Archive for December, 2003

The Paint Job

Three trips to Lowes, a tiny bit of cursing (those shelves are evil), and a fair amount of elbow grease equals one mostly finished family room (the curtains are “on order”)! Shown below is the sequence of photos spanning nearly an entire day, although the actual painting process took only a morning.

December 30, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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Dishwater Blonde

We were out shopping today at Lowes (we were there because we decided to paint the family room — be afraid! — I’ll post pictures once we finish) and Steph received a compliment from someone about her hair. Her hair isn’t blonde or brunette. It’s “dishwater blonde” — a term I heard all the time [...]

December 29, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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Ice Santa

This is one of the photos that didn’t make it to our online collection of ICE — but it’s still pretty cool. (This Santa is about 7 feet tall)

December 29, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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Evil Friends

Sometimes friends are just plain evil!!! A good friend of mine, the evil witch knows who she is, recommended a book series to me. She said, “you’ll love them! They’re addictive.” I had no idea she was serious about the addiction part! It’s day 3 and I’ve read THREE books! They are truly brain candy [...]

December 28, 2003 · Stephanie · No Comments
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Stories from Rwanda

This weekend I started reading We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch. The paperback came out in 1999 and I’ve been meaning to read it for some time. Jennifer gave it to me as a Christmas gift — I’ll thank her again [...]

December 28, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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Ice!

What happens when you take 2,000,000 pounds of ice and give it to 42 artisans from Harbin, China? Take a look! Stephanie and I went through the 18,000 square foot freezer (it’s kept at 9 degrees they say) while we were in Orlando over Christmas. It’s amazing what they can carve: bridges, buildings, people, animals, [...]

December 27, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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Disney Christmas 2003

We’re back in town…

December 26, 2003 · Donald · No Comments
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