Renovation

The building that we are renting is a warehouse, office, and a house.  The first, third and fourth floors are the warehouse areas that house our stocks of imported construction products.  The first and third floors are the office areas.  The second floor is where we currently live.  The area of the second floor isn’t as big as the other floors since it has an area thats a mezzanine.  Living in the same building that you work in has its pros and its cons. 

Pros:

• You don’t have to wake up early to go to work
• You save on gas and time since you don’t have to commute to work
• You can still cook lunch
• If you forgot something at home or at work you can get it easily

Cons:

• You’re in the same building basically 24/7
• You might have work even after work hours and on weekends or holidays
• If you’re sick people at work might bother you
• Some of your home supplies end up in the office…especially scissors

The thing that really bugs me is that I’m in the same building 24/7 but the pros out weigh it since I really enjoy those things.

Right now we are renovating my two bros’ bedrooms so our house looks like we are half moving out and half moving in.  There are clothes and boxes from my brothers’ rooms all over the house and even outside in the stairway. 

On the left is Jeremy’s (my dihia) room and on the right is Jack’s (my sahia) room.  We are re-covering most of the walls with drywall (gypsum board) because the walls in this building are all horribly plastered.  We are trying to get it all done before the end of the month, when my Si-chiak comes.

Heres a short Chinese(Hookien Dialect) lesson: Ahia = eldest brother; Dihia = second eldest brother;  Sahia = third eldest brother; Si-Chiak = Si – fourth/ four, Chiak – uncle that is the younger brother of my father.    

On a yummier note,  I made some cooks from this recipe.  I added 2 eggs instead of 1 though, which made it a little too dense. 

But it was perfect eaten with milk or warm with some ice cream.  Jeremy said that it tasted like black forest cake when he ate it with strawberry ice cream.   Isn’t black forest made with cherries though?  Weird. 

I finished the crochetted bag I posted last time.  I’ll post a picture of it next time