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christmas 2.0

first dinner (in the dining room)

Kev helped me clean the rest of the house.

We rigged the dining room table base with a temporary top and did a quick run to Target and Home-Depot for some things.

What was once a useless room holding bookshelves, a topless table and a cluttered desk is now an actual dining room. Sure, we desperately need a credenza and there’s a bare wall screaming for a painting… but – it’s a room with a purpose now nonetheless.

Chad’s flight was delayed but arrived eventually.

We picked up dinner (the best Chinese carry-out in St. Louis) and headed home.

Dinner
Presents
Christmas Jazz
Schmoopy Schnogling.

Merry Christmas…

Should blog about this – this was worth remembering.

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finish

den done at last

6 coats of polyurethane….
20 sand paper pads…
3 vacillations on ceiling color.
5 of the loneliest uncomfortable days of recent recollection.

and that damn room is DONE!

Thanks toandwho talked my ear off, (and let me talk theirs off in return) on the phone to ease my stir-craziness of the week.

Picked up Kevin at the airport that evening…

Although I’ve been updating him on the phone through the week – he seemed genuinely surprised at the finished room.

Sat up late and caught up on all the news from his family in Ohio…. I let him open one present… Dragon’s Lair (the 1983 original) – ported over to DVD… Still near impossible to play – but he was thrilled to own a piece of video game history.

One more Day – and everyone will be home…

Christmas 2.0 will be tomorrow!

*not blogging.