Owen's Adjustment

Owen has been getting his adjustments since he was less than a day old.  He's an old pro. :)

There are two ways to watch this video:

1.  Watch the actual process of Owen's adjustment (and observe how much he loves his mommy at the end!)

2.  Watch the kid in the background, eating his distraction snack.  Oh, Isaac. :)

Psst...

Have I told you that Blake has a blog?

Virtual Tour

Here's the promised virtual tour of Blake's office. It's nothing fancy, but it works. Enjoy! :)

Wasteful packaging

Apparently one of Blake's medical supply companies has not gotten the memo about trying to be more green {more efficient, less waste}. They shipped our reception desk sign stand like this:


It's even funnier that the stand arrived in the giant box, because the sign itself {which is larger than the stand} arrived in an envelope! Nice work.

Thank you voters

We are really pleased with the way the office is shaping up, so I wanted to say "thanks" to all of you for your input. You can see your votes have come to fruition in the following photos. Can you find all of the following:

1. Paint pallette #3,
2. Waiting room with red accent wall
3. Brushed nickel pendant light stem
4. Pendant light shade #4 (went against the majority here, but in person, #4 was SO much better!)
5. B.J. Palmer Quote


And, just for fun - Isaac has found his new playhouse in the cabinets of our reception desk. He'll be in heaven when the doors arrive!

We've come a long way baby

Just wanted to share some photos of Blake's office transformation so far. When everything's all done, I'll give you all a virtual tour.

Until then, we're working our butts off - Isaac has been "helping" whenever possible. Today, he ate a piece of the ceiling tile....*sigh*

Office from front door before:

Office from front door after:

And now with some color:

Our reception desk shell has arrived - ooh la la. Please note, the carpet and trim are down too!

Bathroom before:

Bathroom after {minus decor}:

Repurpose

This beauty of a cabinet used to look lovely in the bathroom of our condo. When we moved into our house, I couldn't find the right place for it, so it has been looking pretty inside a closet in the basement. Thank goodness for Blake's office. I'm going to clean it up and put it in the bathroom! We actually have some unsightly plumbing that cannot be removed, {some genius thought it would be a good idea to have a urinal in there, the urinal was removed, probably with the person who wanted it, but all of the piping remained. We were able to cover up most of it, but the main water line is still there} so, our little cabinet is going to sit in front of it. It couldn't be more perfect as we'll need a small storage space anyway, and most of the decor in the bathroom will already be white.

I'm pumped - too bad the bathroom is going to be a PITA to paint - even the CEILING has to be painted. It looks like a dungeon in there now. Hopefully, with a little cost-friendly facelift, it'll look charming.

Something to think about

We need your help, again readers. :)

As part of the decor in our office waiting area, we are going to have a quote run the length of one wall in the patient seating area. Blake has picked a few of his favorites from B.J. Palmer, the developer of Chiropractic. Here's where you come in. Please tell us which quote you like best, and wouldn't mind reading every time you visit the office. The poll is to the right. Thanks!

1. "The power that made the body heals the body."

2. "Every organ in your body is connected to the one under your hat."

3. "Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked."

4. "An obstacle is what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."

Office Updates

1. Our entry continues to fill up with daily deliveries, though we did ship some off with my parents to bring to my brother so he can hook up our server and network.

2. 15 gallons of primer and 12 gallons of paint are ready to go for this weekend and next week! Woohoo.

3. Obviously, the walls are up, and lookin' good.

4. We placed an ad for an office person. Our first ad ran Sunday, so far we have 25 responses, with more on the way.

5. We purchased our lighting - we opted for pendant light #4 after seeing it in person, and the brushed nickel stem.

I'll post pictures soon! :)

Closed to through traffic

By the end of the week, I'm pretty sure our entry will be completely blocked. We will greet any UPS/FED-EX/USPS people through the garage. We're getting so many deliveries for Blake's office, that we are emptying our front stoop daily. We're too lazy to bring them into the basement for storage because they're just going to be moved out in less than two weeks. That, and we're never home during the day to look at the clutter, so it hasn't gotten on our nerves yet.

Here's what our entry currently looks like:


I have many updates to give - I hope to get to them by Thursday at the latest.

And, to anyone who wants to help. We're going to paint as early as Friday, and no later than this Saturday. So, if you want to help, give us a shout out. We'd be happy to have you!

Lights!

We're trying to spruce up the boring fluorescent lighting that Blake's office will have by adding a little pizazz in the waiting area. Our plan: install pendant lighting over the reception desk. We're actually talking just over the main diagonal corner. So, we're going to need two lights here. This is where you come in.

Poll #1 asks which base color we should use for our lighting. The stem of the light. Brushed nickel or black? I don't have photos, but I figure this is pretty basic.

Poll #2 allows you to choose from the below options for our shade style/color.

If you have differing opinions from any of these, please feel free to leave a comment. I've also posted again the carpet/reception desk oak/counter photo so you can see that color scheme as well as our paint colors. For what it's worth, the majority of the reception area will be the largest color {Rye}. We are toying with the idea one wall {the one behind the reception desk} being an accent wall in the Mayan Red. Which leads me to poll #3. One color, or accent wall?

Office color scheme:

Pendant Light Shades:

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Exciting

Parts of Blake's office computer system are starting to arrive at our house. With this new arrival, we are giddy about spending some money. Obviously, I will make sure we save as many dollars and cents as possible, but that won't stop us from acting like two kids in a candy store - it's so fun to look at stuff, you know?

Brian, you should be MOST excited about this one!

Walls

You know, it's really amazing how fast contractors, and the guys that work for them, can put something like this together. They did all of this in one day! It's nothing fancy yet, but you can see the skeleton of what the office will look like {hopefully very soon!}.


While the contractors were busy doing that, we were busy finalizing purchases for the x-ray, adjusting tables, computers, etc. Spending this much money makes me nervous! I'd probably feel better if I could find a 20% off your x-ray coupon. That being said, I did get an additional $30 off of the computers on top of all the instant rebates, so I shouldn't feel bad, right?

All in a day's work

Here's what the office looked like yesterday morning:


And here's what it looks like now:


Looks like the framing for our walls will start to go up tomorrow {Isaac did a quality check of the lumber!}. This is moving right along - we had to choose trim today. I wanted to poll the trim color again, but time won't allow. We were going between white trim or more of an oak colored trim. We opted for the oak {actually, the color is pecan} because it will look better with the carpet and paint colors combined.

Ow....

We spent a good part of today ripping out carpet, tearing down wall paper, and removing trim, with my Dad's help, and my mom keeping an eye on the little guy. We could have had our contractor do it, but we're trying to save $$ wherever possible. The result - we are SO sore - and there is still some carpet to remove tomorrow {just a little patch, but enough to make us cringe!}. Some before and during shots:

Paint

Since our contractor is going to start with the build-out next week, Blake and I thought it wise to pick out the carpet. Work has also started on the custom receptionist desk.

Here is our carpet - the base color is sort of a dark gray:


Here is our carpet again, with an oak color swatch laid on it {our reception desk will be oak - it's going to look sa-weet!}. On top of the oak swatch is the actual color of the counters of the reception desk:


With all of this in mind, we need your help, dear readers, with paint colors. Our top three choices are shown below. If you don't like any of them, please let us know why and what other colors you might suggest. Otherwise, voting on the poll in the right hand column of my blog would be appreciated! Please note that all colors on these palettes will be used somewhere in the office. The blues are going in Blake's office and the bathroom. Others will be divvied up between adjusting room, therapy, waiting room, etc. Thanks in advance for your advice and opinion! :)
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