Around the House
At Home, the most significant event of the past few years has been no major renovations or home projects (YIPPEE!). Our first 6 years in the house seemed dominated by construction dust.

We love our house, and are very lucky to be in a great neighborhood.

Still, there have been a number of smaller projects:

• Because we live in Silicon Valley, we HAVE to have a networked computer in nearly every room (now including 3 macs, 3 PCs, a WebTV an Audrey a new Linux server 2 Palms and a Java-Ring-in-a-pear-tree). This has provided lots of challenges for our highly underappreciated IS department (aka "Steve").

• We now have two tree forts in the back yard (neither is connected to the LAN yet).  In the summer, the one on the right has a zip line that's used for emergency exits.  Mom shuts her eyes when Eric & his friends cross the 8' high catwalk with no hands.

• Since no one liked the original 30-year-old pool, we emptied it and put in a new trampoline & deck covering the hole where the water used to be (Steve's idea). Under the deck is Justine's play house, reached by a trap door & a slide (Eric's idea).   We hope to replace it with a real pool in the new year (Lisa & Justine's idea).

• We've also gotten some great furniture done by a local craftsman.  But pictures don't do it justice -- you'll just have to come see the pieces.

Card2000 - Family - Home - Justine - Eric - Lisa - Steve - Final