Our Place and the Tile Team

So here is part of the C Residence, we live on the second floor in the far right unit.

Our room is really big, just shy of 400 square feet! We have two small walk in closets that have tremendous storage space that feels like pure luxury. And if that isn't enough space, we have two small storage lockers down the hall and in the basement (in case we have a hankering to start a fishing or kayak hobby or even a hoarding habit). 

Here is from our entryway and you can see we have great windows with light all day.

Here is the "furniture wall". A long-time Bethel friend, Jeff, (you may remember he was in our wedding) found the mid section to a sectional sofa set and gave it to us.  So we now have a comfy chair.  In the future we hope to get a small dining table when friends come over to chat and snack.

One surprising thing is that on our tv cable selections there is a Watchtower station that plays organizational videos continuously.  I guess we forgot how many videos there are to watch nowadays.

The hide-a-way {glass paneled} Murphy bed on the far right wall and then you have our kitchen.  And if you know anything about me you should understand what a thrill it is to have an oven! 

 

When we told Barbara and Molly about the oven, it was no shock they sent a care package full of baking/cooking goodies.  Have you EVER seen a bag of choc chips this big? It's four pounds! Our morning worship table and the tile crew will be chowing down on chippy cookies and brownies in no time! And for months, it looks like. {We really aren't expecting that to be a big issue}






Speaking of the tile crew... here are some of them just after our morning safety meeting,(that's why everyone is so clean). - and fyi: the meeting that day was on hard-hat protection. Did you know hard hats really should only be used from two to five years and then should be replaced?  And even sooner (Chad told us) if an I-beam should have fallen on it recently.Has that happened to someone recently?????

Sadly Jeremy had already left to start work and I'm taking the picture!  A few of the crew here are one week to one month temps so when you see other crew shots don't be surprised to see the faces change.  There are an absurd amount of Wisconsin brothers tiling right now.  Like ten out of the twenty of us. 



Ryan and Abigail were temps for 3 months then got extended for another three. We are glad they are still here because we really enjoy working with them. Abi and I are setting baseboard and Ryan and Mr. Goose are checking on our work.  They were recently in Ecuador for four years as need greaters so we have been swapping stories of places and people and food.

From left to right is Elvis, Denver and Alexis. They are get-it-done guys and always ready to help.  All three have been extended as temps for another year or so.