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This presentation has been making its way around for about a month now. It provides a  good definition and overview for companies looking to understand Social Media from a branding and product adoption perspective. Beyond the messaging and casting aside the use of ** I particularly enjoyed how Marta Kagan put the information together.

We decided to take the last two weekends off to spend time with family and friends that were in town, giving us a break from the remodel project.  Feeling refreshed from the time off, we decided to take on the installation of the cedar shakes on the front of the house and finish the paintwork on the windows that have been installed.

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It’s a cloudy morning at The Alki Art Walk. Annie and I are spending the morning with her college roommate Emily and her friend Jenny who are visiting from out of town. With any luck, the clouds will burn off and it will be a nice day.

Clay and Aaron came to town for a long weekend in Seattle. The picked a great time of year to visit as the weather was close to perfect for their entire stay.  It was great to see them both and spend time together.

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It’s hard to believe this kid is only two years old. I though this was fake when I first watched it.

There is a lot going on in Seattle in July which has caused our remodel ambitions to slow down. We’ve been spending time in the evenings and have been able to accomplish quite a bit between 6pm and 10pm (Remember that is doesn’t get dark in the Northwest until 10pm). To date we’ve install a total of 4 new windows and have 7 left to go.

The work crew is coming over today to finish the installation of the stone across the front of the house. Once they’ve concluded this portion of the work, we’ll be left to finish the remainder of project on our own.

Here’s my list

1. Finish the last coat of paint on the porch columns and remove blue tape
2. Hang house numbers
3. Trim side bedroom window
4. Exterior trim on guest bedroom window & inside finish work
5. Install Cedar trim board along front edges of house to separate the old shakes from the new
6. Install Cedar shakes on porch and across front of house and stain
7. Pressure wash old shakes
8. Stain the rest of the house
9. Install 7 more Windows

My hope is to be done by the end of August, but it all depends on how much time I can squeeze in on the weekends and evenings. I should also mention that I’ll be taking a week off to knock off some of the bigger things on the list.

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The holiday weekend was spent  with one of three tools in hand; a scrapper, a tape roll and a paint brush. I underestimated the amount of paintable surface partially because of the need to need to update the porch ceiling, surrounding trim work and front window on. We also had to deal with a little bit of rain and stormy weather but what would a July weekend in Seattle be with out a little moisture.

Although we accomplished an incredible amount over the past three days we still have a ways to go  before we can say the porch is finished.

To Do List

1. Apply  second coat of primer to all white surfaces.
2. Apply two coats of paint to all white surfaces.
3. Install Cedar Shakes on porch.
4. Stain Cedar Shakes.

The good news is we’ll be able to break this up into small projects that can be accomplished in the evenings after work.

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The new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)

Considerable progress has been made on the porch this week. If the weather holds out, it looks like they may wrap up by the end of the week.  Then it will be our turn to paint and stain over the weekend. The more I get done now, the more time I’ll be able to spend watching The Euro Cup.

Over the weekend, Annie and I continued the molding project for the doors that were replaced upstairs. While doing this project, I decided that the framed arches in our living room needed to go. While I’m normally against ad hoc projects as things always go sideways when working on an old house, this one ended up to be rather simple. I can’t claim total victory as we’ve only completed one of the two arches but I’m confident that we’ll have this little side project wrapped by the weekend.  Be sure and check the images