10 September 2008
Happy 58th Birthday Dad!
Happy Birthday Dad! I just wanted to let you know I respect you and love you. I'm glad we're finally back and look forward to many more years together.
09 September 2008
Day 6
A lot has happened in our basement in the past few days, but it's not as noticeable as the first few days. Our electrical work has been finished and passed inspection and the speaker wire for the surround sound system was run (by yours truly). On Monday we went to the design center and picked out the tile, linoleum, carpet and pad.
Today the ceiling insulation was blown. We opted for blown cellulose making the basement smell and sound like a Barnes and Noble (that is, a bookstore). Take a whiff of a paperback book and that's what it smells like down there. Personally, I love the smell. It makes me want to grab a book and a cup of coffee.
This morning as I was finishing my waffle the drywall was delivered. Tomorrow they'll start hanging the drywall. Over the next 4 days or so we will be in the drywall phase. This portion of the project takes a little bit longer because the seam mud and texture take time to dry. The exciting part about drywall is that it's the halfway point in the project and once hung, the layout/structure of the basement will "feel" more complete.
Today the ceiling insulation was blown. We opted for blown cellulose making the basement smell and sound like a Barnes and Noble (that is, a bookstore). Take a whiff of a paperback book and that's what it smells like down there. Personally, I love the smell. It makes me want to grab a book and a cup of coffee.
This morning as I was finishing my waffle the drywall was delivered. Tomorrow they'll start hanging the drywall. Over the next 4 days or so we will be in the drywall phase. This portion of the project takes a little bit longer because the seam mud and texture take time to dry. The exciting part about drywall is that it's the halfway point in the project and once hung, the layout/structure of the basement will "feel" more complete.
08 September 2008
CU Game
On Saturday we met Nathan and Stacy (and Emmie) up in Boulder. Nathan is a C-17 pilot in the Air Force and a friend of mine from CU. He met Stacy at CU and they later married. We had lunch at Panera at then went to the CU Eastern Washington game together.
It was a great time. Eastern Washington is a few miles outside of Spokane. So, Stacey and I had a connnection to our opponents as well, making it more interesting.
Ralphie is the best mascot, period. She almost outran her handlers at the start of the game. The game was a close affair, with CU narrowly winning in the final 2 minutes. It was exciting, although you couldn't tell from Julia's reaction.
It was a great time. Eastern Washington is a few miles outside of Spokane. So, Stacey and I had a connnection to our opponents as well, making it more interesting.
Ralphie is the best mascot, period. She almost outran her handlers at the start of the game. The game was a close affair, with CU narrowly winning in the final 2 minutes. It was exciting, although you couldn't tell from Julia's reaction.
07 September 2008
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04 September 2008
Day 2
Heating vents installed - Light switch boxes, light fixtures, outlet boxes installed - Tub placed - Toilet drain moved - Water lines installed
03 September 2008
02 September 2008
Uncompahgre Wetterhorn 2
I pulled these from the trip report Josh posted on his website.
The contour map shows our actual route, as recorded by a GPS unit and uploaded into National Geographic's Topo! program. The red line is our ascent up Uncompahgre, and the blue line is our trip up Wetterhorn and down to the trail head.
The profile is also our route as recorded by a GPS unit and uploaded into the Topo! program. If you look closely at the bottom right you'll see that it calculated our trip at 12 miles, 4,585 feet in elevation gain, and 5,302 feet in elevation loss. I mention the elevation loss since going downhill is still work as far as your muscles are concerned.
The final picture is of me on the summit of Uncompahgre. It's actually 3 pictures in panorama that Josh stitched together.
The contour map shows our actual route, as recorded by a GPS unit and uploaded into National Geographic's Topo! program. The red line is our ascent up Uncompahgre, and the blue line is our trip up Wetterhorn and down to the trail head.
The profile is also our route as recorded by a GPS unit and uploaded into the Topo! program. If you look closely at the bottom right you'll see that it calculated our trip at 12 miles, 4,585 feet in elevation gain, and 5,302 feet in elevation loss. I mention the elevation loss since going downhill is still work as far as your muscles are concerned.
The final picture is of me on the summit of Uncompahgre. It's actually 3 pictures in panorama that Josh stitched together.
01 September 2008
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