Welcome to 2008!

Happy New Year!

And to give you an idea of what fun we had on the first day of the year, here's some little photos...

The girls played on their DSes. And played Barbies. And played outside in the four-to-six inches of snow that come down last night. And watched movies. But I only have this picture of them playing on the DS. Actually, Deb is playing while Mary watches. Mary is trying to pick up on some hints for a game she doesn't have yet. And she's pestering her sister to let her play it, too. Aren't sisters fun?

Dad worked on a corner of the basement. Took him nearly half a day to figure out how to properly reinforce the corner where the two walls meet so the drywall (which isn't purchased yet) will have something solid to hold onto. Then it was just a matter of cutting the foam insulation to fit between the studs.

(Notice Cheryl's old radio hanging from the wall. That's how Dad keeps himself entertained while he works!)

And here in another corner of the basement, the problem was to avoid all the wires. This corner is just a mess, but that's the way all the wiring came out, with the power and phone and network cables all sprouting from one central location. Dumb way to wire it, if you ask me. Plus the stud positioning was off due to the overhead pipes and ventilation. What a pain!

Finally, in this third corner, I put in some power drops for the inner wall between the bedroom and the den, one for each side. It's a thin wall - only 2x3 - so it won't be much of a noise abatement unless I decide to go back later and double it up, but for now it will serve the purpose of partitioning.

After all that work, we had a wonderful turkey dinner, provided by our lovely hostess Cheryl, and then we all sat around watching Indiana Jones (and the Last Crusade) and stuffing ourselves with cookies and chocolate treats.

Aren't you jealous???