Getting it done, baby! Extra joists are up in the attic, all temporary support walls are down, and it’s time to move on to lighting, drywall, and paint. Tomorrow my newest brother Mike and I are gonna hit Home Depot for some lighting hardware, and he’s gonna have his crew rip the whole thing on Friday. After that will be drywall, which takes about a week.

Then it’ll be time to paint, doing the whole place in the starkest, snowiest, most sterile flat white available. Starting with a clean, fresh canvas. In more ways than one. An appropriate backdrop for what’s to come.

Maybe I should turn it into a paint party. Wing a batch of salsa. Throw on some steaks. Flow the Tecate. Wanna come?

“The first duty of society is justice.”
–Alexander Hamilton

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Dear Santa,

I just snuck on to my dad’s computer when he wasn’t looking. Listen, I know it’s a little early, but my sister and I thought we’d give you a head start on our Christmas wish list this year. Call me naughty, but I’m really just trying to make your work easier. That’s nice, no?

We both probably need new collars, especially Kona. Hers still smells kinda skunky from that little incident a few weeks ago. Throw in a few bags of Beggin’ Strips too. Any flavor’ll work. Also, if you could be a dove and score us some of those tasty lamb ankle bones from the meat shop up the street. That’d be super. And send another canine friend or two to hang out with us in the backyard.

But more than anything, we’d like this.

Say hi to Rudolph for us.

Love,

Vive and Kona

“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.”
–Robert Stevenson