Pretty in Pink

Well it's been awhile since the last post but we've been busy here working in our basement. As you can see, most of the ugly old green concrete block walls are now covered by this pretty pink insulation board stuff, but before the walls and ceiling can be finished my dad has to redo all the wiring.

The old suspended ceiling that was installed by the previous owner of this house was covering up "a multitude of sins" you might say. With each panel that came down it was like another episode of that show on HGTV called "Why did they do that?"

Now you have to understand my dad when it comes to electrical wiring. He installs and maintains all these huge multi-million megawatt television and radio transmitters, so it's kinda important for him to know what's what when it comes to working with live wires! He knew it was a jumble up in the rafters under ceiling (which he discovered a long time ago when he wired every room in this house for cable!) so he was just waiting for this opportunity to rip out the whole thing and straighten everything out at once.


It's still a work in progress, but it's coming along nicely. Stay tuned for more pics soon!

It's only a game!

My mom wasn't getting enough here at home (post-season football action that is!) so she went to Indianapolis last weekend to visit her friend Teresa and see the Colts play the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was supposed to be a sure thing for the Colts, who were 14-2 in the regular season, but they beat themselves just like the Packers did so many times this year. We are used to this, but poor Teresa is devastated! But overall it was a great girls' weekend, with some real shopping scores on Saturday along with a most excellent German lunch with Apple Strudel for dessert at The Rathskeller before the game on Sunday.

This is just a cool panorama of the current RCA Dome, scheduled to be replaced by a new and improved, bigger and better stadium with a retractable roof in the next couple years ....


We missed mom, but I still had a fun weekend because Doug was here! In between watching all the football games on television he and my dad actually made quite a bit of progress on the basement renovation. More photos to follow soon, but here's one from a couple weeks ago after they got the gas and electric connected to the fireplace. Now they don't have to wear jackets and sweatshirts when they work down there, it's nice and toasty warm at the flip of a switch.


Flame on!

Happy New Year!

Our latest yard art installation!