I guess I must have liked this book because I tore right through it. I even stayed up a little late last night to finish it–I only had a few pages left and just couldn’t put it down. So, I only have a book of short stories to read (which I had forgotten about), then I guess I’ll have to get back to my regular reading schedule.
oh boy!
It’s almost time to start gardening again. Can you feel it? I can. I got my garden plans and schedule organized recently and ordered the necessary seeds, so I’m ready to go. I have high hopes for this season, much like every other year and I’m anxious to get started. I’m moving my herb garden and putting in an additional vegetable garden (8×8 feet) this year. The extra room is going to give me some room to experiment with some things I wouldn’t normally plant, which is cool. Soon enough, I guess.
stairwell to heaven
One of our current projects is refinishing the stairwell that leads to the library/office area of the house. The original finish on them was shellac and the stairs are made out of pine. Years of oxidation created a cherry sort of color on them. I was hoping to just do a little scuff sanding and refinishing, but that didn’t pan out. The problem was that someone put down rubber on the stair treads for traction purposes. After removing the rubber, we found that the stairs were much lighter in that area, so the treads had to be sanded down to bare wood. Brian and Jake handled these duties (phew!). They finished up a couple of weekends ago. I stained the treads cherry (ironically enough) and put a bunch of coats of Waterlox on them. They look pretty good now, but you probably wouldn’t know they were refinished unless you saw them before. Once the Waterlox is finished curing, I’m going to paint the risers and the stair trim gloss white–that’s up for the weekend. It’s going to be a pain to do this (it will be a lot of precision paintbrush work), but I think the results will be worth it.
the social network
The acting, casting, and direction of this film was undoubtedly great. However, I did not like the movie (nor did Brian). I know I’m in the minority with my opinion, but it was so boring (and the Zuckerberg character was an annoying twit). As Jake put it, he knew it couldn’t have been good because every time he came into the living room “they were in a meeting” (referring to the legal scenes). How right he was. I wish I would have stuck with my initial instinct and not added this to our queue.
from dead to worse
After finishing the book prior to this one, I was afraid that maybe I was tiring of the series. However, the latest book proved to me that was not the case. I tore through this one in less than a week–it was just as good as all of the others. So, I’m ready to read the next one, which I will start tonight.