Archive for November, 2008

But waiting until tomorrow would be OK too.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

I’m exhausted. I want sleep.
Kylene and I have been busy. All the air vents in the house have been replaced (except one under the chair in the great room), the curtains have been hung in the nursery, and the drawer knobs have been installed. Kylene has been moving things into the nursery (and the chest [...]

Ok Kylene, You can let the baby out now.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

The Chest of Drawers is done.
Drawer pulls will be added soon, and I need to paraffin the insides to get the drawers sliding better, but it’s assembled, it’s in the nursery, and it’s ready for use.
It’s heavy. But you’ll get that when the only plywood in a piece is used for drawer bottoms and the [...]

Chest of Drawers: Racing Baby!

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

This is going to be a massive photo update.
The last time I think I wrote about this project, I had nearly all of the drawer boxes done.
I’ve completed the drawer boxes. I also finished making the drawer fronts last night. I finished up a final dry-fit around midnight and then stayed up until about 2:00 [...]

New band name idea: Counting Contractions

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

As opposed to Counting Crows, that is.
I woke up this morning around 3:30 to poly jumping off the bed. Normally this means she has to go out to relieve some pressure on her bladder. So I asked, “Do you want to get that or should I?”
I was expecting Kylene to do her half-asleep squeaky-mutter-whine, which [...]