400th Post!

So we've been busy here around the house the last two days, preparing for the Women's Team to come in this weekend.

Yesterday, while Matt was recording some vocals (some went better than others - there's a bit of touchup to do - sure wish I had pitch correction!), Heidi was deep-cleaning the kitchen. Fun, fun, fun.

Today, we were both busy working and cleaning. It started last night when one of the washing machines died. It's nearly ten years old and has washed countless scrubs, sheets, towels, and assorted other team stuff - not to mention the Street's and Bell's clothes. Naturally, it died when it was full of water.

So Matt siphoned all the water out and took it partially apart in place - enough to see that he's going to have to get it out of the laundry room to try to fix it for real - so we'll just wait until we have a little more beef here (John, we're waiting!).

Also, since the rainy season has started, the weeds in the garden have gone crazy. Some weedwhacking was in order. Naturally, the weedwhacker wouldn't start. You know, after living here for nearly two years, we still had no idea where to buy a sparkplug for a small engine. Forget buying one at the places where they sell weedwhackers and lawnmowers - we got sent to the auto parts store where they had one that was... well... apparently close enough. Weeds whacked.

With the building project going on, we have tons of construction materials laying around. When we're here by ourselves, we use some of the dorm rooms for storage. So the bodega had to be re-organized to make room for all of that.

With a fun day of deep cleaning the kitchen behind her, Heidi continued her efforts in the living room. She also watched Isaac for most of the day, since we figured that washer disassembly, engine repair, and weedwhacking were not really suitable activities for him. Isaac has been SOOOO good the last few days. Not that we're trying to jinx ourselves or anything, but what a fun little boy he's become. A pleasant and welcome (and stark) contrast to his first six months.

Anyway, here are a couple of pics - one from the recording session and one of Isaac clowning around on the couch.

And here's a link to a little project Matt started three months ago. It's called Project 365. The idea is to take a picture every day for a year. The idea is to make you a better photographer, and in our case, to document a year in the life of Isaac. We'll try to update every single day (we've only missed one so far), so swing by every now and then. (We didn't mention this before for fear we'd lose interest in the project, but now that we're about 25% through, it looks like we have a decent chance of making it!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24446863@N07/sets/72157604059212810/