Sunday, December 9, 2007

Christmas Party

My company had their annual Christmas party this evening. We splurged on a baby sitter for Hunter and Savannah and took the baby with us. The Christmas party is always a great time it is held at the clubhouse of a really nice local golf course. The dinner is catered and there is a fundraiser raffle. All the proceeds go to support the Children's Miracle Network so it is for a good cause. I can't help but feel bad though when we don't win anything. We won a gift card in 2004 but that has been the last time we have drawn anything. I always hope to get the trip to Disney Land but we did not luck out this time.
I made good progress on the doll house today as well. Both floors are now stained and I put a new support board across the back in the bottom. When I pulled the back off the support board came off as well. Did I mention that I feel all crafty being able to do this, I just hope I can get it all done in time.
You are probably wondering what that other picture of the wall/medicine cabinet is doing there. I am having so much fun with the doll house I already have my next big project all lined up. We were at Lowe's last night (picking stuff up for the doll house ironically) and we came across some discount items in the middle of the floor back by the cabinets. There were these bathroom cabinets out there and Kira walked right up to them. They were slightly damaged, one had some water damage on the inside but not see able from the outside and another has some damage from a forklift in the back but all it needs is some support boards replaced and none of it was visible from the front. Total it was almost 700.00 worth of cabinets marked at 120.00. Kira really wanted to get them but I wasn't really into the idea at first until the department manager heard us debating the purchase and came over and took another 40.00 off the total. Kira ran home and measured the base cabinets in the bathroom and I will end up needing to fill about 1 1/2 inches on each side and they will fit perfectly. We have double sinks in there. So before I am even close to done with the doll house I am set up with project work for at least another 6 months. This one will really test my abilities since it will require taking all the base cabinets out of the bathroom, replacing the sinks and the faucets, we are thinking we should tile the counter since we are going to be replacing it anyway and we can get tile for cheap.



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