Halloween was a fun time for our family. Max was The Human Torch and was thrilled to have a muscle shirt. He got the costume about a week before Halloween and wore it for many days around the house. As you can see in the last picture, he loved to pose with his new muscles. Lucy was a beautiful princess and had a great time on the Halloween Parade at her pre-school.
Lucy found a new place to nap this weekend.
We had a really long work weekend. Pop was over on Friday / Saturday. Then Yaya came on Sunday morning and we worked until lunch time. G / G Seal came up and we had lunch at Gianfranco‘s for Toby’s birthday celebration.
We worked like crazy to prepare for the guest’s (Don & Camille) arrival on Friday afternoon. Toby is moving the kitchen upstairs and last night we prepared and ate our first meal in the upstairs area.
New kitchen
Can you spot Lucy? She’s hiding. In the drawer, of course.
Last night from our loft balcony, we could see a fire burning in Montecito. Toby found out that it was burning through Westmont and all the students had been evacuated. The house next door is a rental with 3 Westmont students / recent grads and at about 10p Toby brought them up to look at the fire from our roof. The group lifted up prayers. Carpinteria is relatively far from the fires.
The best information is at The Santa Barbara Independent Newspaper although the website is very slow right now.
A nifty map of the evacuation areas and the fires is at Google Maps
We continue to work on the cabinets for the kitchen and the bathroom. We also finished up all the ‘safety’ features that are required to get a ‘partial occupancy’ sign off from the building inspector. Since we have this sign off, we cut out a portion of the master bedroom wall to make a passage way between the old house and the new construction. It is very convenient to be able to stay inside the house when going to the second floor.
This picture shows the guest bathroom with vessel sink and glass countertop. The hole for the drain pipe was about 1/4 of an inch too small, so Pop drilled it out with a hole saw for glass. It was very nerve-wracking to be drilling the hole. One mistake and the countertop could be ruined. But he successfully widened the hole. Notice how close the washer is to the countertop? Tight fit.
The flash really picks up the dust in the area. I am removing a window to make a passage way from old to new.
Here is the new kitchen with 1/2 of the granite countertops in place. The microwave does excellent popcorn.
Lucy is jumping for joy that we have moved the bedrooms up stairs.
Pop has been working like a madman to assemble the cabinets. Here are some pictures from last week of the progress.
Soon to come : pictures that include the rough tops and sink!