House Projects!

Photo 113 - January 14

Yes, it is a house project weekend! That is definitely not a bad thing, seeing as I have way too many house projects underway at the same time. Today I got all of the smaller cold air return covers stained, and also finished putting together the closet organizer in our room (after Jeff came down and undid the stripped screws...thanks, Jeff!). I think I'm past the learning curve with my new drill, and have learned that you have to run the pilot holes in as deep as the screw needs to go. I don't anticipate any more stripped screw heads.

Snow, Snow, Go Away!

Photo 112 - January 13

And it doesn't even have to come back! We only got a couple of inches, but then the wind whipped up and blew it into obnoxious drifts. You can see by my car which way the wind was blowing. One of my wonderful neighbors had me all blown out by the time I got outside shortly after 6:00 a.m., and for that I am very grateful. It's nice to be taken care of like that without my handyman around!

New Monitor

Photo 111 - January 12

I'm blogging this using my new monitor! It was one of those "too good to be true" deals that I seem to find way too many of. It's funny - the new monitor is pretty much the same height as my old one, but it is almost twice as wide. The nice thing is that for things with a 4:3 ratio it doesn't try to stretch them to fit the screen, but it fits them in as they should be fit in, so there isn't any distortion. It will take a little bit of getting used to all of the extra real estate, but I'm excited to see how it handles my pictures and what I'll be able to do with it.

No It's Not Snow

Photo 110 - January 11

This has to be some huge disruption of the ecosystem. Spiders are not supposed to hatch in January, in Wisconsin, the day before we are scheduled to get up to 8 inches of snow. We usually see these kinds of hatches during our warm times, few and far between as they may be. I guess the poor spiders have been confused by the 50 degree temperatures we've been enjoying the past few days.

Looking for the moon

Photo 109 - January 10

My goal tonight was to take a picture of the moon coming up over the lake. Judging by where the moon was last night when I was coming home from Menard's, I figured that if I drove straight to Port Washington after work I would be there in time. Not...apparently the moon does not rise at the same time every night. So I took some pictures of downtown at night. I think this is the old Courthouse building, and I think the lighting at night is beautiful.

Thoughtful Friends

Photo 108 - January 9

The main reason I started directing the bell choir at church this year was because Dale wouldn't be there, and even though I would much prefer playing, I didn't want the choir to fall apart in his absence because of lack of direction. I've also played my flute there for years, and was asked to be an assisting minister this year too. I guess my involvement with the church has caught some attention, because some very thoughtful people gave me some very nice gifts at Christmastime. Personally, the caramel apple is to die for. Thank you, special people!

We're Baaaaack!

Photo 107 - January 8

Ever since the week before Thanksgiving, I have been sleeping on a mattress on the basement floor. Last night I slept in my room again. It wasn't on my bed, but it was in my room. Trinka got her bed too, although she switched off between my bed and her own through the night. Today I found my stain and varnish and ordered my baseboard registers, so let the rest of my projects begin!