books?

I'm a little behind things these days, having been preoccupied with our ongoing renovation. But I've learned that Joyce Godsey has been busy creating a blog linked to the Bibliophile newsgroup, as well as one of her own. She was nice enough to link to Casa Malaprop, which will surely result in at leat one person clicking through, only to ask, "what the heck does this have to do with books?". To be honest, lately, not much. But until our recent complete emersion into the world of Home Depot and This Old House, Casa Malaprop was a place for my general thoughts on things mostly book related, with a occasional left turns to food and drink topics. Here's a promise to get back on track with more books news, reports on reading and the general fads and foibles of the books dealing world. Thanks for looking in the meantime.

The living room / dining room nexus. 

Finally! something in the house that smells good - melting chocolate. 

Samantha takes the appliances out for a test drive. Brownies on the way! 

Samantha's been busy painting the floors. She grew tired of the white walls, so we've gone far in the other direction with the floors.  

Raleigh in the living room. 

Finally got the stove hooked up and operational, with the new hood and squirrel proof vent on the outside. 

it's amazing what some paint can do - dining room china cabinet. thanks to Bud and Dennis. 

Dave routs the hole for the sink. 

the first set of cabinets, with drawers and doors.