Braces

Last Wednesday, I had braces put in. I will have to have them for two years. It took them about an hour to install them. It was painless. Later that day, the pain began. It hurt all over. I have a piece of metal sticking into my cheek (which is the main cause of pain), which I might have fixed on Monday. Overall, my teeth feel sore. 

Kitchen Accomplished

We have just put the finishing touches on our newly remodeled kitchen. We have replaced the stove, oven, counter top sink, under-counter lights, faucet, flooring, and hood. We also painted the cabinets white and put on new drawer pulls. 

The Body

I have just posted my new film on Vimeo, here is the address: https://vimeo.com/46344567

I made this movie during my school movie making class.

Enjoy.

Master Bedroom Closet Remodel

 Six years ago, we gutted the master bedroom closet and ripped out the six layers of disgusting laminate. Last week, we got new LED lights put in and drywall. Yesterday, I oiled all the old door knob mechanisms. Today, I am taking the nails and staples out of the floor. On Monday, the drywall should be done and we can start painting and installing molding.

Kirkwood Spring Skiing

This weekend, I went skiing at Kirkwood. We stayed at our friends ski house. On Wednesday, my mom and her friends drove up. On Friday, my dad dropped me of at our friends office then I went up. We got to Kirkwood at 10:15.

On Saturday, we went skiing. It was a warm 60 F. We started skiing at about 10:45. The snow was slushy and wet. I wore my t-shirt and the only line we had to wait in was the rental line.

After skiing, we went into the hot tub and played hide-and-go-seek in the whole hotel.

Me on the right and my friend on the left.

Today, my mom and I drove home. When we left Kirkwood, it was about 65 F. When we got to the central valley, it was 80 F. We stopped at a strawberry stand and a market. We made it home in 3 hours.

New Trees

Yesterday, we bought a peach tree and a plum tree. We put them on the wasteland next to our back driveway.

Last summer, I put in sprinklers planning on putting trees there and finally we put trees there. Today, we put a brick border along the driveway, planted small shrubs, and of course the chicken fence to protect our investment.

In the future we plan to put a small brick patio at the end for a potted plant.

Skiing Kirkwood

Last weekend, friends of our invited us to spend the weekend at their ski house at Kirkwood. They have two kids that are friends of mine. We drove up friday and skied saturday, Sunday and Monday, then drove back monday.

We mostly skied blues and blacks (diamonds). We could also walk from the apartment directly to the lifts (what a concept). Sunday was the biggest ski day at Kirkwood. It was reported that over 7,000 people were on the slopes that day. That day, there were also many power outages for the Kirkwood valley. One time, we were waiting on the chair lift for 15 minutes.

Each day after skiing, we played hide and go seek, in the entire hotel.

On Sunday, we ate dinner at the Kirkwood inn. Then, on Monday we explored a small cave in a ditch, then drove all the back.

Making Butter

The other day, I made butter. Here is the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_OiljV7_tQ&context=C3674293ADOEgsToPDskJJYH605eftB8Tegth5kVR6

You can also check it out by clicking C'est Ma Vie TV in the links section.

New Computer

For christmas, I received a new macbook pro. I have been wanting one ever since I heard about them. This one has a 15in. screen, a 2.2 GHz intel i7 processor, 4 Gb of ram, and a thing which tells time.

Also, I made a video of one of a swim meet that I was part about a year ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olN_LcWm6Wk&context=C3674293ADOEgsToPDskJJYH605eftB8Tegth5kVR6

Kitchen Facelift

We are tired of our old ugly kitchen. We want to get new counter tops and paint the old dated cabinets.

Within the past week, my mom has taken all the cabinet doors off of our cabinets and today the painters came to paint the doors. They are going to be a white cream color. But, we haven't yet decided on the counter tops. Last Thursday the tile guy came, he told us that we should not use tile, but a slab. Now we are looking at slabs. We are trying to do it as cheaply as possible.