Archive for December, 2006

still snowing…

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

yup, its still coming down. Here is the great wall of snow in front of our house. We didn’t even have to shovel it that way, all drift. here is mount sladden that started accumulating in our back yard… Mount Sladden is forming some harsh peaks… Our table and chairs are officially snowed in.

Holiday Blizzard 2006!

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

This morning I woke up to find that Nine News decided to preemt the today show to bring us details of the giant storm that has hit Colorado. We were supposed to fly out to London today and were up very late getting all packed up and ready. Our flight at 12:30 was already cancelled [...]

A new library at 3002 thunder lake circle – PART 2 – the bookshelves and crown

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

When we left our intrepid decorators, they had completed the wiring and installation of the cans and spot light and painting the room. The next step in the grand project is the installation of built in book cases. For this we went to Home Depot and procured 10 (yes ten) sheets of 4×8 MDF… now [...]

A new library at 3002 thunder lake circle – PART 1 the lighting and painting

Monday, December 4th, 2006

For those of you who have visited our home, you might have been unimpressed by the first two rooms in our house designated as the library and formal dining room. Part of the problem with moving into a house with “room to grow” is that there are a number of rooms that you rarely use [...]

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