I AM SO EXCITED!

As you can see from the picture posted on the previous post, we have been extremely busy with our house renovation.  No time for quilting, cooking, laundry or even making a bed in the morning.  We have been busy taking things apart and now we are putting things together.  This means that we are on the down side of the hill and should be done in time for the big event being held at our house on October 8th.

We are hosting the California-Hawaii Elks Association State President's V.I.P. cocktail party.  I've been told we will have close to two hundred people coming for the party.  This event is the pre-party to the dinner at the Hanford Elks Lodge that evening.  The State President is Wayne Howard and he hails from Honolulu, Hawaii.  Our local District State Vice President Earl Conro is making all of the arrangements for Waynes visit to our East Central District.  Earl has described our home as the "Morrison Estate".  So I hope all of the invitees will enjoy our little piece of paradise.  Can you tell I'm starting to get a little excited about all of this.

The worst for me is that my two gardeners have not been able to work my property for over a month and will not be able to come back until the last week in September.  They are an older spanish couple that come to my house every Friday to keep us tidy.  The Mrs. had cateract surgery that did not go as planned, so she has been restricted from working.  But they are planning to be back as needed the last week of September.

This Thursday Morrison's Silkscreen will have a booth space at the Thursday Night Market in downtown Hanford.  We will be featuring our Letterman Jacket Line and giving a discount coupon.  Then on Friday morning as early as I can possibly get myself going, I will be going to Pismo to join the Material Girls for a Quilting Retreat.  I will come home on Sunday.  Then the big push to be ready for the cocktail party.

Oh yes, tonight we will attend the Blues and Brews Festival in downtown Hanford.  Then I want to slow down to a crawl.

French Doors!

It's Been A Long Time!

I've been so very busy. Steve and I decided to change all of the windows and doors on the south side of our house. We also did some rewiring to accommodate 8 new can lights and two new ceiling fans. This side of our house has been a sunroom from the beginning. When we built our house in 1990 we ended up installing a set of sliding glass doors with three 3' x 7' single pane windows on each side of the sliding glass doors. Also the roof has 4 skylights. This room is 12' x 35' and was designed as a passive solar application. So now we are installing French doors, all new skylights, and 4 double pane windows, two for each side of the French doors. We decided to eliminate one window panel at the end of each corner to create more wall space in each corner. The French doors were set in place today and they are gorgeous. They have a special locking mechanism. I am so pleased to have these doors. The skylights were delivered too and we hope to set on the roof by Sunday. And can hardly wait for the new window panels to arrive. Currently, we are painting and Steve just finished the crown molding. We might be finished with the scaffolding this weekend. The next thing to do is reframe the four window openings, drywall the wall spaces between the windows, texture, paint, and trim. When we are done we will have a weather tight room that will be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. I will get a picture on my blog by tomorrow of the French doors.