Making Progress

So both Donnas (Parry and Bell) have asked how my clock is coming and I promised both I would put some pictures up on the blog. So thanks to my wonderfully helpful husband who reminded me to, I am putting up pictures of my progress. Also, a picture of my first project, the coat rack, not yet stained because it is still sitting in the back of Eldon's truck...that's another project in and of itself.

So here are the beginning pieces of the frame, with a few of the first cuts and then, I messed everything up and started over. I didn't get pictures of every step, so the next ones are of the main frame all put together. I have the decorative backboard cut out and waiting to be put in and then we get working on all the fancy stuff like the pediment and the cove bottom and the door and so on. I will add more pictures as I take them but here's what I have so far.

Christmas in Washington

So as I was looking at Maddi and Eric's blog I realized I completely forgot to put up pictures from Christmas. So here, finally, is our first Christmas together.

Christmas morning













Here we have our duvet cover on our mattress on top of our new bed that Henry and Donna made for us! Along with Loni and Jordan's new pillows which we thought looked better on our bed than theirs...and their bed skirt :)













This is the amazing duvet cover that Mandi worked so hard on for us! Isn't it beautiful? Thank you so much Mandi.







































The Gotfredson boys were so good this year, Santa left a special gift for them on the door step...They absolutely love her!

Back to school

Well we are back in school and have successfully survived the first two weeks. Eldon is busier than we expected since he picked up a TA job, and I'm having tons of fun with the Basic Woodworking class I was able to add this week because Eldon is close with the teacher. It's a real cool class. I'm working on a coat rack now and am almost done and will be starting on a clock next! It's kinda a big jump from a single blank of wood to doing joints and putting an oval in the middle of a piece of wood but I'm excited. Eldon is having fun with his IBC classes-business something, he and his group have to come up with a business and sell their goods/services on campus. He gets to go camping with his group here pretty soon to do some team building exercises and bonding. Other than the snow covered ground part, he's pretty excited about it. My econ class is okay-the topics are interesting but the class and how the material is presented is boring so weird mix. Other classes are pretty good, just trying not to freeze on my way to them. So all in all, we are doing pretty good, getting settled into our small but comfortable apartment, and doing homework and making the best of our last semester in Idaho.

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

It's just not Christmas without a tree and a few decorations. However, since our budget and apartment are both small and we are about to leave and move back to Idaho anyway, we decided to keep it small. Here are a few pictures of what we did to make it a bit more festive.


Here is our table with a candle on it
















our stockings and door hanger














the paper chain hanging above our balcony door










and our tree strung with popcorn and cranberries










and the bow hung on our front door :)

Pictures below

To All,

The pictures below are of the work site where I am currently. Behind one of the pictures you can see the work trailers. This is a 400,000 sq ft photovoltaic cell manufacturing plant (Solar Panels). The top of the building is going to be completely covered from end to end with Solar Panels which will supply a great deal of power for the plant. They take silicon in its raw rock form, melt it down into blocks and slice it in thing layers, mix it with chemicals that I won't bother to mention and through a series of processes create a photovoltaic solar cell. These are then placed into a solar panel or various other forms to be used to harness the sun's energy.

Work Pictures 2