The Renovations Continue

Hi Everybody. So it has been over 6 months since my last blogging adventure. I can't keep up like you can Trish. You never cease to amaze me. Well anyway, here it is. The red room is our new dining room. I only wish you knew what it looked like before this - coral pink peeling wallpaper. We still have to paint the moudlings and sand the floors but we are almost done!!

The other picture is my latest project - the upstairs front bedroom. I thought it would be a quick fix - some paint and voila. So much for that though. Bri pulled up the carpet and broke through the subfloor so we either have to repair the subfloor or go after what's underneath. I think it's wide pine and probably worth going after.

Aside from the house all is well. Bri is finally student teaching, but still hiking to Bangor and back every day. It's three hours round trip.

As for me, I've been on call a lot lately but I got a well deserved break yesterday when Molly, Brooke, Sam, and I went to Portland in search of trouble. Sorry to say I didn't bring my camera. We did some damage at the outlets and went out to a swanky restaurant for dinner. Thanks guys.

For those of you who are frustrated by my lack of blogging, I promise from here on in not to be such a slacker.

House

So I didn't tell you all, the real reason for the blog is to motivate me to work on the house. The current project involves cleaning the basement. This is no task for the faint of heart. That's why there are no pictures. But you will find images of our new and improved living room. Check out the bookcases my master craftsman husband constructed. And might I add, my father-in-law is a force to be reckoned with. He installed seven windows in less than six hours. Bob Vila - eat your heart out. Also, for those of you who haven't seen it, this is our falling down house. 1865 folks! Nothing like cleaning spider webs from the basement walls, only to realize the basement wall is so fragile, it too is getting sucked into the shop vac. Oh yeah - and that's me - scraping lead paint from the mouldings. Unfortunately we stained the beautiful wood underneath, only to paint over it. Four months worth of work down the drain :(
The results are amazing though.

Schoodic Lake

Hi Everyone!! Katie, Brad, Ryan, and Lauren -
you have been our inspiration. So here goes -
our first posting. We figured we'd start with Schoodic Lake. Our friends Katie and Trevor hosted us for the weekend. There was plenty of swimming, kyaking, and sun to go around. Brian took time out from his assigned reading (35 early childhood education books) to explore the water.