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Top hat and tails
Okay, not quite top hat and tails, but looking pretty dapper! Why so dapper? Well, we’ve been branching out culturally of late and going to – get this! – the theater! We have discovered the Segerstrom Theater in Costa Mesa (okay, we’ve lived here for more than ten years and just found out about this place
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An experiment in (not really) blogging
I have become super lazy about posting content to the blog – after ten years I have officially run out of gas and am tired of feeling vaguely guilty about not updating the blog.. It’s not that stuff isn’t going on, I just – well, I just don’t have the same need/want/interest to write up
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The master bedroom: finishing touches
At last the master bedroom is done! The final thing were the closet doors and they were installed this week (mis-measurement caused a delay). So I give you the before and after: The bathroom is on hold until we find out about taxes. Fingers crossed!
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Happily done with crawling around on the floor
The master bedroom remodel, part 1 is finally done! We finished laying the  floor a few days ago and are now painting all of the baseboards and door trim (for not just our bedroom but the entire hallway – we’ve expanded the plan). the floor looks fabulous and we are now carpet-free, except for the
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Sending 2012 out with a bang…
The bang of a hammer and nail gun, that is. Having finished the larger guest bedroom in November, this New Year’s holiday we undertook the smaller guest room’s makeover – the goal being to be (mostly) finished with both guest bedrooms by 2013, making way for the much bigger master bedroom/bath makeover planned for 2013.
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