Speakers and sewing

I mentioned at the end of my last post that we did some other fun projects on Sunday, but I didn't have time to post the photos. Dave installed a speaker in the kitchen ceiling that connects to the living room stereo system. Being the loyal Tigers fan that he is, he wanted to be able to listen to the games while cooking me dinner. The bonus was that he used a ceiling tile that was damaged from the original light fixture, so we didn't have to try to fix the hole or replace the tile somehow.

The other project is the curtains I am sewing for the dining room. The dining room receives a lot of afternoon sun and gets pretty warm, and we really needed to cover the windows somehow. So Ann generously let me borrow the sewing machine that her mother given her and I got to work. Some nice people at Joann's helped me figure out the material measurements to keep them easy. I have not touched a sewing machine since 7th grade home ec. class with Mrs. Pagel, but luckily the machine came with instructions for setting it up. I am about halfway done with the room now, and I am still considering some options for the best way to tie them back. At first, Columbo struggled to figure out where the windowsill went but he seems to have figured it out now.

Floors and a new refrigerator

This week we had the floors in the kitchen sanded and coated. On Tuesday night we had to take the old fridge and everything else out of the kitchen and pantry.Then we had take out dinners on Wednesday-Friday nights. It is a relief to have it done at last! The kitties are relieved as well because we had to keep them locked in one room for most of the time so they wouldn't get on the floors.

With the floors done, we finally got to move our new refrigerator in! We had to be super careful not to scratch the floor, so Brandon and Kathy came over today to help. Below are some pictures of the inside. (We also moved our food in after I took this picture so there is not just beer in there anymore.)







We did some other projects today, but I will post them later this week.