Weekend before Thanksgiving 2010

Coming Thurs is Thanksgiving and some companies had already started black Friday deals on line I guess due to the bad economy. I ran into this pretty cool deal that slashed the price of an espresso machine quite a lot (like by 2/3) and got this machine which is a big upgrade from my previous one. I guess I will just keep the old one for spare since it was a birthday gift from one of those years....The new machine at least makes the espressos look like real ones with the creme on the top and everything. The foam making....was actually a lot harder than I thought, but I think I am getting used to that as well....You can see my 1st attempt on making a latte with foam on the top.....not very pretty....lol

Over the weekend there were house updates done. Here are some photos to show the improvements.....Billy did some painting job so now our bonus room door is painted and also the pantry door as well.....The Pantry door is finally put in place but the door knob is not installed yet...but at least we can cover up the messy looking pantry in the laundry room....:)

The little cart with wheels allows us to have a space to put the microwave and cat foods + some paper begs. The counter space is now freed up and looks better....

The stainless legs we got from a sale is finally put into use after we got the table top from Ikea....Now we have a breakfast area which allows us to use the bar stools which we didn't know how to use after we moved here....

So this storage bench is now put together and put in the dining room. Billy wanted one so that cats can sit on the top and look outside from the window. It can also be used if more people need to sit at the dining table...more space to put books and magazines too....

Over the weekend I started the "Cats" wall.....more photos to come after I finish developing the new ones...

Here is the "Us" wall....and the 2nd pic here you can see how the Us wall can link into the Scenery wall if you look from the side of our bedroom....I think we need to go to more places to finish the Us wall since the left hand side still got a lot of space....