You don't get the bull with out the horns, here the girls are out enjoying some recent snow.
Malia making some snow angles.......
A little sliding.....
With cold hands and feet it was time for the girls to go inside and get warm...
Here Malia warms up by the fire awaiting some hot chocolate ...
Ella sipping some coco.....
Malia trying the no hands approach to drinking her beverage "coco" the official sponsor of snow.
Just a couple of before and after pics of the little ladies doing some art.........here's Ella before....excited to get her hands on some paint.....
And after...........or get some paint on her hands.......she often likes to paint herself it's her favorite canvas.
Malia.......... before........well poised starting with clean lines and a fresh idea on her mind.........
After..........what happened to her clothes?
And so work continues on the laundry room, next on the list was to find away to hide the workings of the laundry room aka the pipes and duct work. This is often found behind the appliances which is also the case here. When the appliances are pushed up as close to the wall as possable it still leaves a good size gap between the wall and the appliances. Daddy Dave did a little frame work and crafted a shelf in which to utilize the lost space
But with the newly built shelf a new problem arose, the water line hookups stick out a little farther than the appliance and sit above the shelf which still doesn't allow the washer to slide completely against the shelf......the solution?
Well I did say this was "notch your average laundry room", and as promised a notch was cut in the shelf to allow the washer to slide agisnst the shelf.
After some trim work was added to the front of the shelf, the washer was set in place.
If you remember from a past blog the sink was added to a old cabinet and was origanly positioned to the left of the appliances, as pic above.
Here we have the newly positioned sink, right in the middle of the washer and dyer a kind of laundry room "Oreo". After some deliberation by the adults of the house hold, this new location was approved( momma mandy told me where to put it).
With water and drain lines ran and hooked up the sink is open for business.
Here Malia holds her pet chicken balloon, their pretty easy to take care of (chicken balloons that is). They don't need a lot of attention and no messes to clean up after. No crying, screaming, wet dipers, no grouchy chickens roaming around the house. Their pretty quiet too no loud temper tantrums, teasing, talking/ yelling over your thoughts and words or yelling at each other . In fact I think daddy Dave would like to be a chicken ballon farmer. What would the draw backs be? An occasion chicken exploding?(that would be nothing to the explosions that happen at the current dinner table) Maybe tripping on a handfull them laying around on the floor but the landing would be soft and no stubbed toes would incure (unlike some of the unidentified, sharp objects daddy Dave steps on in his sleepy stupor). I guess there's no demand for ballon chickens plus there not so environment friendly, o well I guess I'll just stick to them ole gals I got roaming around here at least they keep me on my toes.
Here Ella is helping daddy Dave with the first coat of drywall mud, thank goodness she's not yet big enough to climb that ladder by herself but it won't be long.
Still a second coat of mud is needed...
And then the all so pleasnt sanding needs to get done.
Momma Mandy had her sleaves rolled up on her latest project, giving the corner hutch a face lift. First up was preping the surface and removing hard ware. Here Ella lends a hand.
Next the first coat was applied, here Malia has turned it into her new favorite play spot.
Once Malia was removed and after a second coat, Momma Mandy installed some b-board wallpaper on the interior and she was done.
Here's a side by side comparison, great job Momma Mandy.
Here Ella is giving momma Mandy some extra help in the kitchen preparing dinner, she often grabs the first stool she can find and climbs up to aid............ or hender.
After dinner Malia is spotted here having a tea party with cheese and her sunglasses on(upside down).
Malia has started quiet a collection of ancient dinosaur fossils, she has begun laying out her collection in different parts around the yard, neatly placed and not to be disturbed. Above some are set out on a bench in front of the garage.
Some more on an old hay bale.....
And yet more on the backside of a gate....
The other day Malia decided she was going to take her afternoon nap in her toy box, knock your socks of girl I hope it works out for you.
As Work continues on the laundry room the installing a laundry room sink was on the list of things to be done. The problem is that daddy Dave has a extra cabniet in which to hold the sink but it is 4" to wide
So some Frankenstein operations began to take place, first those pesky extra 4" were cut off.
After it was put back together the base was reinforced, these cheap cabinets aren't very well made and this cabniet was to house a sink it needed to be stronger than the factory specs.
After loosing those 4" the doors were too wide, so after running the doors through the table saw they were then Given a smooth edge on the router. Above the top door has been cut while the bottom has had a smooth edge added.
The top was built with 2x4's and new supports were added into the interior to aid in supporting the sink and a new front center peice was installed where the doors meet.
Here the cabinet stands awaiting its new home 4" slimmer. Wouldn't be nice if we could loose 4" that quick.
Here the Newley repurposed cabinet sits in its place, yet to be connected but that's on the list.
During the past couple of rain showers daddy Dave has seen a leak form in his work trailer which carries his tools of the trade. Wet tools and supplies is a bad thing so this needed to be addressed. Here you can see the roofing has come corrosion.
Closer inspection shows that some of the roofing seals have began to dry out and crack allowing moisture to leak in.
Supplies.......a gallon of roofing cement, a disposable glove and some mineral spirts to aid in the clean up. Daddy Dave found the easiest way to applie the roofing cement was by hand which is were the disposable glove came in useful.
the old tar strips now have a fresh coat, maybe that will hold for a while, daddy Dave's enclosed trailer is in need of a face lift but that on the list of things to do.
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