Workshop, Pillows, and a Piano!!!

The weekend before Thanksgiving, Brandon's parents came out to visit. They were great in helping us get a few projects tied up.

Raymond helped Brandon put wiring into the shed attached to the house. The live wires that were already run out to the shed were a much higher amperage than could be used for regular outlets, so it was a great thing that he was there to help Brandon. Brandon would have had no idea, and would have fried every single thing he plugged in!

Brandon made a bench in the shed, and together, he and his dad hung the bikes and built more shelving!

Meanwhile, Barb and Debra were taking apart the hideous pillows, and resewing dark brown in place of the bright floral print. Brandon really sucks at taking pictures, so there are no pictures of Barb doing any work. Which is unfortunate, since she did so much of it!!!!

the process

the completed product!

While Barb was sewing up the pillows, Debra took off ALL of the remaining wallpaper in the kitchen. She scored HUGE brownie points for this. Way to go, Mom! :)

The most exciting adventure of the weekend was the one that Barb was nearly as excited about as Brandon! The piano! Brandon's predecessor at work had moved an acoustic upright grand into the music classroom, but it wouldn't stay in tune due to the fact that the room is not climate-controlled year-round. Thus, it was mostly just a piece of furniture. She gave Brandon permission to take it home on loan for as long as we wanted!

We rented a U-Haul and went to get it. Luckily, we didn't set off any alarms at school. Then, we had the challenge of moving it into the house. It took three drivers and five brains to get the U-Haul aligned to the front door correctly, but we got it in! HUGE "Thank-You" to Charles Peters, in addition to Brandon's parents, for helping us get the piano in place. We couldn't have done it without you guys!

...Now we just have to wait for it to acclimate to the temperature, and then tune it! Brandon has been itching to tune a piano... Just in time for Christmas Carols!!!