A mostly good weekend

Last weekend was a project weekend with a few free moments thrown in. On Friday we worked on installing some things that we bought on Wednesday for finishing the basement. We put on doorknobs and hung some blinds, both which had their own challenges. The doorknobs had square edges on the strike plates and by the latches, so Dave had to chisel out the existing slots to get them to fit. Then one of the blinds didn't fit the window, even though they were custom cut. It was just a hair too long, so we decided to take it and have it re-cut.

Saturday my friend/co-worker Dan came over to help install the vanity/counter top and toilet. The vanity went in nicely, and looked nice too. Then we put on the counter top and found out it was a terribly warped piece of junk. There was no way we could work with it, so we finally gave up on that. Then as we were installing the toilet Dave noticed that it wasn't what we ordered, so we had to take that back off. Thankfully we didn't go as far as hooking up the plumbing so it wasn't that bad. But we did feel pretty frustrated that we weren't able to finish, and of course the place wasn't open, so we'll have to wait until later in the week. Holly took the blinds back to have them re-cut and had a terrible time with unhelpful workers. They couldn't figure out what to do, saying that the only person who knew was busy. Finally they asked someone else and he was able to figure it out in a matter of minutes. I cleaned out the garage and reorganized using some shelving units that Dave and Holly had. There is so much space in there it is really nice.

Saturday night Rebecca and I watched our favorite show, Iron Chef America. We watched two big brothers beat Bobby Flay, which is pretty hard to do. I always wish that the TV would provide tastes and smells because that food sure looks good. Sunday was busy too, shortly after church I went to Jail for the church service there, and after that we spent a lot of time looking through years worth of photos so that we could back them up on disks.