Mission Transatlantic

Spreading the good word about X-ray PDF at Diamond.

It's cold. Really.

Christmas '10

	Presents under the tree... these are all Ben's.
	Christmas dinner.

Pearl Harbor

Excellent memorial and museum - like the opening chapter of a WWII history tour, for which we'd already seen the conclusion at the Peace Museum in Hiroshima.

Aloha Pacifichem

Best way to unwind after a long domestic flight.

R&B: Stop by for dinner sometime

A truck full of furniture-shaped gifts to fill our empty rooms.

Our new cherry dining from table from Pete's parents and Room & Board.

First snow

A fantastic first snow fall of ~5 inches to kick off the weekend.

Lady & Mo

	Lady thinks she can sneak up onto the couch because she's camouflaged.
	Mo is totally hypnotised after having her belly rubbed.

Thanksgiving

A full house for Thanksgiving, with Pete's dad, Mike, Suzanne, 3 little people and 2 furry four-legged people here to visit (where visit means help on house projects).

Turkey: perfectly golden brown courtesy of its cheesecloth blanket.

Happy Anniversary

31 years

Sticks and stones

Mantle decor

Cutting in

More than half the painting is complete. I cut in. Pete rolls out. This is Corn Husk Green in the loft area.

Halloween

Happy Halloween - our first with real live trick or treaters.

Insert Fireplace Insert

So the house came with a fireplace but the chimney sweep informed us that we needed to line the flue before lighting up.... So we installed a new flue AND a new fireplace. It's an energy efficient insert - so we qualify for a tax rebate :) . It took quite a search to find one that would fit into our mantle (but not in a log cabin) - european of course.

Lounging around

Found a furniture bargain, at the Chiasso clearance sale, to help fill our empty rooms. We're tempting fate a little with the pale shade, but that's what Scotchguard is for. We scored a couch big enough for 4+ people, a matching chair, a slat bench/coffee table, light fixture and cool photo frame.

Xtals

We're getting so efficient at preparing samples we can make 2 different ones at the same time.

Mini MUMs for sale

Mums. Now on sale at your local ace hardware. Comes in a convenient travel size. Nothing compared to the real thing though.

Star Washer

Our new, super energy efficient washing machine. Apparently its going to cost us $11 per year to keep our clothes clean.... based on eight(!!!) loads per week (who does 8 loads?). At that rate we would be washing multiple times between wears - or going through multiple costume changes per day. I'm guessing that it will be closer to a handful of quarters for us.

Painted

Ocean pearl and Restful

Color conundrums