It’s been a while since I blogged over here on HermanWeb so I thought what better day to say hi to everyone than a lazy Sunday? Well, over at the Herman household, it was anything but lazy.

After a great evening over at the Ritz Carlton in White Plains, we had plans for my father (Edwin) to come over and help us re-do the cedar closet in our home. This was not a last minute decision however, as we had been planning this since the holidays when the Kepner’s gave us a very generous gift certificate to Home Depot to purchase the supplies. My father has a knack for building custom closets – not sure where he learned to do it, but he’s been fairly on par with closet building. Not only has he been building closets for the home we grew up in, but he’s even been known to help out a family friend or two. I’ve previously spent time building closets with him because we ALL know that Kenny isn’t much help around the house (sorry Kenny). Trivia question: what happened to all of the fine china my parents had from their wedding? Leave your answer in the comments section of this blog post.

Anyway, back on track. We ripped out the entire cedar closet and started essentially from scratch today. I estimate we started at 10:45am and we didn’t finish until 9:00PM this evening. The closet is a nice size, but what took the most time was fixing the cedar and measuring/cutting/installing the bars for where the clothes hangs. Sherri cooked up a wonderful feast this evening of meatloaf, peas, and potatoes which she knows is my favorite… and it came at a time when we needed a break from the grueling work.

We listened to a Dave Matthews Band concert on the iPod stereo, a little Status Quo (Matchstick), and ended with the Beatles (Love album). It was a great bonding time with dad- and Sherri’s been nursing the cuts and splinters that are in my hands as I type this.

For pictures of the day’s events, click here.