I know that fire places are not that interesting but once you start to look for the right one realize there are a lot out there. Instead of tiling which we have been thinking of forever, Seth drew up the specs for a metal surround. Three weeks later we carried it in and ta da, done. It should be screwed on eventually but gosh boy, it looks just fine.
With the first snow sticking to the mountains and frosts setting in the fire place will really start to come in handy. The power bill is now 1/2 what is used to be, the remodel was worth it and now we burn the old wood from the living room to heat the house, huh, I am feeling very smug. Even smugger still that Seth loves his job, I am still loving mine and Mom is coming to visit in a week.
Above is a not flattering picture of the metal fireplace surround and Emily and Brandon bonding.
Hello to Emily, our reader in France! oh my. It is Fire Island bakery your mom likes Emily, I do too. Dad thinks it's too spendy but with the location, natural and when you can local ingredients, hard to beet. I love their peanut butter cookie sandwich with peanut butter ganache, I don't even like peanut butter, ah!! Seth just got home from work, he reports Fire Island sandwiches are $10.00 sandwiches, at Cafe Amsterdam they are 12.00 and not organic.
Swine Flue or H1N1 as I like to call it has hit Anchorage Schools. At least 5 to 6 students out in each class, up to 11 at my other school. No less than 3 teachers out each day, and soon it is going to be me. Feeling terrible and teaching 28 3rd graders how to paint is like a special kind of hellish headache you can't shake, luckily when your head feels like it is in a bubble you can hardly hear the kids.
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