Why I Love My Family - Reason #847

[setting-a kitchen, a cupboard door is left open]

[cue: "Jaws" music]

[Jen is filling a glass of water from the refrigerator]

[Mary approaches and slams her head into the open cupboard door ending up on the floor]

Mary: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!

Me: MAN DOWN!

Jen [at nearly the same time, with accent]: MAN DOWN!

[Jen looks at the carnage over her left shoulder and proceeds to totally overflow her water glass]

Jen: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!


I love my family...

News from DC

A few updates from SPC Natiw:

1. She has passed her first music "test." She must now play for the Fife Section leaders tomorrow and, eventually, Sgt. White. She's pretty nervous, but she's working hard.
2. Her first "job" as a fifer in the OGF&DC is on March 22.
3. She will be travelling with the Spirit of America show this summer/fall.

All in all, exciting news.

Colonial Foot Soldiers!

First day in full Colonial Dress...

Lindsay and Kara trying to act like they know what they're doing

Where is their commander???

Lindsay looks very colonial, wouldn't you say?

Kara and Lindsay showing off the future of the Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps

Aww....

If you need me...

The studio/office is just about complete. Still going through some things and discarding quite a bit, but it's looking like I imagined. A couple of walls still need a few things hung on them, but I don't really know what to put up there yet (behind the drums and behind the leather chairs). It's a great place to study, play/write/record music and relax.

Boomer seems to be adjusting.

In other news, I got an office shredder the other day. Who knew how incredibly useful/necessary these things were. I feel much safer now (people are always going through our trash on Sunday nights).

Lindsay says they got quite a bit of snow in D.C. Around 8-9" it sounds like. They (her and Kara) were off to some military fashion show or something when I spoke with her this afternoon. Jen and I will be out there sometime over mid-winter break.

Well, if you need me, you know where to find me...

We Have Color(s)!

Ok, so if you think that last update was good (everyone except Lindsay), this one is even better. Paint is on the walls, baseboards are in and carpeting is in process. Karen picked out the "colors" for the walls and trim. I was thinking blue carpeting with white walls (very monochromatic of me), but she picked out three colors. They're kind of hard to see in the photo but the walls furthest away are a bit darker than the side walls. Also, the trim is a shade of white or something. Anyway, things are looking good and I should be back in business in a few days! Good thing, cause the POD is being picked up on the 9th.


For comparison's sake, here is a photo taken before construction, but AFTER the basement had already been cleaned up for a couple weeks. Yes, it was MUCH WORSE. Gonna be good to have a place to work and play.