Big Snake

Make sure to check out its head.

Our downstairs bathroom

What an interesting title, huh? But that is all the post is about and it's been a long day at work so my creative juices are not flowing. I tried to take pictures of our remodeled bathroom but the color turned out looking really weird. So I made a video instead. I should have added inspirational music to make it even cooler. Next time maybe.

Red is the color of the day

We hope you had a great Valentine's Day. I have to make a conscious effort to take pictures on any occasions, but I managed to remember this time. So, rather than wait three weeks to put them up as seems to be my habit, I'm actually going to make a punctual post this time! This was my Valentine's day present from my wonderful husband.




I have to wear slippers around our house in the winter because the floors get so cold, and for the last few weeks I have been stealing Joel's (which were a Christmas present from Kate and Davey, pathetic of me, isn't it?). So he bought me a pair of my own! And they're very cute, wouldn't you say? He also gave me a lovely bouquet of roses.



And I got him this wonderful Rugby t-shirt. You probably can't see it from the picture, but the design is the Dublin Rugby team. They're sponsored by Guinness, fyi. He's doing his best model pose.


After working on our downstairs bathroom for some of the morning, we are happy to announce that it's finished!! At least, everything except the door to the closet, which will be a more difficult problem. But since we have friends coming to stay with us next weekend, we are thrilled to be able to offer them an almost completely finished bathroom. Sorry Mom and Dad Cohen, a few more weeks and you could have experienced the new and improved bathroom as well. Next time. That will hopefully be my next post, a couple pictures of the lovely remodeling. I made cupcakes for Joel and we went on a long walk since it was sunny and (relatively) warm. What a great day!

Curioser and curioser

We've probably been doing noteworthy things as well, but this is way cooler than an update on us.

This is a clock that is installed at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge.

If the video doesn't work, you can read the article here:
http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/17-02/st_chronophage

Exercising Whiskey

Hopefully this video isn't too dark, but we managed to capture some of Whiskey's finer gymnastic feats.

Nap Time and Horrible Paint

Our downstairs bathroom is slowly but surely coming together. Right now Joel and Father Ditton are downstairs tiling the floor, yay! These past two weeks I have (slowly) primed the walls and painted them. Wait, before you look at the picture right below this and think "She chose THAT color??", let me explain. I knew I wanted to do green, and I knew I wanted it to be bright and cheery. Unfortunately, that was all I knew, and so my decision at the paint store was rather uninformed, which resulted in this color being chosen...



Don't worry. I'm just as convinced of its ugliness as you are. I don't even think this picture quite does its ugliness justice. Dr. Seuss came to mind first, followed by plug-in neon beer signs, and a plethora of other non-complimentary images. So that was primed over and I went with a much nicer color. I haven't posted a picture yet because I'm waiting until the tile is put in so you can see the whole effect. It's really quite nice.

This next picture is up here simply because I thought it was adorable. Napping is something Joel (and I) wish he could do more of and Kitten does far too much of.

Another week has gone by

And I'm still not posting as much as I would like. Even though we're on break, it's still been a very busy week. I (Christine) worked forty hours at Hall Closet doing inventory, and Joel worked more than his usual hours at the Church, plus he removed all the ugly floral wallpaper in our downstairs bathroom. Hurrah! I plan on painting it next week. I'm going to be wild and daring and paint it some bright color. I'm thinking green. I will post pictures, promise. But in the meantime here are some pictures from when the Phoenix Parents came to visit. We had a great time with them, although I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to.

This first picture is a recurring theme throughout the Cohen Parents stay here. I have never seen so much untiring dedication to a puzzle as these three had. Their stamina was impressive. :)




Here we are around the dinner table on New Year's Eve. We had chicken and beef fondue, yummy!! Plus chocolate fondue for dessert and plenty of games made this New Year's Eve party a great success.




Happy New Year!!



On their last day with us we went to Coeur D'Alene and toured the cute little city. This is from the restaurant we ate lunch at. The drive to Coeur D'Alene from Moscow was close to a white-out, and Joel did a very good job guessing where the road was.



Posing next to the native moose statue