use real butter

First – for Ro:

This is the flourescent strip lighting we installed under our cupboards (3 in total). My biggest problem with these is that the glare is quite strong if you are a short person. I don’t consider myself to be too short at 5’5″, but my grandmother is probably less than five feet now, and standing at that level, I can see the bulb which is bright and annoying. We had to compromise between setting it further back (best for short person viewing) versus in the middle (best for overall lighting).It got so hot this afternoon, but we were mostly working on the two lower floors, which was a little more bearable. Still plenty of things to take care of, but at least now we feel like we live here. In the evening we took Kaweah for a walk around the circle and followed a spur trail up to and past the school. It was still warm for Ned standards, but it was delightful. Easy to see that the flowers are past peak.

Tonight, at Jeremy’s behest, we made some smores:

…and then proceeded to arrange the master bedroom rug and furniture. Then we shut off all the lights in the house and sat on the couch staring out our picture windows at the night sky, coming around to accepting that this is our home.

Tonight, we worked on modifying and installing some shelving we brought from Ikea (oh, how I wish Ikea were in Denver…)

And by 10 pm, the kitchen was essentially unpacked and completed. The once empty wall is now Serious Kitchen Workspace.

I’m ready to roll, baby.

We’re under contract, kids! In my jubilation, I managed to email one of my bosses instead of my girlfriend. I hate it when that happens…

And while I’ve been in negotiation hell for the past week, my parents have been contemplating a house of their own (I mean another one). Mom faxed me floor plans today and Dad sent me some pictures:

mom measuring how much space there is for her to install the ultra power hood for REAL cooks

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