Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Green Eggs (but no ham)

On Sunday, Adam and I were just lazing around, just enjoying being able to get a little extra rest, and his stomach growled. I asked what he wanted to eat; our conversation turned to green eggs and ham...and I thought, Why not?
So, I beat some eggs and added a little food coloring...
...fried up some peppers and "green" onions...
...and we had green eggs for breakfast.
Adam says they tasted normal, but I swear mine actually tasted green.
Kinda silly, but it made for a memorable morning, and we enjoyed just being silly together.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

One (Almost) Completed Room

We've been working on finishing one of the rooms in our basement,and after a long process of what felt like one step forward and then two steps back, we are finally done (except that I haven't finished organizing it, and the doors still need their knobs). It has been an interesting adventure to get from where it was to where it is now...

We started with no door, just this open area...
some painted/wallpapered fake wood paneling (but no insulation behind the paneling on the exterior walls) and the world's scariest wiring.
We had to rip down the paneling, and some rotten drywall, and we found some lovely hidden treasures, such as the sink below the stairs...
...and a hole in that we believe was once used for storing nuts.
We did the framing...
...and dealt with the whacky wiring (and believe me, this long, tangled cable cord was the best example of "wiring" in the room...I think we're lucky the house hadn't burned down).

We painted...
...and we thought that we were almost done...but then we got moisture and mold behind some of the paneling (although where the water was coming from is a mystery, as of yet unsolved.) So down came the paneling, as well as some of the insulation, and up went some weird moisture-resistant foam stuff and new paneling.

And finally, a finished, albeit not quite organized, room!
And, with my newly finished room, I decided it was time to get busy with a craft...so here it is!