Projects

Hubby's big engine project is apparently near completion. Know how I know? The house was perfectly quiet, and then all of a sudden this deafening roar rose up from the basement garage, the walls shook, the baby started running for the basement door to find the source of that awesome noise, and the cat nearly had a heart attack. Welcome to life at Casa de Chaos.

I've been busy with some projects of my own, thus the lack of blogginess. Mine are not nearly as glamorous or adrenaline-powered as hubby's, but I am happy to spend the time to get these things done -- closets organized, kids' rooms decluttered, outgrown toys and clothes donated, etc... I have taken on the task of building a room divider for my oldest son out of old doors. This is going really well, and I'll post photos when I get it done. It's a neat idea I stole from a decorating magazine, although I had difficulty finding the really cool vintage doors I really wanted, so it's going to be a little more plain than I wanted. Oh, well. If this works well, I might make another one for the dining/computer room to divide off the ugly computer area from the dining area. Maybe...

I also have some art projects in the works. Yay! I need to keep with it so I won't lose my momentum.

Enginescape

So, Mr. Burch has been building an engine in the garage for... oh... a really long time. It's a major undertaking he's doing for side work, for a friend. I have no clue what any of this stuff is (except for the spark plug wire, and only because it's labeled.) I just know that you push the pedal and the engine goes "vroom, vroom!" and the car goes forward. Occasionally, these nutheads hook them up to nitrous and take them to the track and the cars go forward really, really fast.

But it is pretty, this thing, with all the chrome and shiny nuts and bolts and wires and oddly-shaped components. It's almost finished, and is just about ready for its new home inside a '66 Mercury Comet. I shot a series of enginescapes that I might post from time to time when I don't have anything else to post. I like how this one turned out.