California

I will be in California again this week for a work meeting. Turns out that close to that meeting time, I will be getting an award for the WISE mission. So I extended my trip so I could go to JPL for the ceremony (hopefully!).

Here are the details:
Award Category: Public Service Group Achievement Award
Team Name: WISE Project Spacecraft Team
Citation: For exceptional accomplishment of designing and testing the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft, meeting or exceeding all on-orbit performance requirements.

I am pretty excited about how well WISE performed so this is pretty cool.

Front outside lights

Yes, it might appear we are on a lighting kick. You would be correct!

Front outside light is installed at the front door. When we installed that light, we magically also got the two old lights at the front of the carport. It feels so great to have some more lighting!

Eric also installed the foyer light (only one that is not a can light of some kind).

Foyer lights

So last weekend we installed some lights, and it was really nice. After that, we realized that we really need to address the foyer. The lights were mostly installed. The switches were all installed. And yet, no lights. It was very sad. We have four 3-way switches in the foyer, and there was just something wrong. Today since I am not completely bogged down with school, we just did it. It was not too painful. Thankfully we have ohmmeters and power indicators (like Mike Holmes - even though I am not allowed to watch him any more!).

Here is the foyer all lit up!


Lights are out again because it is too darn hot in the house to have lights on.

P.S. I know you are all jealous of my stair railing!

The long awaited bathroom pictures

I took them over the weekend, but our Internet stopped working on Sunday afternoon for 2 whole days. It was dreadful especially since I am doing online school. Anyway, here they are of the finished product!

Soap dish: of course you know I am excited about that (see towel bars and knobs!)






Abby checking out the action. She is really looking to get a drink from the faucet - her favorite activity.

Cabinet knobs are also really nice

We did a whole bunch of little chores around the house this weekend, which have added up to much better living conditions. Remember how excited I was about towel bars??

I have just finished up two weeks off from school. Last weekend we went to Steamboat Springs with Kris, Kelly and Lori. This weekend we worked on the house.

Tasks accomplished:

Ceiling fan up in the master bedroom. It is hot in our house (generally about 80 from the heat of the day until dark cooling off slowly until morning). The fan will help a lot.
Ceiling lights in both upstairs bedrooms
In ceiling speakers in master bedroom (not currently connected to anything, but at least no more holes in the ceiling).
Knobs installed on all the bathroom and kitchen cabinets. Love knobs. I don't know why builders never put them in.
Soap dish installed in shower. This means the bathroom is done!! (Except for moulding which was not be done anywhere).