Finally, pictures of the rest of our home...

This is long over due. Here are the pictures of our home!

BASEMENT: MEDIA ROOM/OTHERSIDE

Our Basement is a far cry from what we want it to be ultimately, but we are both very happy with how it is shaping up thus far. We have our incredibly comfortable futon ready for sitting and enjoying and even more ready for a friend or family member to come and stay on it! Next to it is the relatively comfortable child's futon (Thanks Pseudo Mommy!) ready for a miniature human (or someone my size) to come and stay. On the opposite side, we have the Plumery Recliner which has followed us for many years and is perfect for napping.


*Is this working? I am trying to convince you to come play and stay with us. We will  be having our  first guests soon!*

We need a larger TV or a projector screen for our TV we have decided, but again that will be a few years. Then we have our comic books and Rock band piles. Then our board games and puzzles. Then our awesome DVD collection. Not a lot going on down here, but I tell you what, it is definitely going to be super awesome when we put in a bar and possibly, maybe a second bathroom.






As for the "other side", we have some super awesome shelves for much storage and such wow. Auntie gave us the two narrow ones and we brought the wider one while the work table came with the house. Then we have our super awesome cedar closet for our out of season clothes. Most of the boxes are currently things that will end in the spare bedroom the time comes for children's décor. Lots of organization still to do on this side. I do have all the cosplays hanging up for the first time ever which is refreshing.

DINING ROOM

Of course, now that I have taken the picture below, I have been informed that we can inherit one of two different dining room sets that belong to awesome family members.

Currently, our gaming table is upstairs as our dining table which is totally great, but I am looking forward to it ending up in the basement, near the games and puzzles. We have a kitchen cart as our makeshift bar for now, as hopefully we will have one built sometime in the next 3 years. For the most part, this space is working very well.

More than anything the space being used as our pantry has come together wonderfully! Check out the before, during, and after pictures to understand the full effect of the space.

Before

Before

During

After

In Use!

OFFICE

The office has taken a long while to put together. I just finished working on the many, many boxes that needed to be gone through, but there is still more to do in this space. One thing that is encouraging me to get work done in here is the craft area. My craft table is set up (the one in front of the window) and once I get this area cleaned and organized, I can then get it messy again by using said craft table.

Behind the wall I am pointing at is a closet, so just imagine all the space we have!

LIVING ROOM

Currently, the formal sitting room/living room is mostly empty except for all the  which it will be, for quite a while. We will add some accent chairs and a loveseat and then a TV above fireplace as money and time allows, but for now, this is our poor room.

Sorry for the darkness of the picture. We need about 7 more lamps in this room, I feel...  

SPARE ROOM

This has been the box room for most of our time living here and still is so I am not posting a picture of this room until we have it finished and have some furniture in it.

BEDROOM

This is the best room in the house, but also the one that is bound to change the most soon as we have been offered several furniture pieces from Auntie. Because of this, I will wait to post before and after pictures with the new pieces whenever we get them.


I hope y'all (especially you Californians) enjoyed getting a peek into our new home.

PAX Cosplay Pictures

There were some solid Cosplays at PAX Prime this year so I figured I should share with y'all my favorites.

Mad Maxxing it!

Mad Max ala Mario Brothers.

Some rad cosplay thanks to Magic the Gathering Booth.

Courage the Cowardly dog with Muriel.

Hagrid enjoying one of the PAX 10.

Bender living on the edge.

An amazing Red from Transistor

Master Shredder looking for some youth to corrupt.

My attempts at cospaly: Ellie from The Last of Us.

...and my personal favorite: Miss Frizzle goes to PAX Prime.

Seattle Sight Seeing: Chihuly Garden and Glass

Can we just take a minute and recognize how amazing Chihuly is?!? Y'all in St Louis, might recognize his work as the Missouri Botanical Gardens have one of his most impressive chandeliers on display in the main building and few other pieces through out the garden. If you love those pieces and you ever end up in Seattle, then you REALLY need to go to Chihuly Garden and Glass. It was the one thing I wanted to spend money besides food and it was totally worth it!


Here are a few pictures I took:



The first exhibit room was a breath taking work of light and glass.

Underwater Basket Weaving

Glass Bowls no longer have to be symmetrical!

Turtle Turtle!

Now don't get all crabby!

Not a chandelier, upwards of 400 pieces, carefully stacked in a wire frame.

Much like his ceiling at the Bellagio, this was a breathtaking moment that make you think

you have been transported to Wonderland.

The ceiling piece is back lit and has little snail sculptors to add to the other worldliness. 

Welcome to another realm!

I love the alien and psychedelic look of this piece.

The green and black striped pieces were Pigeon and my favorites in this piece.

The beach ball boat and the party boat!

His chandeliers always give me chills

He not only did the Chandelier, but he also designed the Green house.
It was so breath taking that I didn't notice the Space Needle outside the greenhouse.

The colors of this pieces were perfect for my tastes. It was raining which added to the beauty of it all.

I don't know if it was designed this way, but the shape of the flutes of the red glass piece
echoed the shape of the Space Needle beautifully.

This swirly piece was striking against the grey sky of Seattle.

They are both so tall that I decided we just needed my eyes in the picture.

An extra grateful Memorial Day for us

Having the opportunity to see all the amazingly beautiful memorials of DC made this Memorial day even more profound than normal. Here are a few shots from our trip:

The Newest Memorial

Very moving and should be seen.

In Honor of Grandpa Moller, we took a quick picture. He has been talking about this memorial since he saw it in Aprils so we were thrilled to get to see it as well.

Husband's Mother's Cousin.

Korean War Memorial

DC War Memorial

The following aren't War Memorials, but witnessing them in real life sure makes you proud of living in the USA. They remind you WHY those that died, went out and became the tools that the ranking officers used to defend our nation and our ideals. We are not a perfect country by any stretch. I mean really, we are kind of in a state of adolescence in comparison to many other countries in relative years. But for the most part, we have stood up for what is right. Unfortunately we are no longer ruled by the people, but instead by Bureaucracy. The sooner we remind Congress, the Senate, and the President of what their JOBS are (that it is to represent us, not their parties), we will be back on track. Sorry. I know I NEVER talk about politics, but after this trip I am full of thoughts and feelings about all these things.

Ducklings in the Reflection Pool!

Washington Memorial growing out of Z's Head

The big man himself.

The power of speech is an amazing thing.

Taking a break in the colonnade.

One of my favorites.

 

Perfect.

Truth.

A great man.

Tidal Basin.

Me too, FDR.

Go see the FDR Memorial. Worth it.

Jefferson Memorial.

More truth.

White House because we are in DC!

White House from the other side,