Cabinet Pictures At Last

The kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors and drawer fronts are done, except for the special under-the-sink ones and the ones for the island (which are being done in a different color).

You can just see the top of one of the island doors in the first picture--the one that has the whitewashed look. The rest of the cabinet needs to be done that way before the drawer fronts can be installed.

Done!

Here is my faithful piano, all fixed up, cleaned up, polished up, and ready to be tuned (and played). Now I just need to find a tuner in the area that won't charge an arm and a leg. I also discovered that E2 is missing two strings, so I plan to get those replaced as well.

On other fronts, I donated blood today. The guy who started the needle was pretty new. He started work just 1.5 months ago. I could tell he is still a bit hesitant and he was very careful.

Unfortunately, he was also a bit inexperienced. My veins are big enough, they are just a tad bit awkward to skewer. After he got it going I had to call one of the other workers over (he had gone on to someone else) and have them readjust the needle because the blood was starting to slow down. However, we got it all fixed up and completed the donation in a total of 13 minutes.

Last time I donated I worked to increase my heart rate and managed to finish in 7 minutes. This is still a far cry from my sister's standard (and highly fast) donation time of 4 minutes. I'm not trying to match her, but I am interested to see what techniques can be used to reduce the donation time required.

My car didn't start this morning. I suspected it was a bad battery lead and managed to get it started with my jumper battery. The Schwab Tire guys cleaned the leads up, but they told me they had to bang on the starter to get it running again. I hope I don't have to do that too many times (because I don't know where the starter is). I made an appointment to get the starter replaced, but they didn't have an opening until next Monday morning. I'm praying the Lord will keep it running until then.

On the work front, I'm learning how to use SharePoint Services to design a website. It is looking like this will be a great option for a project I'm working on right now. I am already wishing that I had gone this direction sooner.

White Keys Done

The white keys are done! They are all leveled out and I am fairly pleased with the results. Many thanks to the two piano repair men who took time to explain the process to me.

Now all I have left is the black keys. They are proving to be more difficult in one way and easier in another. They are easier because there are not as many of them and they are not actually next to each other so slight differences don't show up. They are harder because they are not actually next to each other and slight differences don't show up. What should I level them out to? If I level them out to each other, it is hard to do because they are not next to each other. If I level them out to the white keys (with an eye on the other black ones), what spot do I choose as the standard? How far down should they be in relation to the white ones? This and other questions are now swirling around in my head. I will need to make a decision soon.

In other news, work is almost back to normal (whatever that is). That means I have time to blog during lunch (which I have found works best because it helps me take an actual lunch).

Last weekend I attended the semi-annual Board of Director's Meeting for WFRW in Gig Harbor. The meeting went well. My duties were performed efficiently. The checks balanced at the end of the day. What more could I ask for?

I also had a few minutes this weekend to continue organizing our DVD collection. Dad has been organizing the basement and Mom made progress on organizing the house. My sister worked on organizing her room. There seems to be an organizing bug going around in our house. It makes me happy!