Happy Birthday part II

Finally, Shawn's birthday parties are over!  He celebrated at school on Friday since they have their week-long intersession off.  Shawn did his part to drive his teacher crazy by providing all his classmates a sugar fix in the form of a giant cookie cake.  Lisa and I took the day off to prepare for Shawn's second birthday party.  We also had the builder that built Lisa's parent's house to take a look at the basement for ideas and to see what it would cost for framing.

On Saturday, the family party took place and it was one of the more easy parties to prepare food for.  We ended up doing hot ham sandwiches and I tried my hand at an Italian hot sub.  Typically I'm stress beyond belief getting food together and try to make sure it's all ready by the designated time.  Everything was pretty much made up ahead of time for the exception of the Italian Subs.  What a relaxing party!  Shawn was happy about all his presents this year.  He received all his favorites including Harry Potter "props", Lego sets, model rocket kit, Wii games and an I-tunes gift card to go along with his favorite gift of all....an I-pod touch.  What gives?  Shawn has a much nicer MP3 player than either one of his parents has currently.  The touch is a pretty cool gadget.

Sunday was spent emptying the almost 5 year old fridge and transferring the food to our spare fridge in the garage.  Thankfully we have two fridges or everything would have been lost and there was a lot.  I scheduled a service call for Monday and ended up paying nearly $350 for a circuit board that controls the defrosting of the damn thing.  After waiting 24 hours to let the fridge defrost, we were back in business.  I was taking the day off anyway since the framing was to begin on the basement Monday morning. 

Tuesday was Shawn's actually birthday.  Lisa and I took the day off again to spend time with Shawn; he really was more interested in spending time alone messing with his new gifts and watching movies.  We did end up going out to eat to celebrate.  Of all places....KFC.  Shawn's very favorite food is Fried chicken it seems and KFC was his choice.  Not that I needed the extra calories.  I am pushing maximum density once again. 

Tonight, I'm going to head out and purchase much of the electrical supplies I need for the basement project.  Of course, not that the project is started, I want it to be done!  Here's a boat load of pictures from the past week:

They look like they get along (looks can be very misleading)

Beelzebub in the flesh 

Basement Pictures

Prior to framing (TV wall)

Bar area (looking into the bar)

Looking into the bar area (counter top to the left)

Bathroom before framing

Bathroom after framing (bar to the left)

Storage area before framing

Storage area after framing