Dan's thoughts on Katrina. (I mean the kitchen.)

IDEAS FOR ANNE'S PAPER: "A complete reconstruction of the paper is essential for the convincing of these testosteronical beasts of building (Dan language for construction workers) " --Dan Garvin

Describe the scene: This is the seller right here. You need the most eloquent placement of adjectives to make the scene of the old pipe odor drench the readers senses as he feels the stress that seems to wash over everything along with the dim, yellow, half burned out light. But we must keep it on a 6 grade reeding level. They are men. They build stuff. It is good. Dick and Jane reed the newspaper though, so you can use some higher reeding techniques into the mix. That's the hard part about it. But the key point is, ENTERTAIN THE READER! After the second sentence he has already decided if this is the house. He just needs to work out the details. So make the first paragraph gripping and enveloping.
Picking five specific points of the scene (ex: the sink) and describe them in a manner that is entertaining and unique. (the sink: An imported high quality particle board counter top supported by water rotted two by fours embrace a vintage pee yellow rust stained single basin sink.) Go with this as your first paragraph. Other points of interest are, the lighthouses (not very good interior design theme( no offense)), smoke stained walls and ceilings
Tell the Story: My mom went on a trip to London and Dad decided it was an opportune time to tear the kitchen apart and "fix the place"
Make the House Seem Like it can be Fixed: Yes, this is a key point. This part needs to be written in a more "to the point" mode. The testosterone based life forms are trying to make money. They need a house that has potential. The house needs to be a gem that can be showed off. If the house is just not worth fixing up, they really will not choose that one. They are looking for an old Victorian house that needs fixing up so that they can show it off to people and get more sales. You need to make your house sell to them. Make it sound like it could be beautiful!! Not just some rectangular, mediocre, lame, room that is torn apart. Yes it might be the ugliest one. I have no doubt about that. But can it be the best looking room after they are done? Or just a bit less mediocre?

New TV

I don't know if you've ever seen a guy try to play nentendo on a tiny tv, but if you do, the comment each time is, "It's so small, I can't even see what I'm doing..." Well, I didn't really believe it was too small until you see the difference. Anne do you remember how big the INSIGNIA we bought was when we had our apartment? Check out the photos. DAN was so excited! It was funny to see him rearranging our living room to make it all fit. It will be nice when we actually have some movies to watch on it. For now I just get to see alot of xbox games. I would like to try rockband on it tho. It's really a Epson Projector, it gets really clear picture when we've got the room in theater mode, it's 1080p. We'll have to bring it to watch family videos at our next family reunion. Does anyone know when that is?

Dan's 26th Birthday!!!

Dan's 26th Birthday was this last friday. Birthdays are hard. What do you plan to have fun? What fun things can we do? I thought it over and we decided to have a picnic and go hiking. Well, the morning went by, Dan woke up and while eating breakfast opened a few of the presents I got him, I laptop board to put his laptop on, pringles, and a sculpture of a man drumming. He thought that was pretty cool. He rushed to school, and I went to visit his mom. She bought him some new shoes.. (I'll post a picture..) So the day went quickly, i made some special baked beans, (Dan's Grandmother's recipe) and we all went to Logan canyon to hike the wind caves and eat. It was dark by the time we got there so we decided to stay and picnic instead of hike. Dan's mom brought other salads she had made, two peach pies and cake... and sandwich stuff. She looked at me and said, "Did you bring the bread?" I shook my head, and told her I talked to Dan's little sis on the phone and she told me not to bring any... Without bread, no sunlight left everyone felt kinda bummed, we didn't really know whether to change our plans and go home to get the rest of our food or just to stay there and only eat salads without sandwiches (the main course). We stayed. we ate all the salads, and the baked beans. To my surprise everyone commented on the beans atleast twice, saying how good they were. It is such an easy recipe, I was glad they loved them.

We ate and had pie, then went to Dan's parents house and had cake and ice cream just an hour later. I felt so stuffed, I could hardly walk. I don't know if I've ever had peach pie before, but it tasted really fresh, and sweet. Dan wanted to work on his car all day, but without the right parts, he couldn't. I got lucky, I had work off and got to hang out with him the whole time. I have to post all the neat pictures, the staircase we found in the canyon was really neat... I wish I could have gotten a better shot of those, Becca you would love them! They are so old, covered in moss and cracked, but still beautiful. Check it out! Now Dan is 26! I wonder what I'll feel like at 26... I'll be 22 soon, and I still feel like I'm 18.

Ps. What are some good anniversary Ideas... Anyone?