February's books

Books read in February: 7
Books listened to in February: 3

Books:
9. "Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl" by Tracy Quan
10. "Stranger" by Megan Hart
11. "Bright Young Things" by Anna Godbersen (Bright Young Things #1)
12. "Anna and the French Kill" by Stephanie Perkins
13. "The Angel Experiment" by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #1)
14. "School's Out – Forever" by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #2)
15. "Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports" by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #3)

Audio Books:
6. "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
7. "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments #1)
8. "City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments #2)

Favorite Book
"Anna and the French Kiss" was freaking adorable!

We actually have window molding!

Well, our windows in the kitchen have always had molding, but you'd never know that with the extra-wide blinds the previous home owners installed.


While the blinds are very nice real wood...not white + too big = of constant annoyance to yours truly.


So, we finally made the switch in the kitchen (and family room). Being able to see the molding makes all the difference.

Progress report

So close to done...


All that's left is the trim. Hopefully that's a task for this weekend.

Tuesday

I'm excited to say that the building part of the shelves is done. Spackling, painting and adding trim is still on the agenda though.

Today's progress pictures:
And of course, the night I have energy to keep on going, I run out of paint. My goal for tomorrow evening is to have the painting done.

Monday

Brent is still going strong (he took tomorrow off as well), but unlike some people, I have to work tomorrow and my bedtime is near – so I'm calling it quits on Monday. And judging from the choice words coming from the garage, I think Brent's about spent himself.

Since we are doing the built-in in 2 different pieces (bottom and top), we've started repeating Saturday and Sunday's steps. I am loving this repetition because it means there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

While I was at work, Brent attached all the bottom shelving to the base:

And did all the wiring (pre-spackle photo):

Then it was back to Home Depot to have the cuts made for the top:
And while Brent is currently building those shelves, I've started painting the shelf backs:
Definitely a productive day. I'm trying not to read too much into the fact that the day things get done is the day I'm not there.

Sunday

Sunday consisted of a lot of painting and a very late night.


It was an awkward kind of day though, because when either Brent or myself was working, the other was at a standstill. Even though, I regretted it at work today, I'm happy I stayed up to get my painting done. Since Brent had today off, it gave him a good head start.

Saturday

Even with 2 mishaps (both in the mis-measuring department), more progress was made on the built-ins than I expected.

The before:
The blank canvas:

The "demo":

The purchase:
There are some things we just aren't comfortable DIYing, like things that require straight lines. We had Home Depot cut all the shelving. The first 2 cuts are free, and everything after is $.50 a cut. $17 is a small price to pay for straight lines. We dropped off our "order" Saturday morning and it was ready 40 minutes later. Totally worth it.

The base (not sure what's going on with the spots):

Saturday's progress pic:

The big blank area (which is DVD shelving) was done, but I'm mean and had Brent redo it this morning. The bottom shelf was too short (as in, you couldn't put a finger above the DVD to grab it out). He said we could make due, I gave him several mean looks and finally I got my way. While I still don't think he is happy with me, I'm sure he'll be thankful about it in the long run.

Aside from the shelves, we alo dogsat this little cutie: