We can’t possibly hope to update all that has gone on in the Oxnevad house the last 10 months, so we’re not going to try. Hopefully, a post will come on that later. But, in the mean time, we’re just so excited to share updates about our current house project – the kitchen/upstairs living room.
Here is what the kitchen (from the living room) looked like in August. The tiny kitchen was completely closed off from the main living space. Not to mention that the first thing you saw when you walked up the stairs from the front door, was an ugly wall. Yes, the antique buffet fit nicely, but nothing else did. (The buffet has found a new home at Scott & Becky’s now that we don’t have a wall for it.)
Already into demo, but you can still see the vinyl floors, old appliances, old everything. . . it all had to go!
The kitchen today – obviously not done, but significant progress has been made. We’re loving the natural maple cabinets and can lighting. New oak flooring was “weaved” into the existing and refinished. After testing multiple paint samples on the walls, we finally settled on Windsor Greige by Sherwin Williams – love it! Honed black granite goes in next week and then hopefully the finishing touches. Can’t wait to show off the finished product. Our new space will be so great for our family.
7 months later, we’re finally ready to show some pics of the house and the basement. While it’s still a work in progress, we’re really happy with how it’s coming along.
Dream, dream, dream
Our Richmond All-Stars lost game 2 by a final of 11-9 against North Central. Tanner hit a 3-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning to start a comeback rally, but the team fell short. We play again tonight at 6pm against Northshore.
Here’s a link to a local article on the game. Richmond Little League All-Stars
(That would be 11 runs in the first!)Framing is done; now we’re working on heating, electrical and plumbing.
To clarify, I am counting calendar days, not work days – because in our lives, that’s what matters.
Demo was completed on Friday. Here’s a view of the basement as of this morning. Framing started today.
I spy a white basket, a brown door, and a black cat scurrying across the floor. (Well, I guess Gigi doesn’t really scurry, she strolls.)
Here are the before pics of our basement. We started yesterday on the demo.
We are so excited to start this process. We’ll keep you updated along the way.
Our Richmond Dodgers went undefeated through the end-of-season Richmond Little League Majors Tournament to take home the Championship Trophy. Tanner hit a 3-run home-run to break things open and lead the Dodgers to a 9-2 victory over the Hawks. In addition to his big hit, Tanner came in to close out the last inning and made the final out of the game with a diving infield catch. (There was no way he was letting that ball hit the ground!)
Congrats to the Dodgers! Now it’s on to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in Ballard where they will represent Richmond LL and defend the league’s reigning championship.
There is so much to report for 2011 that I do not know where to begin. But let’s start with this picture taken from the top of our hill. No, we don’t have a view from our house, but the drive getting to it is sure pretty, not to mention the nice neighborhood views that we do have.
PS Warmest day in Seattle for 2011 – I think we might reach 70!
Ian’s 14U Hillwood soccer team has repeated as City Champs. The championship game was this last weekend, and for once, it was not raining! (We’ve definitely had a wet December, but then, we are in Seattle.) Ian had a nice tournament, scoring several goals and assisting on several others.
It was a huge accomplishment to even make it back to the final game. We lost several key players from last year’s team, but managed to bring on some new ones that made a definite impact – it was a team victory!
Tanner’s team fell one game short, having lost in the 12U semi-final game. Tanner played goalie for half of each of his team’s 4 tournament games and only gave up 2 goals! He also scored a couple goals and had multiple assists. His team also welcomed many new players this year.
We’re sad to see soccer season come to an end, but the good news is that now we only have 2 sports going on! (Basketball and baseball, in case you were wondering.)
Lane, Eric and I jingled our way through the rainy streets of Downtown Seattle yesterday morning for the Jingle Bell 5K. Lane (and Eric) ran with the elves in the kids 1K and my friend Kathy and I did the 5K. This was Lane’s first race and he did awesome!
Seattle was hit with an early snowstorm yesterday. The schools let out 2 hours early and by 9 pm we had 6 inches of snow and another day to play. Long gone are the days of sitting by the radio waiting to hear the name of our school district. Now we get automated phone calls and e-mails. But the boys enjoyed some good old-fashioned sledding fun.
I heard on the news that this was Seattle’s earliest snow in 25 years. I think we’re in for a wild winter this year. We’re looking forward to it!
We are now the proud owners of 2 glassybaby candle holders. In case you haven’t heard of them (they’ve been on Oprah’s list of favorite things), glassybabies are handmade glass cups, vases, candleholders – whatever you want to call them. They are the creation of a local three-time cancer survivor who found the glassybaby light to be soothing and healing. Each one is unique and individually beautiful. My picture can not do them justice.
We received the eggplant colored glassybabies as a gift at King & Oliason’s 20th anniversary party last night. We had a great celebration at Canlis and got to take these babies home at the end of the evening. The colors are perfect for our living room. Thanks, Norma and Karol!
PS Eggplant is the signature color of K&O.
I’ve heard he is making an appearance before Thanksgiving this year! We’re getting prepared. We whipped out the Christmas movies and music this weekend. I’m not letting it go by so fast this year!
It seemed like just yesterday. . .
(We missed the boat on the shoes, bummer.)
And now for my favorite. . .
