Oubliette
I'm writing this from our cabin in Idyllwild. I'm so glad Paula and I decided to do this. It's such a wonderfully fulfilling thing to see the place looking so good and to know that we made it happen. The leak that I was afraid might be in the wall has reared it's ugly head. The closet in the Hudson Bay Room had mold on the wall. (heh thanks to internet we found out you can kill mold with bleach and water so we sprayed it last night, closed the door and this morning - like modern chemistry its gone - but we know its still there inside - Paula) I'm digging into that wall today to see if I can expose those pipes. Could be worse. I could be coming through an exposed wall. Having it hidded in the closet makes it a great do it yourself project. My mistakes won't show much. Even that kind of stuff is fun when its your own place and your doing work that will benefit your family.

We bought a bbq for Oubliette in early December and it's been in the back of Paula's car from then till this weekend. I've got the box here on the porch along with a propane tank I bought on the way up here at the Home Depot in Temecula. Paula's Brother and his partner are joining us today and I'm hoping I can convince them to put it together. I'm going to have my hands full today with those pipes. Sounds like a working weekend but these projects are paltry, especially when compared to what we've already done. They won't take too much time. We won't let work get in the way of our relaxing time in the forest.

Another thing we want to do this weekend is create a website for Oubliette. We'll be taking lots of pictures and using some online tools and I will finally be able to show this place off to you all. I'll put a link on this blog once I have the site. And any time any of you are planning a trip to Southern California, you have to spend some time at Oubliette. Its funny but this is the first house that Paula and I have ever lived in where we could actually accomodate guests. I've got to do the Aerobed in the living room in San Diego if someone comes over. But I've got the Balcony Bedroom for you here in Idyllwild.

Its so cool to see so many members of our family participating with links on David's Blog. What a great way to keep up with everyone especially since we don't get to spend as much time with everyone as we'd like. I hope those who haven't jumped on the bandwagon will get jealous and want to give it a try!