We didn’t run away to a warmer climate this weekend, so yesyesyes, we got some things done, stop harassing us.  But first, look at what’s sitting in our driveway.

Truck_1

Michael is no longer driving a truck so delapidated that it loses its radio whenever it goes over a bump and Cherie no longer has to refer to his vehicle as the Truck of Death.  This is a very exciting development for us, and we love our new GMC.  (Note to the Ford Motor Company: Your trucks are nightmares and should come with warning labels like "This truck will start self-destructing at 70,000 miles" or "This truck will start rusting through instanteously upon contact with water.  Please do not expose to rain or puddles." )

We did tear ourselves away from gazing at the truck and climbed down out of the sawdust-free seats long enough to get some things done on the "actual work" front.  For example, we started building the bathroom vanity. 

Vanity

You’ll notice that it’s not actually in the bathroom yet, but instead is balanced precariously on a trash can in the dining room.  We don’t explain our mysterious workings, we just tell you about them.

The vanity is made from Douglas Fir and will eventually have a mahogany top with a vessel sink.  We have the mahogany, but it’s not milled down yet and in fact is buried somewhere down in the basement.  We also have the vessel sink, which was last seen in its box under a pile of drywall scraps.  We’ll try to pull ourselves together sometime soon, honest.

Because the vanity is balanced precariously on a trash can in the dining room instead of where it should be, you can see what else we did this weekend: drywalling in the dining room.  We are approaching 90% completion on drywall hanging, which would be more exciting if we weren’t only about 30% done with drywall mudding. 

We also spent part of Sunday picking up the debris, trash, and tools that were scattered around the yard.  It is December now and we figured that were pushing our luck with the (relatively) warm weather we’ve had recently.  So we packed away the rake, threw out the bits of housewrap and shingle that have been floating around the yard since the summer, put the hose down in the basement to thaw, and generally tried to give the impression that we are responsible homeowners ready for the winter.  And then it snowed Monday morning.  Not enough to keep things buried until June, but enough to make us feel very justified in spending that time cleaning up.

Now, who wants to go ride through the one inch snow drifts in the new truck?

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