From Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale

People disappear when they die. Their voices, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living mempry of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception to this annihilation. For in the books they write they continut to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humour, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic.

--Diane Setterfield



Tuesday, October 14, 2008

"Nesting" or cleaning... whatever...

There are updated 'fat-belly' pictures on the baby blog...

Two weekends ago we cleaned up the apartment. It's not perfect yet... there are still random things laying around but here are some pictures of our home. And some before and after pictures of our bedroom.

Walking into the apartment:


looking to the right:


Around the corner (it's not done yet... this is the baby's room):


Looking to the Left:


One of our projects, re-upholstering the rocking chair we got two years ago:


Scott working on removing the original backing :


The "old" bedroom:


The "new" Bedroom:


More "new" bedroom:


Beautiful bedroom: (lol,it's not done... something is still missing. However it is MUCH better now)

3 comments:

Janika said...

It's shaping up very nicely. Are you done with the rocker? how did it turn out?

Unknown said...

UMMM, SOOOO, I just got on your site and. . .

YOU'RE PREGNANT???

Did this happen while I was in town? That night at On The Border Mexican restraunt Cause some sparks to fly?

I've seen a couple of your blogs in the past, but. . .I guess it's been a while.

Janika's family must not have scared you away from creating your own. that's a good sign.

Your apartment looks Fantastic! FINALLY coming together!

Janika said...

It looks even better in person.