Instead of a 1000 piece puzzle, we bought a $1000 puzzle...

So I have been extremely busy for the last month (so has David) which explains the lack of updates. As mentioned before, I did go to Provo to defend my thesis to my committee. It went well and it took me several weeks to polish/edit/beautify the paper.The committee has the thesis currently and are doing the final review. So I should be done soon. David has been working hard in the lab during the week.
We finally received our anniversary present - a beautiful new bed!!!

We picked it up in our van and moved it in ourselves. First of all, it was not assembled. So it took 2 trips to even get all the pieces from the furniture store: headboard, foot board, and slats in one while the second trip had the pedestals and platform boards. Note, this bed is beautiful oak. Oak is a hardwood and it is very heavy to move. Plus we had to move furniture around in our apartment to even get the bed into the bedroom. I am not moving that bed again. Someone else can!

Pieces of the bed before assembly. David did a great job putting it all together. I mean I helped but he was the one doing the screws and determining position. We have approximately 22" on each side of the bed until you hit the walls. So it is a bit bigger than our old metal frame.

He was so proud of himself too!!!