Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Kitchen Remodel in Progress
We started to rip apart our old kitchen on Sunday. Here are some pictures of the progress so far. 
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Weekly Update
The way I’m going lately, you’ll never see another photograph on this blog! Ok, so I’m still behind – with work, email, home repairs, class, etc. But I’m plugging along!
This week I attended a board retreat for work, packed artifacts for storage (including some moldy 120 year old shoes), went to the chiropractor, had lunch with the advisor from UW’s History Dept., worked on a Power Point presentation for Leadership Wyoming, went to the rodeo with Jason (date night), and conducted the first of many oral histories for our church.
The oral histories went really well and I learned a lot about the history/culture of our beloved church. But the highlight of the week was the rodeo; esp. the rodeo clown who dressed up as a sumo wrestler, inflatable suit and all! It was so funny to see him dodging bulls in his costume! (No, I didn’t take pictures. I wanted to enjoy the rodeo from the stands instead of glued behind a lens.) The local bull riders were fun to watch and the DJ was really good. She had the crowd dancing in their seats!
This week I’ve been fighting an awful headache and have been in-and-out of work. Tomorrow is a big day – trip to Cheyenne to meet with the WY State Museum staff – so I have to at least pretend I’m feeling better! I have an eye exam Friday so maybe some new glasses will help?
This weekend is the second round of oral histories and, and… (we’ve been waiting for this…) we are finally starting the kitchen remodel!!! Friday night I’m going to pull out the dishes and utensils we’ll need in the make shift kitchen, Sat. I’m packing the rest of the dishes, pots, pans, etc. and Sunday Jason is starting the demolition process. Anyone in town with an urge to wield a sledge hammer, please stop by!
While I haven’t been good about taking pictures lately, I promise to take before and after of the kitchen. As I’ve said before… check back (don’t give up on me!) In the meantime, have a WONDERFUL week!!! - T
This week I attended a board retreat for work, packed artifacts for storage (including some moldy 120 year old shoes), went to the chiropractor, had lunch with the advisor from UW’s History Dept., worked on a Power Point presentation for Leadership Wyoming, went to the rodeo with Jason (date night), and conducted the first of many oral histories for our church.
The oral histories went really well and I learned a lot about the history/culture of our beloved church. But the highlight of the week was the rodeo; esp. the rodeo clown who dressed up as a sumo wrestler, inflatable suit and all! It was so funny to see him dodging bulls in his costume! (No, I didn’t take pictures. I wanted to enjoy the rodeo from the stands instead of glued behind a lens.) The local bull riders were fun to watch and the DJ was really good. She had the crowd dancing in their seats!
This week I’ve been fighting an awful headache and have been in-and-out of work. Tomorrow is a big day – trip to Cheyenne to meet with the WY State Museum staff – so I have to at least pretend I’m feeling better! I have an eye exam Friday so maybe some new glasses will help?
This weekend is the second round of oral histories and, and… (we’ve been waiting for this…) we are finally starting the kitchen remodel!!! Friday night I’m going to pull out the dishes and utensils we’ll need in the make shift kitchen, Sat. I’m packing the rest of the dishes, pots, pans, etc. and Sunday Jason is starting the demolition process. Anyone in town with an urge to wield a sledge hammer, please stop by!
While I haven’t been good about taking pictures lately, I promise to take before and after of the kitchen. As I’ve said before… check back (don’t give up on me!) In the meantime, have a WONDERFUL week!!! - T
Monday, March 02, 2009
Weekend Update
So I misplaced my camera so its storytelling with text…
Friday night we learned a close friend was admitted to the hospital in Fort Collins for an infection after having her wisdom teeth removed. Jason drove down with her husband and two young girls at one a.m. and then the next day at 3 p.m. Turns out he is a pretty good “baby-sitter” as he did a good job of entertaining the girls and brought home a half a ream of paper with tiny little drawings. (I’m thinking of making a mobile out of them.) Unfortunately I had to be up bright and early for class the next morning so I didn’t go down. We are wishing her a speedy recovery and healthy return to Laramie. (C&B – can the girls come over to play sometime this week?)
Full day Sat. as I attended a nifty conservation class for 2D artwork. We learned “ideal” storage, care, tactics and “realistic” ones for small museums. It was super practical and a ton of fun. I got to meet some new people from Laramie and the Front Range (southern border btw WY and CO). It was fun to see the various items from the local museum including hand tinted photographs, 4H scrapbooks, original artwork by a local painter, and early maps of Laramie. I brought one of our prisoner made frames with an oil painting to work on.
Sat. night I spent a few hours scanning photographs and documents from our church. Trinity Lutheran is celebrating its 125th anniversary in August. Jason and I are both on the committee. He has been working on t-shirt orders and I’ve been attempting to put up an exhibit. Starting this coming Sunday we’ll both be involved in an oral history project to create a “Love Letter” to the church. The idea is to gather fun stories from various church members and weave them into a narrative video discussing “firsts” at the church; wedding, baptism, confirmation memories along with some historical tidbits and folklore.
Wish us luck!
Sunday after church we visited with some friends, Jason painted and reinstalled trim in the hallway and I continued to scan documents.
Sunday evening we won our broomball game and will continue on to the championship game. I think we are currently ranked 3rd. A big improvement from last year! For those of you who don’t know, we are the Fire Monkeys. We played the Ice Toads. They always bring a slew of stuffed frogs so we started collecting screaming monkey. A friendly banter typically occurs during halftime but this game they broke out a squeaky plastic banana on a rope! One of our more expressive teammates was out on the ice, chasing it like a chimp. Despite his antics and maybe pulling a muscle during this routine, we went on to win the game.
Late to bed and early to rise. We have a busy week ahead of us including a board retreat, visit to the chiropractor, unwrapping our new cabinets, recruitment party for Leadership Wyoming, Lent service (I love the Holden Evening prayer book), hopefully babysitting for friends, visiting landowners, completing contracts, and oral histories.
I’ll be back in touch next week. Hopefully with photos to share!
Friday night we learned a close friend was admitted to the hospital in Fort Collins for an infection after having her wisdom teeth removed. Jason drove down with her husband and two young girls at one a.m. and then the next day at 3 p.m. Turns out he is a pretty good “baby-sitter” as he did a good job of entertaining the girls and brought home a half a ream of paper with tiny little drawings. (I’m thinking of making a mobile out of them.) Unfortunately I had to be up bright and early for class the next morning so I didn’t go down. We are wishing her a speedy recovery and healthy return to Laramie. (C&B – can the girls come over to play sometime this week?)
Full day Sat. as I attended a nifty conservation class for 2D artwork. We learned “ideal” storage, care, tactics and “realistic” ones for small museums. It was super practical and a ton of fun. I got to meet some new people from Laramie and the Front Range (southern border btw WY and CO). It was fun to see the various items from the local museum including hand tinted photographs, 4H scrapbooks, original artwork by a local painter, and early maps of Laramie. I brought one of our prisoner made frames with an oil painting to work on.
Sat. night I spent a few hours scanning photographs and documents from our church. Trinity Lutheran is celebrating its 125th anniversary in August. Jason and I are both on the committee. He has been working on t-shirt orders and I’ve been attempting to put up an exhibit. Starting this coming Sunday we’ll both be involved in an oral history project to create a “Love Letter” to the church. The idea is to gather fun stories from various church members and weave them into a narrative video discussing “firsts” at the church; wedding, baptism, confirmation memories along with some historical tidbits and folklore.
Wish us luck!
Sunday after church we visited with some friends, Jason painted and reinstalled trim in the hallway and I continued to scan documents.
Sunday evening we won our broomball game and will continue on to the championship game. I think we are currently ranked 3rd. A big improvement from last year! For those of you who don’t know, we are the Fire Monkeys. We played the Ice Toads. They always bring a slew of stuffed frogs so we started collecting screaming monkey. A friendly banter typically occurs during halftime but this game they broke out a squeaky plastic banana on a rope! One of our more expressive teammates was out on the ice, chasing it like a chimp. Despite his antics and maybe pulling a muscle during this routine, we went on to win the game.
Late to bed and early to rise. We have a busy week ahead of us including a board retreat, visit to the chiropractor, unwrapping our new cabinets, recruitment party for Leadership Wyoming, Lent service (I love the Holden Evening prayer book), hopefully babysitting for friends, visiting landowners, completing contracts, and oral histories.
I’ll be back in touch next week. Hopefully with photos to share!
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