slowly) update as Brandon passes off the flying requirements to graduate.

But what about his classes you ask????? Well he only has three more classes that he has to take. But he wont finish the flying until May. So he is going to get a minor to fill the time. The minor is in Management. It is a 12 credit minor and he already has had one of the classes. And one of the other classes will count as an upper division elective for his major. So basically he just has to take 6 more credits for a minor. I'm seriously wondering why I didn't get a minor in Management.

So yeah - watch the side bar slowly get smaller until May.

INC 5000 and Job opportunities

The company I work for recently made the INC 5000 list again. This is a ranking of the 5000 fastest growing companies in America.

Since you have to have increased growth it is very impressive to make it on to this list once - let alone repeatedly. We are #1785. Here is the link if you want to read more. INC 5000.

And we are hiring. So if you are looking for long term employment this is a great place to apply. Here is the link for the job website. Jobs. My job is the billing/bookkeeping one.