getting it done

Hey there friends and family.
We're packing our bags and selling our furniture. Let us know if there is anything you were looking for specifically and we'll see if we have it and are willing to part with it.
We fly off to London on Jan. 5th... so holla at us sometime!
mucho luv
B

I've got the dough on that guy

in oven, originally uploaded by ian.kitterman.

I made this! So as some know when I get stressed, I make bread. I made this today, its beautiful. I even basically dropped the loaf and its still beautiful. Praise God for the little things. This is it in the oven and its good out of the oven. Though it called for an egg wash and I didn't have any eggs so I put an oil wash on it and its a little crisper crust than I would normally go for, but it still good.

Bailout perspective

Not to take over this blog too much and make it incredibly serious, but my friend Amanda has a wonderful blog where she highlights lots of different injustices almost daily. As with anyone I don't always agree with her, but I thought this commentary was excellent perspective. Its originally from an oxfam blog.
perspective:

"The arguments for a bailout to avoid systemic collapse are of course genuine and persuasive, but so are the arguments for aid and against standing by and allowing a child to die every 3 seconds, or a woman to die in childbirth every minute. To put the proposed Wall Street bailout into perspective. $700bn:

· Would clear the accumulated debt of the 49 poorest countries in the world ($375bn) twice over
· Is almost 5 times the annual amount of extra aid needed to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals on poverty, health, education etc ($150bn a year)
· Is about 7 years of current global aid levels ($104bn in 2007)
· Is enough to eradicate all world poverty for over two years (UNDP calculates it would take $300bn to get the entire world population over the $1 a day poverty line).

On the other hand it’s
· only a quarter of the cost of the Iraq war ($3 trillion on Joseph Stiglitz’ calculation )
· a half of annual global military spending ($1339 bn)"

Justice is what love looks like in public

This movie premieres on Oct. 9th, from what I have heard I highly recommend it.

New term

I learned a new term today WAF, wife approval factor. As some of you know I have a knack and desire to tinker with things, especially with found object. As most of you know as well I also have a very understanding wife who lets me tinker with things probably beyond the extent I should and often takes part in the tinkering. Before I always had to consider and guestimate what I could get away with, but from now on I may just use a WAF scale.
Ian

Instructable

The instructable is up, it lets you see a little more exactly how we went about building this. Let me know if you replicate it!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bike_Cabinet/

Hey... wanna see a show?!

Tickets for NCC’s production of “Steel Magnolias” are now on sale! Come see Bekah on stage. If you are wanting tickets and can let us know by tomorrow we can get some set aside for you and there will be no online booking charge. Just let us know in general :) . It's going to be fun.. so you'll be missing a good time if you don't show up!

Here's our little blurb:

Three generations of women discover the meaning of courage and strength in this classic, timeless play. Steel Magnolias is the emotional story of a young woman battling diabetes, a mother who sacrifices everything for her, and how both women find hope in their community of friends, even in the midst of heartbreak.

Based on a true story by Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias premiered and received critical acclaim Off-Broadway, and then went on to earn an Oscar nomination as one of the most poignant films of our time. This heartrending tale holds layer after layer of humor, wisdom, loss, grief, and the power of enduring friendship. As each unfolds, you’ll cry, then laugh when you least expect it.

Tickets are only $10 and they’re already selling quickly! Reserve your seats now!

Showtimes

September 4 - 8:00 pm (Doors, 7:30 pm)
September 5 - 8:30 pm (Doors, 8:00 pm)
September 7 - 3:00 pm (Doors, 2:30 pm)
September 11 - 8:00 pm (Doors, 7:30 pm)
September 12 - 8:00 pm (Doors, 7:30 pm)
September 13 - 8:30 pm (Doors, 8:00 pm)
September 14 - 1:00 pm (Doors, 12:30 pm)

Starring

Bekah Kitterman as M’Lynn Eatenton
Jen Barrie as Annelle Dupuy
Amanda Giobbi as Clairee Belcher
Lindsey Vogt as Truvy Jones
Lisa Overman as Shelby Eatenton
Heather Zempel as Ouiser Boudreaux

A cyclical project

So here it goes guys, my attempt to reveal to the world our coolness, this is what we started with. A couple board roughly cut, screwed together and a dream.



Luckily for us, my wife can measure better than I can and the bikes ended up fitting.



This is what we ended up with after everything was kinda put together. Our land lady wanted it on wheels so she could access to the door, so we ended up with something slightly different and taller.



With the false leg in



With the false leg out and then we just pull the bikes straight out.

And it closed and pretty like, the trees were Bekah's idea and we just used contact paper to cover it. I think we are going to add some pretty leaves to it as well but generally speaking I am pretty happy.

I am going to try to add more pictures and narrative later, and also put it up on http://www.instructables.com/home which if you haven't you should check it out.