First Cooked Meal!

Working the Raiders game on Saturday was EXHAUSTING. We set up the cameras from 9:30-11 and were on the field shooting and striking from 12-4:45. I put on sun screen three times throughout the day, so I only got sunburned a little on one shoulder, but by the end of the day I was SOOO tired (and FILTHY). We only got a two minute break at halftime, so by the time I got home I was ready to pass out. We went to the movies though, so I very much enjoyed the air conditioning :)

Yesterday we made some serious progress on the deck. At the beginning of the day it looked like this

We started off by framing the landing right when you walk out of the door

When we got that done we moved on to the landing in front of where the stairs will go

At this point in the day I started getting frustrated because we had to redo one of the piers three times because we kept making it out of parallel with the other one. I was getting a little cranky, so we don't have many more pictures (I know, so out of character for me).

When we got it straightened out I helped Chris frame out the landing and then cleaned up for the day. He finished the landing while I took a much needed shower. And when I got out, our deck looked like this

After a hard day of work we cooked our first meal in the kitchen!!!

I made quacamole with tomatos and a lemon from our backyard!

We headed off the grocery store for the rest of the taco ingredients and got to cooking

And voila!

It is SOOOO wonderful to have a kitchen we can cook in, and a dishwasher to wash the dishes!!! Since I lived on my own (nearly 6 years) I have NEVER had a dishwasher, so it is GREAT. I told Chris last night that it feels like we're housesitting for someone because we have a nice kitchen, something that I've been missing for a LONG time. It's so great. Sigh.......