Building a staircase wall

There’s been a lot of work done on our house in the last few weeks. The current project that my husband and I are finishing up is a living room wall. It’s one that we knocked down a few years ago between the upper and lower stairway. Yes that’s right .. we’ve had a big opening between the basement stairs and the main floor!

So we’re building a wall now, but not a full wall like it was before because we enjoy the light that comes down from the upper floor that we didn’t get when there was a full wall in the past.

I think tomorrow we’re going to do the wiring for the light switch to the basement stairs and an electrical outlet in the wall. We had been using a cable raceway to hide the electrical cords going to the area in the past but now that the wall is going up we won’t have to do that.

It’s going to be so nice once the wall is up and I can finally look at the wall and the staircase as complete. Believe me it’s been years since I’ve sen the area looking finished! Next is the living room dining room ceiling and then a whole lot of painting throughout the house.

I was thinking about one of my brothers earlier today. It’s been a long time since I heard from him .. Christmas … almost five months ago. Wow … time sure has gone by fast, but that’s too long to not hear from someone. I think I’d better give him a call this weekend and make sure everything is ok.

He’s been busy getting his business up and running so I’m hoping that’s the main reason why I haven’t heard from him. When he had his old business he used to occasionally call me and a couple of other members of my family using his teleconferencing service to connect all of together at once. That was pretty cool because we could all talk together. Hm ..I wonder if he has that service in his new office. Probably.

Do you have family members that you don’t hear from on a regular basis? I shouldn’t talk I suppose. I should have called him before now as well.

It’s time to put on my thinking cap and come up with a fantastic birthday gift for one of my friends. It’s his birthday in two weeks and I want to get him a gift that he’ll really enjoy.

Think think think … Hmmmm well I know my friend is a musician. So is my husband, and my husband is aware of most of the musical instruments and equipment that he has but it seems that he might need a digital recorder. I was looking at various types and I’ve almost settled on getting him a marantz brand. My husband says they’re very good.

Other than that … hmmm I don’t think he needs anything else musical instrument wise. I’ll have to keep thinking. Any suggestions?