I had things to do this weekend that involved grout, trim, and the miter saw. But the boys looked like they were having so much fun tearing things down in…
I had things to do this weekend that involved grout, trim, and the miter saw. But the boys looked like they were having so much fun tearing things down in…
We’ve been living in the gas station garage apartment for a month now, and this is the first time we’ve been able to walk through the place without leapfrogging over…
At some point I’m going to want to be able to cook somewhere other than the back yard. Possibly. And that’s going to require doing some serious work to this…
The exterior rough framing of the house has been done for about a month and–shockingly–progress has been a lot slower without a four-man crew of professionals working over here all…
Shortly after the astounding pile of rubble was cleared from the inside of the living room, the house started to look like, well, a house. New gables on the front…
The big news for Memorial Weekend is not that I ate birthday cake for breakfast AND lunch three days in a row without collapsing from a sugar overdose. Though that…
Six months ago I was having a minor panic attack about the exterior colors of the Memorial house, and then I decided to handle it the way mental trauma should…
Walking through the door to the house to find a significant number of interior walls gone. And a big pile of rubble in the middle of the living room. Once…
We’re entering the forth– and if the weather holds, final– week of rough framing. Even with half of the working days in the last couple of weeks thwarted by rain,…
Miniature donkeys! Which is a damn good thing because we’re about to have some in, oh, four days. The last week (and weekend) have been full of late nights working…
The framing crew had 4 days of great weather, and then the rain spoiled everything. A couple of half-days in there and one really nice Friday have brought us to…
…and… The roof on the existing house (2x4s that were sistered together on the top 3 feet) was not adequate, so it had to come down sometime. Perhaps the day…
We’re leaving for the Hauling Ass Tour of 2010 in 6 days. Six. As in, not even a full week away. What we really needed this weekend was a few…
