house – Page 18 – ~HB ADVENTURE~

July 14, 2009

We Look Different After Our Road Trip

I adore my cousin Chaya. She’s super funny, smart and there was a time in her life that she wanted to be just like me…..come to think of it, at that time I wanted to be just like my other cousin, Danielle.

Anyhow, while we were on our road trip Chaya (a.k.a. Chach) and her man, Brian, took care of HBHQ. They fed the fish, watered our lawn, ate our blueberries, and even mowed! They also had a raging party that sounded fun.

On the morning that we were to return home Chach left a message saying that ‘everything was in place at HBHQ” and to call her when we got home. This message was very typical, nothing special. As I walked in our front door with my arms loaded down I meant to dump my bags and return to the car for my second load, but a black and white picture caught my eye. It was a picture of Chaya and Brian! How nice, I thought, they left us a picture of them. Oh, was I wrong.

They replaced each picture of us with pictures of their own:

in the front room (3 in frames)
on the fridge (3, including strip from photo booth)
in the living room (1 of just Brian replaced 1 of just Barry)
in the office (1 in a frame hanging)
in our bedroom (2 in frames)

This type of thing happens in my family often, it seems. Not the whole-replace your cousins pictures with your own, but jokes. My family thrives on jokes. Really good jokes that people talk about for years.

This whole thing reeks of my Grandpa Elvrum because he, I believe, is the MASTER at jokes like this. I know this whole shenanigan is Chach, but I have doubt my Grandpa is proud.

Although I adore Chach & Brian, this joke is one that deserves an answer!

June 8, 2009

Hang it Up

We started Project Improve Closet Space this weekend and successfully completed our main closet. Phew. It was a j-o-b. I think Sydney found it somewhat distressing because she lost full-access to her own ‘office.’

Barry got to bust out some of his power tools, which is always an event around here. I have confessed that I have a passion for certain power tools, but a drill is not one of them. Last summer while making HB signs for our wedding, I drilled my thumb. So, I leave the drilling to My Man. It’s safer for everyone that way. Meanwhile, Syd was able to find her bed in the heap of clothes that we dumped in the office and was able to nod off with all the drilling. Douglas joined her, lucky dog.

Once all the shelving was put in it was time to determine if my glorious dresser would fit. It did. Yahoooee! So, it was time to move our clothes back in…

Strangely, our pug was able to snooze right on through this whole ordeal once she planted herself in her bed. With Douglas, of course.

May 22, 2009

Staycation

Our staycation has officially begun! Friday Face has been put on hold because I’m busy enjoying my staycation. We’ll be making our patio fancy, thanks to our friend John. He’s got some fancy tools. He’s also got a ‘cabin’ that is really a beautiful house.

This isn’t supposed to be public knowledge, but John has a fancy pressure washer and he’s letting us use it to make our patio fancy.

It was important that we got the tutorial so we could treat ‘er just right. I paid close attention to the whole process…..becoming more familar with my precious camera.

We learned about the different nozzels, how far to hold it to whatever you are washing and even how to gas that baby up.

I think this might be one of those situations where I might get out of control……I love certain machinery. Driving lawnmowers??? Oh, be still my heart. Bobcats? If only my dad would let me cruise around on one, I’m sure I’d be fine. I typically love machines that involve driving, but this one, this one, you can make designs with!

Or you can take care of business and get the job done. I guess this doesn’t mean that we’re going to have “HB Adventure Headquartes” written on our front walkway. Oh, well. Maybe next time John lets us borrow is fancy machinery.