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Workspaces

Jan30
2010
Rob Written by Rob

We recently overhauled the office, a long overdue activity that became a much more pressing concern once Kristi and I were both working in it full time. It’s a small room and you can only bang your chairs so many times before something has to change. So we rearranged furniture and made some upgrades in our workspaces.

Kristi’s desk:

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File cabinet was moved from the right of her desk to the left, and the printer moved on top of that. Lots of free space instantly cleared.

And mine:

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The riser’s new and I like it. It frees up most of my desktop and gives me a practical center area to put my laptop without blocking monitor views, while creating a sort of Illuminati-invisible-hand vibe that appeals to me. It also makes a decent spot for us to watch a movie in the office if we want.

Posted in Everyday Life, Work

Dresser Detective

Oct19
2009
Rob Written by Rob

Now that the dresser is home and finished and looking good and everything, I’ve been meaning to do some detective work. I kinda dig on history – particularly digging into the small nooks and crevices in between the history everyone knows – so I took some time this afternoon to see what I could find out about this dresser’s origins.
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Posted in Projects / DIY

The Dresser; Part the Eighteenth

Oct19
2009
Kristi Written by Kristi

The dresser completed its final trek today, arriving into our guest room late this afternoon.  We spent the last few days stripping, sanding, staining, varnishing.  Rob had never attempted to refinish furniture before but I spent the summer of 2001 refinishing my hardwood floors by hand and my dresser’s top when I came home from England in 2006.  My dad had the space and all the tools so when we returned from Oregon, we unloaded the dresser there, instead of in our garage.

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The dresser was left by the prior owner of Rob’s parents’ first home and they moved it to Florida with them in the late 70s.  It shuffled between Rob and his brother and when we moved the last of Rob’s things to California, the dresser went back to his parents for safe keeping until we could get it back here.  When Chris moved to Oregon, he brought it with him and we brought it home from Eugene.

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There was extensive damage to the finish from stickers, contact paper, and broken veneer.  We spent the first day stripping with a chemical stripper and sanding.  Lacquer thinner was applied between sandings to get rid of all the sticky gunk.  Rob learned how to use a sander and he’s becoming quite handy in the workshop.  At the end of the first day, we had chosen a color and stained everything.  It was starting to come together.

More after the jump…
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Posted in Diversions, Projects / DIY

Domestic Goddess

Sep21
2009
Kristi Written by Kristi

I am officially a housewife.  The last week has been about scouring our house, to the point where I actually vacuumed walls.  (Wha? They were dirty!)  Our bedroom was by far the worst of it.  Considering it was in constant use for approximately 20 hours a day, we were glad just to have clean sheets on it.

But last weekend was the time to get caught up.  Everything was sorted through and cleaned.  We took 9 bags of clothing to Goodwill (mostly mine) and Rob has officially moved his clothes into the closet.  When he moved in, I had full control over our bedroom closet and he was relegated to 2 draws below the closet and the guest room closet.  So he was sort of due for some more space.  It was nice to get rid of clothes I don’t wear anymore.  I haven’t had a good sort out since I went to England.

This weekend was a front yard weekend.  Rob mowed the lawn and I pulled all the pots off the porch.  In the process we found 5 black widows which had taken up residence.  I’m not usually a spider freak out person but for some reason, those widows got to me.  Especially the ones we found on pots we’d already picked up and moved.  Needless to say, I spent that night in bed being all freaked out that something was crawling on me.  I felt like I was 8 telling Rob to help me take my mind off it by telling me a stupid story.

It still seems like I’m summer vacation which is nice.  But then it hits me that there’s sort of no rush to get to all the things on my mental list.  I do one or two a day and that’s it.  The rest of the time, we play or Rob works and I find something else to do.  It’s a dog’s life.  Seriously.. who knew it would be this good to be unemployed?

Posted in Everyday Life
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