Today I removed 8 fluorescent lighting banks, 4-rows of drop-ceiling grid, all the wiring for the lights and we finished putting up all three rows of seating this evening! Tomorrow and Saturday will be “finishing touches” time. We know we won’t get the padding and carpet installed before Sunday, nor will we get the ceiling painted black and new lights purchased and installed, but atleast we’re heading in the right direction! The seating is incredible – it’s solid, it’s huge, and it smells like wood!

Tonight the real-fun began as Dan and Stevan began cutting lumber and nailing together our first step!

I took the “skeeter-infested” job of cutting outside while Dan did all of the air-nailing inside! My legs look as though I have chicken pox!

This afternoon I found time to cut a sink-full of mint from our front mint-patch. Jess is currently letting it soak in the sink before she brews our first-ever gallon of Mint Tea – made famous by my mother! Sadly, this gallon will not be shared with the outside world – but maybe you can taste-test the next gallon?

I can’t wait for it to be ready!

4-gallons of paint, numerous paint rollers, 11 helpful students, plenty of iPod tunes, lunch @ McDonalds and about 5-hours of painting concluded this afternoon with huge amounts of satisfaction!

Good times for sure!

This evening, Dan Welcome and I spent over $500 on lumber and hardware for the next phase of Studio 180 renovations!

Renovation continues tomorrow night!

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