More from August

Progress on the basement bathroom: got most of the plumbing kinks worked out, tub in, and walls sheet rocked, taped, and textured

   

Living area all the way sheet rocked, taped, and textured:

     

the ceiling also got retextured:

More lights put in for kitchen area:

 

UPstairs, took off the wall heaters that didn't work (found out they didn't work, after we painted, so we had to dismantle them, and pull out the paint again.):

 

Got one closet worth of stuff unpacked:

Our old bathroom curtain actually looks really good with creamy orange paint:

David is crazy and loaded this piano on to the trailer by himself:

Finally found our dangum tent! And, naturally, the entertainment center it was tucked away in was the very last thing we brought over to the house.

On our drive to California with Chris and Shelly and kids, Spencer had my phone. When I got it back and looked through the pictures, I found some treasures. His pillowcase has lots of different comic book-esque characters all over it. He zoomed in and focused on his favorites. It made me giggle. Smart boy!

   
   

Quick, funny story. We get to my parents Tuesday morning to meet up with our ride. The suburban is waiting in the drive, with everyone inside the house except Lydia...still just chillin' in her carseat. I open her door, and she gives a big a smile and says, "Giulia! You seat here okay?" Points to the seat next to her. "And David, you sit back there with the boys, okay?" "We watch movie! Cars!?" Points to the DVD player in front of her. Ahhh I die. She is too cute. 

Oh hey look, I managed to get two pictures while on the beach:

 

After playing in the water, I put on my jacket and took a nap, face first, on the sand. I slept for about an hour, with the backs of my legs absorbing the sunshine the entire time. Ouch, ouch, ouch. My calves didn't burn because they're already pretty tanned out from being outside so much this summer. But my thighs don't see the light of day too often. Those babies got toasted. The next day they were red and painful. This week I've been peeling off several layers of skin a day.

Dog-pile on papa! Lydia started it, of course.

 

One of the days, most of the ladies, and Dad as our escort and chauffeur, went to the L.A. fabric district. Oh my goodiness!!!! I could spend all day there. Sadly, we only had about 2 hours before we had to leave to go meet the guys and all the kids at the science center for the rest of the day.
I think all of us got a haul of fabric from the Michael Levine loft- all of the main stores leftover cuts or out of season fabrics. Fabric, fabric, fabric, piled into rows of boxes. Grab whatever you want, weigh, and pay. $2.50 per pound. I got ~ 10 lbs of fabric (~10 yards of lace, ~15 yards of jersey cotton and ~8 yards of yummy coral peach chiffon) for $30!


On our way home from last shift, I spied a jack-o-lantern in the sky.


Kitchen unpacked, and table unwrapped:


After getting home from work David wasted no time in getting the basement painted and the wood floor down:
   

Also, David hasn't cut his hair this summer. He has a lot of really nice hair:

And that's all for now. Today is the last day of this shift. Dad is back up here, even came to Island Park last night to visit us. So with him around, we'll keep plenty busy finishing the basement when we get back. 

We're freaking out that it's already mid/end of August. This summer has flowwwwn by. Craziness.