As we mentioned in the prior post, the back doors are in and we are excited about them! We spend saturday chilling in the backyard with the doors open looking at the plants in our backyard.
Gerardo has almost finished all of the electrical work. The city will come out to inspect it next week. On Friday we met with Gerardo and Mario to discuss the sound system. We are installing speakers in the ceilings in every room and that means there is a lot of speaker wire being pulled throughout the house. All of the speaker wire will return to a/v center, which will be on the bottom shelf of the built-in cabinet. The photo below shows some of the black speaker wire hanging near the AV cabinet. There is a white box in the cabinet where all speaker wire will terminate, along with coax cable, RCA cables, HDMI cables, and any other AV related stuff.
I have been researching the proper location for ceiling speakers. In order to get the correct Dolby Digital Surround Sound effect, the speakers have to be a specific distance from the walls and from where our heads will be once we are sitting in the couch. In the photo below you can see Mario measuring the location of our heads within the room. Everything should sound pretty good when it is finished.
Cesar and his team have begun to install the supports for the coving in the kitchen. We can't wait to see what it looks like.
The Jeep finally passed smog and is back home from the mechanic. The Jeep has been gone since June 1st so it's nice to have it back. It's also nice to be able to drive when I want to. Riding the bike was nice but it gets a little old after a while. I decided to wax the jeep today and we took it for a drive down to Cabrillo National Monument. It cost $5 to get in or $15 for a year pass. It's a no brainer, we bought the pass, and spent some time gazing at the views and watching the sailboats enter and exit the bay.
It's a beautiful day in San Diego and we're glad that we live here!
