Senior Project

Alyssa working inside on a rainy day on sanding the base of  the antique table she is refinishing for her senior project.  We have to document all of the steps so she can include them in her presentation in January.  She'll give a 15-20 minute oral presentation which will include her employability portfolio, her scholarly paper on nuclear energy, and the 40-60 hours she will have spent on refinishing this table. She will give a Power Point presentation using the photos to document her work since the table will be too big to carry to school on the day of her presentation.
Most of the time she's been able to work outside or at least with the garage door open for fresh air.  When it's finished we'll use the table until she gets a home of her own.  Her biggest problem has been that someone at some point in this table's life painted the base baby blue.  It looks like the paint was put on raw wood and it seeped into the cracks.  I don't think she's going to be able to get all of it out. Thankfully most of it is on the feet, and you'd have to be lying on the floor to notice it. 

Next week she's going to be working 49 hours at the daycare (one lady is on vacation and one is on maternity leave).  Usually she works 20-30 hours. She won't have much time to sand so she'll have to put in some time this weekend.  I'm looking forward to an almost unscheduled weekend.  The only thing we have to do is take Noah to get fitted and pick up his football gear.  It's hard to believe that football practice starts in three weeks.  From August 3rd on Noah will have 3 hours of practice daily Mon-Fri.  After school starts they cut back to only 6 hours a week of practice.

Alyssa and I are trying to schedule a tour of Eastern Washington Univ. sometime in August during the end of their summer session.  Eastern has an Early Childhood Education program, and since she wants to teach kindergarten this school should definitely be on her list of schools to apply to.