Life on the Palouse: June 2007

More Kuure Photos

As you see in the previous post, the Kuures did a ton of work while they were here. But we also did a few other things, sort of. We picked them up last Tuesday and did the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene tour. Evidence:

The falls in Spokane were really rushing, this photo doesn't really do it justice. We also did the campus tour, and took the standard wind-sound-sculpture pics.

On our way down to buy a new dishwasher and fridge from Sears in Lewiston, ID (at the Father's Day sale, we're totally lame adults now) we stopped at the lookout above Lewiston. Lewiston is close to sea level, and this lookout is at 2000+ feet.

But really, other than eating a lot of meat and ice cream (hoorah for animals!) we spent most time working on the house. Evidence:

Ok then, it is documented.

living room post kuure

\I'm very sleepy and will post more photos and tales of the Kuure's visit later, but for now here's a few pics of the living room/dining room before and after. Enjoy!

Walking into the living room before....

and after...

The front door before....

and after....

These pics don't quite match up, as the first one didn't show the mint green bookshelf and closet door, but you get the idea. Also, we're still missing a light fixture for this room--need to get on that. Ok then, before....

and after...

The free day laborers.....

A magnet reminder from my mom....

And a sneak peak of things to come:

The bathroom walls and floor are done, but we still need to get fixtures up so pics are waiting on that one. The kitchen is our next major chore. And I mean major.

g'night.

olympia

So Jeffrey and I made a hasty decision Thursday night and decided to drive to Olympia on Friday to visit Erica and hit Ikea (to return item we purchased awhile back). Erica (from Houghton, for those who don't know her) has lived there since Fall and is an art professor at Evergreen College. She's leaving Evergreen this summer to move to NYC to try to make it as an artist--she's already got a show at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in NYC (see my NYC post from March) so it seems like a good time to go. In any case, she's been renting this cabin on the water and has been asking us to come for awhile so we finally went (on her LAST weekend in the cabin--better late than never).

Olympia is a great town--I absolutely loved it. Great shops, food, bars, views, people. It's on the south part of the Puget Sound. It was rainy most of the time we were there, but it still was really fun. Friday night we went to an art show. Erica's students had their end of the year art show in this old warehouse--some really nice stuff, and a lot of Evergreen art school kids (they're very funny, they're all different just like everyone else--kind of like they're all wearing the same uniform). Ate at a good burrito place. Went to a good bar, which we closed (which we NEVER do anymore). Got up Saturday and enjoyed the view for awhile, then went out for brunch, poked around at some bike stores, then headed off to Ikea to buy crap for the house. Ended the day with dim sum, and drove back to Pullman. Twas a good and random 36 hours.

Some pics.

The view from Erica's cabin--I sat and stared here for quite awhile Saturday morning.

Jeff and Erica post-bar, laughing about something.

Jeff looking surly in Erica's kitchen (the brass knuckles are for an upcoming art project)

Finally, the contradictory fortunes we got after dim sum (and after dropping a few hundred dollars at Ikea).

If you can't read them, Jeff's fortune: don't worry about money today, the best things in life are free. Kristin's fortune: you shouldn't overspend at the moment, frugality is important. Ha!

In other news, the Kuures get into Spokane at 10:15am tomorrow--they'll be here for a week. Our house hasn't been this clean in awhile :)