The weekend at the house was a qualified success. Thanks to the help of friends and family: Jonathan, Ed, Chris, and Sam, we were able to get the cork floor down in the kitchen, two layers of polyurethane on the cork, the in-wall speakers installed in the studio/presentation room, and all of the base kitchen cabinets built.

I say qualified because an extra wrinkle was thrown in at the last second on Saturday that ended up altering the course of Sunday’s work.

The short version is that we decided to put on a second coat of polyurethane over the cork and realized all too late that it wasn’t dry yet! All was okay after doing some sanding and mineral spirit rubbing. Here’s a picture from the first (and uneventful coat of poly).

My Saturday and Sunday both began like this:

Funny thing is today when I came out of Lowe’s I saw that another Prius chose to park right next to me. Sadly I know this wasn’t coincidence because I tend to park next to other Priuses/Prii when I’m able. It’s something strange that us Prius owners do!

Here’s a bonus picture of Agnes’ Prius after one of our recent trips to IKEA Orlando. These things can lug a ton of stuff. I think they’re pretty well suited for construction