Apartment Remodel

Anders and I have been working on remodeling/ fixing up the apartment attached to his grandparents' house on the Wennstrom property since his great aunt died last summer. We started started fixing it up in January (which involved removing and sorting lots of Aunt Evelyn's stuff). Anders' uncle did all of the carpentry work but we did the majority of the of the painting, cleaning, and little stuff. We will live there May and June until his cousin moves in in July (then we'll move in with his parents for the rest of the summer.) Current projects include building a new covered deck in the front at the grandparents' house and painting the barn (from green to gray). I will be working at the nearby YMCA day camp this summer as the arts and crafts leader. Training wraps up this week and will start next Monday. We're also keeping busy with a giant garden!


Main level/ Living room: (photo taken from the loft), re-stained the windows, new paint (Swedish blue), new trim, new moulding, new facade on fireplace, refinished floors



Kitchen: new cabinets, new trim, new crown moulding, took out wall where island is, new counters, new floor


Downstairs hallway: new paint, new trim (wish there was new carpet!) cool spiral staircase huh?


2nd Bedroom in basement: New paint, new trim, new closet doors, (again wish the carpet wasn't green)


Bathroom in basement: new paint, new trim, deep clean


Master bedroom in basement: new paint "Swedish Yellow", new trim

SkyDiving

Skydiving

As most of you know, Michael and I went skydiving on CINCO de MAYO.

Here is a short album of sorts (to appease "doubting" uncle Brian)

This is the main building. The jumpers (staff) would land and then carry their parachutes through the back door and then walk in and start folding their 'chutes. They get $10 to fold the 'chute and $30 to jump out of the plane.


Andrew Moles (Michael's old roomate) and myself after just getting outfitted with our harnesses. We are psyched. And... we played hacky sack to pass the time.

Darren, notice my shirt of choice... "UNLEASH THE BEAST"


Michael and Andrew giving each other a nice sturdy chest bump before the fated jump

Michael and I, trying to look as official as possible.


This was where we all landed. Right next to the main building. We watched the earlier jumpers land only yards away.


This was my wing-man "Frank." Still "hangin' loose" after the jump. In order for an instructor to jump with a person attached (tandem), they must do a minimum of 1,000 solo jumps.


I am not going to try to explain the actual experience on here... talk to me (or Michael) this summer.

ps. We (Brian and I) are going to start a lake-dive tradition where we jump from the rope swing in a full wind-breaker suit with goggles. I was thinking July 4th, during the boat parade. Who's in?