The Cleveland Air Show was in town and as such the Blue Angels were practicing along the lake shore all day on Thursday. So if it wasn't difficult enough to get through the work day thinking ahead to the long weekend, try doing so while listening (and watching) F/A-18 Hornets fly by your window.
Blue Angels outside the EY office tower window - 16th floor
Thursday night, Anna and me started the weekend early and went to the Pre-season Browns game vs. the Chicago Bears. Check-out this photo below!
Me and Anna, my oldest baby girl
With the latest Browns stadium upgrades and colossal jumbo screens, our former seats in the upper Dawg Pound were relocated to a new section 351.
Panorama view from the new seats
Friday morning, we got an early start with the first stop at Big Lots in North Olmsted to pick-up 2 queen mattress sets. Second stop, was Menards in Sandusky to pick-up 3 interior doors. I seriously don't think we could fit anything else in the truck bed.
Anna with a fully loaded truck
Friday afternoon, I worked on assembling Sophie's bunk bed. This is a nice unit that comes with one twin and one full mattress plus a cool angled ladder to get to the top bunk. So far, so good. Kinda nice to get some real beds in the cottage, since Sophie has been sleeping on a futon or air mattress for over a year.
Working on Sophie's new bed
My mom joined us for the weekend on Saturday and booked two nights at the Venture Resort. This has been an annual Labor Day event. Mom and the kids love the Venture pool!
The pool princess
lil' sis and big sis
Nama and lil' Neil enjoying the pool
Saturday and Sunday, I installed more flooring, hung doors and worked on the main bathroom. I was able to finally fix the perplexing leak in the bathroom sink drain. This was my third attempt at this and I was starting to get discouraged. Anyway, I just wrapped the top of the drain, where the leak was happening, with some Teflon tape, and tightened it all back up. I checked for leaks probably 20 times over the course of the remaining weekend. So far, so good. Hopefully, this is the last time I will mention this drain.
By end-of-day Sunday, I had finished the flooring in the entire cottage other than the master bathroom. In addition, I was able to hang three doors including the one for the master bedroom. Even without a locking door knob, it is so nice to be able to actually close the door.
Master bedroom door
When the crew was out shopping at Vi's, I slipped away to take this photo of the Kelleys Mansion
The Kelleys Mansion
Labor day weekend calls for another rocket launching event! We made our way to the open ball field, checked the wind and set-up the launch pad. On our second launch of the afternoon, we had a system malfunction and the parachute did not open as expected. Needless to say, the rocket plummeted straight down and stuck deep in the ground tail-end up. The impact kinda smashed the tube, so now the rocket is officially out-of-commission. Here is a photo of the last launch...
The rocket's last voyage
Happy Sophie girl and Bon on the ferry
HUGE FAMILY NEWS!
Aaron Kanengeiser - 3 days old
Congratulations Amie and Scott! We love you guys!
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