PART 22, April 22, 2008

We are getting ready for SOD! it has been a LONG HARD process, but we are almost done landscaping the way we want it. Last Saturday i spent a good part of the day getting the last 2 stumps of the 7 trees we lost. It was not a pretty sight, nor was I.

PART 21, April 22, 2008

Lets see........got done with the mud on the walls. We primed the walls, and got the color up. The doors are in place and the lights are installed. Don't ask me what color it is, I hope by the pictures you can tell for yourself, the green or blue one is in the bathroom. Not sure how Lorin got in there, but i didn't have the heart to delete her.

BIRTHDAY

Well, another birthday has come and gone. Mom did the 30 cards (well 32 in all) in about 30 days. It was fun, Anson got a kick out of all the cards that would come. When i got home from work, it wasn't "hi dad", it was, OPEN CARDS DAD! Here are a few of my fav's.

PART 20 January 30, 2008

Ok so at this point we are a little overjoyed at what has been done! We have insulated all the walls. Drywall has gone UP. The overhead power line has come down. We have POWER inside! The jetted tub is in place and working (for the second time; the first tub had a few leaks and is now thrown outside in the snow). The shower and floors are ready for tile. The heating and air are in place, but not working yet, that

should only take another day to get working. And the entertainment center has started to emerge in the corner.

It has been a long time coming, and really feels good with having walls up and power to the inside.

Anti-Kerby (sorry mom)

For months now Kay has been saying that she wants me to buy her a Kerby. for some reason there was a door to door salesman that came around and got Kay all excited about the mighty Kerby.........$1200.00 for the basics? i don't think so! well i met her somewhere in the middle. i finally caved in and got her a new Hoover Wind tunnel II. It was around $300 once taxes and shipping were added into it. I must say....if I've got to pay more than $100 on a dirt sucking machine, this is a good one. here are some pictures. the carpet had been vacuumed before it arrived, and this was done after we had "cleaned" the carpet with our old vacuum. it has a hepa filter that cleans it's self every 6 seconds. that is the very very fine dirt on my fingers. it was finer than sawdust. then everything else collects in a Handy dandy bag less compartment.

NO BITING!

MY SON BIT ME! AND I HAVE THE MARK TO PROVE IT!

OK, SO MAYBE I ASKED FOR IT...WE WERE ROUGH HOUSING, AND PLAYIN', I PRETENDED THAT I WAS EATING HIS LEG, AND SAID, THAT IT TASTED LIKE CHICKEN YUMM....WELL, HE WANTED TO SEE IF I TASTED LIKE CHICKEN TOO I GUESS. HE BIT ME. ON THE BACK. IT BROKE THE SKIN. THAT MARK IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. IT HURTS. I DONT PLAY LIKE I AM EATING ANYTHING ANYMORE.

PART 19 (November 11, 07)

Well, the windows are in, 1/2 the roof is complete, the hot water heater and water softener is in, the electrical has been started, and all the leftovers have been moved into the basement. the plan is to finish the electrical, and start on stucco the coming two weeks. It's getting there!

Part 18

OK OK OK.....here are a few updates... we got the roof on and blacked in. The plumbing has also been completed. Anson is helping as much as he can, and chases the cat with sticks as much as he can. The cat hasn't been seriously hurt YET....

Part 17 (September 15)

Well, another successful day! John and Robert came over for a fun filled day of buildin'. all the framing is done on the inside, and the roof looks like a roof. all the in between work from part 16 was sheeting on the outside, the rest of the framing with the bathroom, and windows; we had to drill 6 1/2 inch bolts from our bottom plate down into the concrete every 24 inches. those bolts got a 3 inch square washer along with them. the heat is on now....not really, summer is over, and there is a change in the air. all i can hope is to have all the outside done before it gets too cold out.

Part 16 (August 23, 2007)

Well, with the help of John and Tom, I now have walls! It took us the better part of the last two days. mainly because our existing house only has 8 foot ceilings, and our addition has 9 foot ceilings. I had to rip off the over-hang where our addition sits. that was not easy nor was it fun. but its done of the most part. the picture from the inside is looking from the play room into the master bedroom and bath.