tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57038437264505361882024-03-13T04:53:14.309-04:00Van Dyke Projectadventures in building a new old bungalow in RaleighUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-7794797380523579932012-01-23T16:44:00.021-05:002012-01-23T18:29:27.867-05:00Long Time Gone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYW64AiliM8OWnKUrjeRc4w3cP5cBNfajfVJ5CeL72bB7XA4hwSoEUs04lfvoZchSZhmU-C9hHSvxIy4IRXcLRaj16Q-Ox9C2fl_qq1moKEhhSdnl3enTQlQg1E5bXEI0kOUZwXcvXKhKn/s1600/380891_2540695731020_1662506466_2342729_855640067_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700970257060295730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYW64AiliM8OWnKUrjeRc4w3cP5cBNfajfVJ5CeL72bB7XA4hwSoEUs04lfvoZchSZhmU-C9hHSvxIy4IRXcLRaj16Q-Ox9C2fl_qq1moKEhhSdnl3enTQlQg1E5bXEI0kOUZwXcvXKhKn/s400/380891_2540695731020_1662506466_2342729_855640067_n.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">ummm...where did this past year go? </span></em>
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<br /><span style="color:#660000;">I can't believe it has been that long since I last posted on here. Having a kid sorta took over our lives a bit, I guess. We are just now getting caught up with ourselves again. Greg has been staying busy and fitting in little projects here and there- mostly while the kiddo has been napping. Can't get much done while she is awake these days. </span>
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<br /><span style="color:#660000;">I wanted to put up some photos of his grill shed Greg built this past summer. He was really excited about doing this- especially excited about his new ceramic egg grill too. We found some cool old industrial lights at this local garage sale and used up lots of our leftover house materials. Even some old slate made it on the countertop.</span> </span>
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<br /><span style="color:#660000;">Had our first grilled turkey this Christmas too. Nice work, G!</span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 341px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700956913130802930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZst21AK7DhIfJSGREJzpIJnFdhUPG89TV3D_U1wYTUO3eiSImeqZA6YJJY1JZAaw98NK_EFVntGBI2yeOxoXAibWu5VAB2P-OAdjwD9tqFj6rIuAFUI0s0xp7oX6V2ekX19BDoSmZ-rVN/s400/287.JPG" />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-48887562166335461312010-12-28T09:30:00.004-05:002010-12-28T10:14:18.637-05:00White Christmas 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y5W2EueSqBIyZomj81rXC_d2zt0pqpZqOzSkl-wkgP6jCmDSAoKH5U2oHja0EgGJ8K5c2hoNu1MwcHxpYKxzO2uf_ziekdLAh2GAIRl5_nZtOwuNEfJ1rgcAHt2aPvbM7LKUL0A05ebX/s1600/016.JPG"></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">The first flakes actually started falling on Christmas night. It hasn't snowed in Raleigh on Christmas in more than 60 years! We got about 8 inches- so beautiful!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl5bRg45tf29_i61RsEMSVcWbFjev2OJcdCw_dF3escJ5bUIkjYxVIMkS4eZ67Ccc9HdQ4XHISBijlSXDXroP8_bfGIwCbwLuA33ytx4CyG7ZPtv3jI1tB7HpFYkfZVSfoTw_OAFh7Fm2/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555742700942943170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl5bRg45tf29_i61RsEMSVcWbFjev2OJcdCw_dF3escJ5bUIkjYxVIMkS4eZ67Ccc9HdQ4XHISBijlSXDXroP8_bfGIwCbwLuA33ytx4CyG7ZPtv3jI1tB7HpFYkfZVSfoTw_OAFh7Fm2/s400/006.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL4NRp6v_F1w5YWKJ3XNVO5bRPuimkzxMU7XQoNNGOKUoioIluXzkKZYchAp9Rfjb06pl9cINPdAPsBs8j69VlFfY7ZGnQ-pDyJEd8wsFwURc4_4fDUy1yctC9CiSM2B090Mqjwqz1apc/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555742663380892578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL4NRp6v_F1w5YWKJ3XNVO5bRPuimkzxMU7XQoNNGOKUoioIluXzkKZYchAp9Rfjb06pl9cINPdAPsBs8j69VlFfY7ZGnQ-pDyJEd8wsFwURc4_4fDUy1yctC9CiSM2B090Mqjwqz1apc/s400/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0jcjOVGr2PwoNmqhQBlKQS5lghTgSqmawwJDumCPmzzySm6z1RBvF0t9aFdNesTDbgpDpP67TMd4m4iQiQdZBOEsEmbEPKcGPzhXaTMC8pfdeQ-kTDnd304-EKQSsaX5FahIw2AnRw_m/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555743678959123042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0jcjOVGr2PwoNmqhQBlKQS5lghTgSqmawwJDumCPmzzySm6z1RBvF0t9aFdNesTDbgpDpP67TMd4m4iQiQdZBOEsEmbEPKcGPzhXaTMC8pfdeQ-kTDnd304-EKQSsaX5FahIw2AnRw_m/s400/002.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzCaxCDu3TStVfFn3vmQoah7JamsIhxWnF-7yBTuiuPVyXO5b4a_hPuQ0vX1DaMAwNvOk_usWk0S6AWjxRkg8HMluJI4r7ZiSK8OwFqKwNghYdolJjl0xrqSmkFVxRiQXrEr4pRjpYGXq/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555742696094409234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzCaxCDu3TStVfFn3vmQoah7JamsIhxWnF-7yBTuiuPVyXO5b4a_hPuQ0vX1DaMAwNvOk_usWk0S6AWjxRkg8HMluJI4r7ZiSK8OwFqKwNghYdolJjl0xrqSmkFVxRiQXrEr4pRjpYGXq/s400/008.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjliTDdQ7zjq5nWgEJGhUcDEjToBGY8yb8NZZ4Ziyzu1WJZj43ViqEM9PmJYBLK7p3mkMhtZZ9wugvGDKaYMUNNkctcIuuE6oW3_EWik20pOKIIL8c5PgA77a5Xa3_Mjms6ibuoogDYgu/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555743683415953042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjliTDdQ7zjq5nWgEJGhUcDEjToBGY8yb8NZZ4Ziyzu1WJZj43ViqEM9PmJYBLK7p3mkMhtZZ9wugvGDKaYMUNNkctcIuuE6oW3_EWik20pOKIIL8c5PgA77a5Xa3_Mjms6ibuoogDYgu/s400/013.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR80hzDKw2CqupudyyIWH_5GfWJCaFn8uXx7iA0BgN2fq3PF03TufxKHr1-vVmP8Fj4_K_InNX_SxrDnLzzVj9d-KQOy2LWqKsP2J3C6hNT8QSK60BFRCxNqkelcwTDFfPCAPF3QevWpAl/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555742650986964418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR80hzDKw2CqupudyyIWH_5GfWJCaFn8uXx7iA0BgN2fq3PF03TufxKHr1-vVmP8Fj4_K_InNX_SxrDnLzzVj9d-KQOy2LWqKsP2J3C6hNT8QSK60BFRCxNqkelcwTDFfPCAPF3QevWpAl/s400/005.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Going to be 65 degrees here on Saturday. What a great way to bring in the new year!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-88667774501779225232010-12-08T21:54:00.008-05:002010-12-09T08:50:58.736-05:00Another Year Over...<span style="color:#000066;">Once again, I have let way too much time pass since my last post. Having a new baby has definitely changed things up a bit over here on Van Dyke! Greg always has a few projects going on though, they just seem to take a little longer to complete these days. </span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:#000066;">We had this great idea to build our dining room table out of salvaged wood from old bowling alley lanes. Unfortunately, we weren't the only ones who wanted to do this and had a hard time getting a hold of anything affordable. So Greg decided to try and mimic one on his own by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gluing</span> up a bunch of maple. </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP1B0lUKR2rNAqkF7ayx2sSvdwt0wGpa5qGM1VRYoEj4-wuC2gvd05vHZeS5_5IMs8y1TR3afNYNW_qRAWr4yrMMLDvDTXHHNuX5nlVL0XXhsfap9WBFJ2uwQVb9x8lNjW2aWVTkB7nFL/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548596722764636658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP1B0lUKR2rNAqkF7ayx2sSvdwt0wGpa5qGM1VRYoEj4-wuC2gvd05vHZeS5_5IMs8y1TR3afNYNW_qRAWr4yrMMLDvDTXHHNuX5nlVL0XXhsfap9WBFJ2uwQVb9x8lNjW2aWVTkB7nFL/s400/013.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCXdamcOmCdtn59Uv3J0zkRdTxtS5m_XlNw2IDySjjXz3yK2NZlAMvYhdxji0SyRC0Oxp3bV_McZdkNFC9ugSmU7Rtt-qk3UpTJzPdUSYPAI2GOK45ImQgNsuK8__84HlRfcJhZBdzzRI/s1600/007+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548601016192270706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCXdamcOmCdtn59Uv3J0zkRdTxtS5m_XlNw2IDySjjXz3yK2NZlAMvYhdxji0SyRC0Oxp3bV_McZdkNFC9ugSmU7Rtt-qk3UpTJzPdUSYPAI2GOK45ImQgNsuK8__84HlRfcJhZBdzzRI/s400/007+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOWx0PW_oA7ITxjlt9Xei_O68Vns7BhA5xylPCt01_e-t0wFonQMeUpsOeCxgtgzIH9siC0y24hwbQIDz_93DcdlwrzfAymmmncb_19b292093i1oboOPfWqo8JXtorAOtF-b2Mh0-m6x/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 382px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548603094736389794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOWx0PW_oA7ITxjlt9Xei_O68Vns7BhA5xylPCt01_e-t0wFonQMeUpsOeCxgtgzIH9siC0y24hwbQIDz_93DcdlwrzfAymmmncb_19b292093i1oboOPfWqo8JXtorAOtF-b2Mh0-m6x/s400/021.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Nice work, G. Just in time for the holidays. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Our laundry room is finally finished too. Greg built cabinets, a folding table and came up with a cool drying rack for the wall. I seem to be spending a lot of time in this room lately, with a baby and all. Makes washing all the dirty clothes and diapers so much better.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGOXiRmQgwtAKymhLVevW8ntRkHECW0KSr3bZleJ8Gx-NxoBRfn2KYroGIWBJkeAo-gJWpF-GT9kQ1KsMRcxDG0jvGylGZO57Ad-YxW7cZKzvMOO5a37T67gl8xJ47SDAvt1lc6wc3piy/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548612766337916258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGOXiRmQgwtAKymhLVevW8ntRkHECW0KSr3bZleJ8Gx-NxoBRfn2KYroGIWBJkeAo-gJWpF-GT9kQ1KsMRcxDG0jvGylGZO57Ad-YxW7cZKzvMOO5a37T67gl8xJ47SDAvt1lc6wc3piy/s400/037.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6qtkKT0CpIdayLZ_vYjHR2eDVtigd46O5-Lql60MqXN5yExq8NYevwMMpCshKk3OFlmhKp6VerxDJRPrEnYI331vanOpL1tdFwfhrCfJVPyt9oHw9sb95EEYYa6lOIMAYRXig4jwT7pL/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548606961952991730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6qtkKT0CpIdayLZ_vYjHR2eDVtigd46O5-Lql60MqXN5yExq8NYevwMMpCshKk3OFlmhKp6VerxDJRPrEnYI331vanOpL1tdFwfhrCfJVPyt9oHw9sb95EEYYa6lOIMAYRXig4jwT7pL/s400/021.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf64S_bG7jkPcBFrIwtGtVVy2mqGHKYkPFUtj6Qk_xl8I730TOjalyevCXf076KNmrOxLFxIblSkyGMq1i9xpiv2lzoFx5qk45e9MsM9iwoD4irQo2S7GXuutqUaDOGbplVvC6dkLGYCsx/s1600/029+%25282%2529.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmNebxiT3Ci-_rLjwid8hjIC0U-kkUBh43v-_wpnihXQfrf_7qBJK6B6GUGDeJBTQm8HeQodnZVvePpo80bpiO0YJr1ksP-iNHj2BB5huO2D4XIct-7t9_xjx2cD8DYz0vGJtez8OegUZ/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548610255856543394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmNebxiT3Ci-_rLjwid8hjIC0U-kkUBh43v-_wpnihXQfrf_7qBJK6B6GUGDeJBTQm8HeQodnZVvePpo80bpiO0YJr1ksP-iNHj2BB5huO2D4XIct-7t9_xjx2cD8DYz0vGJtez8OegUZ/s400/013.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVVm0IZlJJEAn9W9n-cGvZBL_JK5CGp1CKtj0ridw7R-0EuSzz0fzDRFHZ2rvSUI5-ORgzZVpGIR8MHx_m0oYsTMHURAgnhwPQoJ7BOlGj9sqSB5i9c8baHc0tapDA-LD-z-Y6UTgyGpK/s1600/012.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw782A_C4r2kVhGKBWKR1Cpo3HRnwMmyPUAfZpnecfCe6_tMddnI5Y9fX2S30TKzflefqGNrZLVkVoIfgoLyloRQXZTx28vxl0t4dSdd2mbvRh2cLJFCi33TJ8CwNi_WbWI27gXUxR01Qo/s1600/029+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548607285175893554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw782A_C4r2kVhGKBWKR1Cpo3HRnwMmyPUAfZpnecfCe6_tMddnI5Y9fX2S30TKzflefqGNrZLVkVoIfgoLyloRQXZTx28vxl0t4dSdd2mbvRh2cLJFCi33TJ8CwNi_WbWI27gXUxR01Qo/s400/029+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">In other exciting news, all 3 of our happy chickens are laying eggs now. They love running free in the backyard (we have grass now) and we really have enjoyed sitting on the screened porch watching them</span>. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuAeyYTt7fFdIxzB2k5kPA8sdNWVmBcwClunqi3SyJjd0p7NTgjx_JAzU5vXRC_h-e3EVie5oK_aSVm7pxckt1w_IhP0pc6ZPXi5YxsmrR15Y43mhWyb_5Ishw3143Zoue3ega7PVPBoy/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548614770285334770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuAeyYTt7fFdIxzB2k5kPA8sdNWVmBcwClunqi3SyJjd0p7NTgjx_JAzU5vXRC_h-e3EVie5oK_aSVm7pxckt1w_IhP0pc6ZPXi5YxsmrR15Y43mhWyb_5Ishw3143Zoue3ega7PVPBoy/s400/012.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmxk-qkspAgW7xjE1KTxUNL5E_r6hBD50ekQGXM3TXGWL1eLyu2FbdIDPG9KQJgTuymHWI7irNmd8FHOCMqmUA9YOTvbJTf4EgjPLY7fnzwOVDfGH1c4Qu46YYrYcMY7RdT3lDL74sD84/s1600/013+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548614774018532418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmxk-qkspAgW7xjE1KTxUNL5E_r6hBD50ekQGXM3TXGWL1eLyu2FbdIDPG9KQJgTuymHWI7irNmd8FHOCMqmUA9YOTvbJTf4EgjPLY7fnzwOVDfGH1c4Qu46YYrYcMY7RdT3lDL74sD84/s400/013+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">And finally, we got the top put on the rain barrel. Here's a picture of it all finished and full of water. We even decorated it with Christmas lights. </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2StdFmKBthy2D3RzOZ5Q-13Vys83qxUszgWjgx32frVBEIIJzVBwGmTXCkOGFqZncemOFZqkKNWm-QrzgDnMQ1FCoudoNU2lbmfshEc6x860u0bxo0W9gEyGWgruWN2UTd4tu0WkAT65/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548620939291753778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2StdFmKBthy2D3RzOZ5Q-13Vys83qxUszgWjgx32frVBEIIJzVBwGmTXCkOGFqZncemOFZqkKNWm-QrzgDnMQ1FCoudoNU2lbmfshEc6x860u0bxo0W9gEyGWgruWN2UTd4tu0WkAT65/s400/032.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">We probably won't be doing much more around here until after the holidays, so this will most likely be my last post of 2010. It's been a very productive and exciting year for us and I really look forward to all that 2011 has to bring. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Wishing you all a very merry christmas and a Happy New Year!</span></em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-9310057973168660612010-10-05T09:40:00.019-04:002010-11-14T17:05:12.214-05:00Let it Rain<span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;">One thing we learned during this record breaking hot summer was that we used a lot of water for landscaping. Although we chose many drought resistant plants, our water usage was still pretty high. So, in an effort to conserve water and save money, we decided to put in gutters and collect our rain water. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYL6XkzVRKixcxQ1zjwpqsu_I2qFBGgvLTFmP78hDxuRENVpkarPdWfwuPNchtA702588VLDvmEidFtjSd8MNroSICzCbh2YmLTQD_Dl9QoftjS4jMy46-iX5uu5SN7d9c2whSH_wnkQu/s1600/015+(2).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524792642532673746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYL6XkzVRKixcxQ1zjwpqsu_I2qFBGgvLTFmP78hDxuRENVpkarPdWfwuPNchtA702588VLDvmEidFtjSd8MNroSICzCbh2YmLTQD_Dl9QoftjS4jMy46-iX5uu5SN7d9c2whSH_wnkQu/s320/015+(2).JPG" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrNTUoJCOrzcAKauZnrKFbc0nENypcHCLeL_dLDoGsWYyscwvdZOlda2qmqxhe0sMesPrgCVI6UIFaMOJYaO_3MRMfPabaGBC0WkPneHtOruUHurdkpvoKOc2EEvW67iVU2nQNgrhBc3c/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524792647777135698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrNTUoJCOrzcAKauZnrKFbc0nENypcHCLeL_dLDoGsWYyscwvdZOlda2qmqxhe0sMesPrgCVI6UIFaMOJYaO_3MRMfPabaGBC0WkPneHtOruUHurdkpvoKOc2EEvW67iVU2nQNgrhBc3c/s320/027.JPG" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Greg decided he would build our rain barrel. We bought a 305 gallon plastic water tank from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Agri</span>-Supply. Using some rough-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">sawn</span> treated lumber from his dad's sawmill, he built a wooden surround and conical top. He then used some steel strapping to cinch the cylinder of boards securely together. The tank is equipped with an overflow pipe that is connected to the underground drain pipe, and has a garden hose connection with a valve at the bottom of the tank. Greg's brother Keith, an engineer in Raleigh, designed and sized all the tank plumbing. Keith also computed all the angles necessary to build the cylindrical tank and the conical top. Our friend and metal-worker, Christian <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nonino</span>, and crew plumbed the gutter downspout to the tank. All that remains to be done is making a metal "topper" for the tank.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rYUkzsisR_5U6rN9izW_ZGUoJwJA0A_aM1xXfdrqUmPoADiVyEsq7SdnNmxgTfV7DRiBgmbJawLlOz4zk4F-NcbrzCq0-fsRecaZdw6UA1a6TchvuIcI6EBWK8KpWTyjeLelkBEZZF4I/s1600/005+(2).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524792661314663746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rYUkzsisR_5U6rN9izW_ZGUoJwJA0A_aM1xXfdrqUmPoADiVyEsq7SdnNmxgTfV7DRiBgmbJawLlOz4zk4F-NcbrzCq0-fsRecaZdw6UA1a6TchvuIcI6EBWK8KpWTyjeLelkBEZZF4I/s320/005+(2).JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMq9E_y-8qELxDOD-aEwcRGkdMTbjg2Ag6dmjq9g7666zMYwp5zL0q_lpoceLjJdma52_NnXWORnRU1FIjXkPbuOIwPLQFF8nP2f3QkrWlifb8DgdZn1vh_Q4eMaYfd6lAKCYORw2xH58/s1600/003+(2).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524792653695291826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMq9E_y-8qELxDOD-aEwcRGkdMTbjg2Ag6dmjq9g7666zMYwp5zL0q_lpoceLjJdma52_NnXWORnRU1FIjXkPbuOIwPLQFF8nP2f3QkrWlifb8DgdZn1vh_Q4eMaYfd6lAKCYORw2xH58/s320/003+(2).JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX1Gcv3v4NwmWJoX6UkXBrdV46R02a6khQuAUMN7kASDSYpV39bEOUXYjgQHvdo5ebadQRG-iJedq2mq3yKxz3BY2NWGzBONYWg6lXSSUjIPBOLr2hbWeGjzPP0_kR2dS-PWISybHzavx/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524797184748235282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX1Gcv3v4NwmWJoX6UkXBrdV46R02a6khQuAUMN7kASDSYpV39bEOUXYjgQHvdo5ebadQRG-iJedq2mq3yKxz3BY2NWGzBONYWg6lXSSUjIPBOLr2hbWeGjzPP0_kR2dS-PWISybHzavx/s320/019.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq03gBGRwpxAKabJivjLWc2VDIS7udoGqt9EKNfproOvjUwjwT2MFZL2-5IQ_UXY6F4T2DgIpEttEsl6IjC8S6-EHGuWLU7tRPms_Mpdr35qCswFNaiODFwVrbdY2RM4THmm44MtC68Ddj/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524797192996719186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq03gBGRwpxAKabJivjLWc2VDIS7udoGqt9EKNfproOvjUwjwT2MFZL2-5IQ_UXY6F4T2DgIpEttEsl6IjC8S6-EHGuWLU7tRPms_Mpdr35qCswFNaiODFwVrbdY2RM4THmm44MtC68Ddj/s320/015.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpUY9fci_IearGP23J9mkBKQJOuWUQH9POvgNKlPr9tkwUcb-SMUciMrwpoNwIktc9n5kcbfdfybcgp8Il3_lMsomIo8KdQUd38KVZzkJAk7KYXTnZISz-_ogmAdFETla8aOvF-3kuhGt/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524797189094877394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpUY9fci_IearGP23J9mkBKQJOuWUQH9POvgNKlPr9tkwUcb-SMUciMrwpoNwIktc9n5kcbfdfybcgp8Il3_lMsomIo8KdQUd38KVZzkJAk7KYXTnZISz-_ogmAdFETla8aOvF-3kuhGt/s320/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">The other day, someone drove by our house on a bicycle and shouted out that the water barrel reminded them of "Petticoat Junction". We had no idea what he meant, but after googling it and watching the intro to the 1960's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">TV</span> show, we sorta get it. Pretty funny actually.</span><br /></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAksyiSPm5s?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAksyiSPm5s?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-57299543878599780742010-08-23T16:05:00.013-04:002010-08-24T11:28:30.009-04:00sum-sum summertime<span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am embarrassed by how long it has been since I posted on this blog. This has really been a busy, busy past few months...but the doors are all in, the chicks are lovin' the new fancy coop, Greg's been touring all over the US since <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chatham-county-line/id4527443"><span style="color:#3366ff;">CCL's</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#660000;">new record</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#660000;">was released AND we are expecting a baby in a few days.</span> <span style="color:#660000;"><em>whew. </em>I had good reason to be so slack.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Here are a few photos I did take this summer around the house. We planted a front yard garden and the watermelons have gone crazy. Luckily, the chickens LOVE them too. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pCIWkNzw90zH_7KNbi8lZrqBwegzJ7nYw0leULgNWdTIrSZqaZxg4T-u-OaxuYJpA5l1NDZtQTCVptdg-w6o_0oEB5tScM8f4oPUNvTGVFotVrJYg2t7UsYM1W3B_CI4xINub7XmNsIF/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508838840434523762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pCIWkNzw90zH_7KNbi8lZrqBwegzJ7nYw0leULgNWdTIrSZqaZxg4T-u-OaxuYJpA5l1NDZtQTCVptdg-w6o_0oEB5tScM8f4oPUNvTGVFotVrJYg2t7UsYM1W3B_CI4xINub7XmNsIF/s320/008.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddxRrfR4wa9vTfVjsv1OPy0EGrZCQQdUH_6Sy-2JPHM041T1hTVS-PNGwk3zD7VfuS1T_8Mv_VW6iMVJhXcgSNS4FmUOTArCDM-FO6xuR2K09CjP61MiSbUYv02RKhyphenhyphenOLSPOkIZfC-ket/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508833896434767538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddxRrfR4wa9vTfVjsv1OPy0EGrZCQQdUH_6Sy-2JPHM041T1hTVS-PNGwk3zD7VfuS1T_8Mv_VW6iMVJhXcgSNS4FmUOTArCDM-FO6xuR2K09CjP61MiSbUYv02RKhyphenhyphenOLSPOkIZfC-ket/s320/014.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ6JgikMPWcSEHYumWRj3eVtlfZav9ciWtUkGuUL4GGDFPGhEUc05AYnqnNrEja6AOL7r0pXsa8DMD6czGAe-mKpqSaVLBy5NQ9qgdaXz48cjP0LdUcRm-Vgbz2Exx-nVEUGddUvJBKlK/s1600/100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508833886098833314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ6JgikMPWcSEHYumWRj3eVtlfZav9ciWtUkGuUL4GGDFPGhEUc05AYnqnNrEja6AOL7r0pXsa8DMD6czGAe-mKpqSaVLBy5NQ9qgdaXz48cjP0LdUcRm-Vgbz2Exx-nVEUGddUvJBKlK/s320/100.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The nursery...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr_yM0FbtYxaOpGhg3BdyR3bkZeReA-GtY3NPkGYI9iRgYAcBeylNQRFXB7RClRULKgJ5nVXVNTkS1SCNG33vNmv_x5_fJaBo1zxuFAo8gp7h-tufA17XnOwsG3kFBWUMU8h4Aw-YxwAb/s1600/111.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508831213993970210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr_yM0FbtYxaOpGhg3BdyR3bkZeReA-GtY3NPkGYI9iRgYAcBeylNQRFXB7RClRULKgJ5nVXVNTkS1SCNG33vNmv_x5_fJaBo1zxuFAo8gp7h-tufA17XnOwsG3kFBWUMU8h4Aw-YxwAb/s320/111.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HNluotii6tTD7A6CJVkS44SGQ4CrdBMkK8wMAc5yGbAar1B8jPFeY1CJ28DVyLy2PkbbrLxIpxiDQS_pElbw8wMzGu-mrqRqm9e1RdfIRgiXKq1vlzfqg8FColvyr1UHnCAEyjsXwA6s/s1600/041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508831223139440882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HNluotii6tTD7A6CJVkS44SGQ4CrdBMkK8wMAc5yGbAar1B8jPFeY1CJ28DVyLy2PkbbrLxIpxiDQS_pElbw8wMzGu-mrqRqm9e1RdfIRgiXKq1vlzfqg8FColvyr1UHnCAEyjsXwA6s/s320/041.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The finished doors...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbWNQUeeyXX2IV77z-hlYN0E7BXpOiscAEt5n1PXDmDC4D0AGI0H3V42lO2csbhFytsDKl1VUyyvsl43OrDbaaujNuTu0U5QI7ZPtv8NN5-QYJ5eiE3Mi7HOSAQn_io3RFZxtaplKBvOj/s1600/070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508833908234381938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbWNQUeeyXX2IV77z-hlYN0E7BXpOiscAEt5n1PXDmDC4D0AGI0H3V42lO2csbhFytsDKl1VUyyvsl43OrDbaaujNuTu0U5QI7ZPtv8NN5-QYJ5eiE3Mi7HOSAQn_io3RFZxtaplKBvOj/s320/070.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWJz90bHtf2c1XJXb9vXOaXlb1eU6-bJeDTkstozWldszhKKWRXKus3J0LSSBT_TkZxNgKx3bT2l4XVFe6HJtVj1nXC0eFTmZvuJR_hftN9aJ6-U-rke4mereyRjvt5xLqqVJUICLI8C8/s1600/093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508833902462511074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWJz90bHtf2c1XJXb9vXOaXlb1eU6-bJeDTkstozWldszhKKWRXKus3J0LSSBT_TkZxNgKx3bT2l4XVFe6HJtVj1nXC0eFTmZvuJR_hftN9aJ6-U-rke4mereyRjvt5xLqqVJUICLI8C8/s320/093.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehtfjOcsLAf9cYbcMBPeXQhlAYleJKhnlnJvyxPTarurNroqwsPh40ckNUuq-M_am6bbU_pfciLXhTEmYhlmDuDLOGOpwZcf-lWAzpUgIhLaFUrG4LbOsNh9BX8WyVwoFPqtkGDnW_nPw/s1600/067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508833916614148498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehtfjOcsLAf9cYbcMBPeXQhlAYleJKhnlnJvyxPTarurNroqwsPh40ckNUuq-M_am6bbU_pfciLXhTEmYhlmDuDLOGOpwZcf-lWAzpUgIhLaFUrG4LbOsNh9BX8WyVwoFPqtkGDnW_nPw/s320/067.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The lovely ladies...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWl94jEOVVClBhd8pEHESEkeXj3W8xTZXm9QuQlvNmGnfkuuhHx6q0yqPa5k7Wr-VhQTKdzCxgs_VH7JW62tcK3zwZAUopbmb6FGareP949ffJALxK_iYZ7eT_gAJmVRtWDJAvNs7iAAfe/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508831231086748898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWl94jEOVVClBhd8pEHESEkeXj3W8xTZXm9QuQlvNmGnfkuuhHx6q0yqPa5k7Wr-VhQTKdzCxgs_VH7JW62tcK3zwZAUopbmb6FGareP949ffJALxK_iYZ7eT_gAJmVRtWDJAvNs7iAAfe/s320/029.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg5_9rtt6r7QVHVatzoNHL6gOtH2-FLzOr5eJJBWFDFuZ2i8dT1V4owJ_576YmA7oeIkHRj44fPz2KHhEcLYMX53jr2RV5SDPYKxFyWMzDnxLHqtYghIijPws7WEGszMdQygW-ou3LoQK/s1600/033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508831226708994722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg5_9rtt6r7QVHVatzoNHL6gOtH2-FLzOr5eJJBWFDFuZ2i8dT1V4owJ_576YmA7oeIkHRj44fPz2KHhEcLYMX53jr2RV5SDPYKxFyWMzDnxLHqtYghIijPws7WEGszMdQygW-ou3LoQK/s320/033.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Penelope</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqLmmpoO1-NrddRK6ON7PUh4ErGy9_Utle1koR5S3JvngwY4axVi_t0qLvIpuJeYR3KqPFVbDL8Jk9cohrYWVr2i2cW-bE6IAOlmGwBLLrQktu2QrxjygKRYT4TzVXXqoRK-WcHnF3ZeY/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508831242287746226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqLmmpoO1-NrddRK6ON7PUh4ErGy9_Utle1koR5S3JvngwY4axVi_t0qLvIpuJeYR3KqPFVbDL8Jk9cohrYWVr2i2cW-bE6IAOlmGwBLLrQktu2QrxjygKRYT4TzVXXqoRK-WcHnF3ZeY/s320/017.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Lulu loves to get on the hammock with G</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7bMMJT2yeE0nXDWiM6Msfqb2rlmQe-oHisJpmtG_FDEmjFxTyqQhCLuJrSAf96hhapBs8rFR_hyBi1AgUWAF7F413_n2l2K_5CMf_CkkcKHnn74ibcZi7NxGzSQ69rhfidcnIqP6eiNP/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508840465339341442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7bMMJT2yeE0nXDWiM6Msfqb2rlmQe-oHisJpmtG_FDEmjFxTyqQhCLuJrSAf96hhapBs8rFR_hyBi1AgUWAF7F413_n2l2K_5CMf_CkkcKHnn74ibcZi7NxGzSQ69rhfidcnIqP6eiNP/s320/024.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Still no eggs, but we expect them any day now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">So, there really isn't a whole lot of house stuff left to do around here now. Sure, we need some furniture- and Greg is really looking forward to building that this fall. I found this <a href="http://www.thosmoser.com/image.php?file_id=12930"><span style="color:#3333ff;">bedroom set</span></a> I really love, so Greg is going to try to replicate it for us. We are also going to try to plant grass and landscape out back. Our poor backyard is such a dustbowl. </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">This has been one hot North Carolina summer and I am looking forward to it coming to an end.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">And a final shot of the guys playing locally the day the record was released...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSP4it4uTvqc3nRd6QrDDsEmtyAzMCcxnuPA7KjOphUi8iZchix81ktdPfo355eUSi9-soC07GsmNaQbgEqXcFVc-NyKIuISzEV_ryJS2JR8XrHAZ-G3Hx8exbxQNMuKMiOvLbbCBxeRf/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 303px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508840456290654370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSP4it4uTvqc3nRd6QrDDsEmtyAzMCcxnuPA7KjOphUi8iZchix81ktdPfo355eUSi9-soC07GsmNaQbgEqXcFVc-NyKIuISzEV_ryJS2JR8XrHAZ-G3Hx8exbxQNMuKMiOvLbbCBxeRf/s320/027.JPG" /></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-83701545282997226892010-05-09T22:05:00.007-04:002010-05-09T22:59:47.646-04:00The doors!<div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Although we've been living in our house since last August, we've been doing so without any interior doors. I admit it, it was weird at first, but I've actually gotten used to using curtains as a temporary solution. Our house guests might not feel the same though, so I am excited to say that we will actually have real wood doors in place by the end of this week!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Greg built all 11 from poplar. They are based on the classic 5 panel style of the early 1900's. He primed them and is in the process of fitting and installing the hardware. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoplbQdOvDSg1W4emuZffQ70ZLZ18Hkk8FFjopZcoZolUlqDiHW29IQJVKSc8-jMjh5MYMYtR22yfTeRq9xpz1Na9LsKaQqgrjJPh1bIUjAeGwPbWTuyI52tm42ltgdqmekPIRBxo30ehG/s1600/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469459595172513874" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoplbQdOvDSg1W4emuZffQ70ZLZ18Hkk8FFjopZcoZolUlqDiHW29IQJVKSc8-jMjh5MYMYtR22yfTeRq9xpz1Na9LsKaQqgrjJPh1bIUjAeGwPbWTuyI52tm42ltgdqmekPIRBxo30ehG/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97Bh-q4oKMBNT2MDsubEV0qDUSx1bbi92tPGnbavBTZdMC7mLJxrSqG6we8WYN7zSepgDg0L3ViNujTTCqaDrBcZin811eeqvc-cbQdrqKEw7ZSSzbWODHCDq_Cqe46n7_qt2YmKM29Yd/s1600/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469459053899680482" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97Bh-q4oKMBNT2MDsubEV0qDUSx1bbi92tPGnbavBTZdMC7mLJxrSqG6we8WYN7zSepgDg0L3ViNujTTCqaDrBcZin811eeqvc-cbQdrqKEw7ZSSzbWODHCDq_Cqe46n7_qt2YmKM29Yd/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsx3Y9MAQwR-N25TJVEn14vt9Atu4qfuGelshQBVXAql6dFvJxwXNlOxhpRNjnSzD1oEzlhUm6BTX6qPbePno1KTAl0bUb812hDCK4HuWz-w_G3qFDTMzqIAFn_8OMdKkYNPe5498Vp2Y/s1600/011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469459037613872674" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsx3Y9MAQwR-N25TJVEn14vt9Atu4qfuGelshQBVXAql6dFvJxwXNlOxhpRNjnSzD1oEzlhUm6BTX6qPbePno1KTAl0bUb812hDCK4HuWz-w_G3qFDTMzqIAFn_8OMdKkYNPe5498Vp2Y/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKZveUUtqTYmYM2FQ1Uo0jqT4HYP5bcDV4LhzFVkgMZHhSFMAEfrsSyJzs8Bo_n-BfYS8QhGVLzsmKLeZt62GE0Mvmf6odD_jLzy9X3mbF_4s3nwrJTPi9jhyphenhyphenI-I0ZqQIScWASx5NulwL/s1600/054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469459035008478706" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKZveUUtqTYmYM2FQ1Uo0jqT4HYP5bcDV4LhzFVkgMZHhSFMAEfrsSyJzs8Bo_n-BfYS8QhGVLzsmKLeZt62GE0Mvmf6odD_jLzy9X3mbF_4s3nwrJTPi9jhyphenhyphenI-I0ZqQIScWASx5NulwL/s400/054.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPS44USd8rMpAYXK6P31EnoaamF-VwVtecg2hyYPZ6J1FTalWgp9zWBpiu1ubwQ0VpPpxT29jTzX0baiOE7EJUNUgeB8UKfFvpQkY2UdzX5LxNgzJ3qjQ4vsnNPUiz527LYlfT3ZR1Lyln/s1600/059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469460366766476914" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPS44USd8rMpAYXK6P31EnoaamF-VwVtecg2hyYPZ6J1FTalWgp9zWBpiu1ubwQ0VpPpxT29jTzX0baiOE7EJUNUgeB8UKfFvpQkY2UdzX5LxNgzJ3qjQ4vsnNPUiz527LYlfT3ZR1Lyln/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The french doors in the music room are also in. Who knew doors could make such a difference???</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOfuscWSCDr8k5kc6Bv46qXSYTjPsex_t2abXh7yShkK7LkV7dC51oBVMoYITFxTfl9nywhmykBrG3WrypcLBXblgS5fSyK4p3BMb5FAQ_vYoY1Fl1GcS8xdh1HVppZ9QkOyAlbd7qT8X/s1600/061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469457569664486818" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOfuscWSCDr8k5kc6Bv46qXSYTjPsex_t2abXh7yShkK7LkV7dC51oBVMoYITFxTfl9nywhmykBrG3WrypcLBXblgS5fSyK4p3BMb5FAQ_vYoY1Fl1GcS8xdh1HVppZ9QkOyAlbd7qT8X/s400/061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-JfvOY2enNUzBvql4gamYtxwlNMKXy_4NxYW5pJHEfUHYQna84pDJHJNfIL299irdjpak-3rhSZdjF7z9wBquKn4aqIssX_Qf_6UWPdR7DSsgt2FUdeVfsGilyR02Eb7iqqsWcLea_XX/s1600/065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469457562196527474" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-JfvOY2enNUzBvql4gamYtxwlNMKXy_4NxYW5pJHEfUHYQna84pDJHJNfIL299irdjpak-3rhSZdjF7z9wBquKn4aqIssX_Qf_6UWPdR7DSsgt2FUdeVfsGilyR02Eb7iqqsWcLea_XX/s400/065.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-23805398720451458222010-04-14T02:28:00.010-04:002010-11-14T14:58:13.422-05:00The Coop!<span style="color:#660000;">All this beautiful spring weather inspired us to finally build our backyard chicken coop. We had lots of leftover materials to work with after building the house, so it was nice to find good use for it. I think Greg had fun building it too- not quite as stressful as building our house. Hope our city chicks like it as much as we do. Almost finished...</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkBwp6Vicqun2KS4iYH27VQsTBSxnrwf_FVfXQbEPqDMR3l7vHoyTLsrRyGnGb00LAKDuxzGAUbPRoSKKb8pfVLv2MRhH0yyD07qWprToAiQ95LhVdu-hWTwTkhm0buU6aEBRKk79ppBy/s1600/chick.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539493815261606770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkBwp6Vicqun2KS4iYH27VQsTBSxnrwf_FVfXQbEPqDMR3l7vHoyTLsrRyGnGb00LAKDuxzGAUbPRoSKKb8pfVLv2MRhH0yyD07qWprToAiQ95LhVdu-hWTwTkhm0buU6aEBRKk79ppBy/s320/chick.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#660000;">just getting started</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUNHza9kT_YDVCbe0SGWfnixYS4bi04oABRDqPVgeC7At3YEg92MC6rN8trVEDy-L1YGt5r7sty9exRqzwwLHvObP3FqRiEWoG7xz5LMB2DtQrk6c8dJvyz9eqY9N5D281OOQSwKJCvph/s1600/chick3"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494479832403970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUNHza9kT_YDVCbe0SGWfnixYS4bi04oABRDqPVgeC7At3YEg92MC6rN8trVEDy-L1YGt5r7sty9exRqzwwLHvObP3FqRiEWoG7xz5LMB2DtQrk6c8dJvyz9eqY9N5D281OOQSwKJCvph/s320/chick3" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_D1GLVASUl2XQyRQAcOv8aDOCUL-VIOpYDyubtljnkLXqWCbcxsfNLpstwEgxW7Ce8EULoi8_BB0ANw479crjr0Kd0Ef0xQ8hxzdVmNQxt8UntgOlxEwfRICfoZgYEB6n6ktlfemXGOm/s1600/chick2"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494477958026306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_D1GLVASUl2XQyRQAcOv8aDOCUL-VIOpYDyubtljnkLXqWCbcxsfNLpstwEgxW7Ce8EULoi8_BB0ANw479crjr0Kd0Ef0xQ8hxzdVmNQxt8UntgOlxEwfRICfoZgYEB6n6ktlfemXGOm/s320/chick2" /></a><br /><span style="color:#660000;">already thinking about clean up</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukuwPGAD5ay-YSqWWsBD6TEEYJGG7w5wkYy_0tpDg25Z0gyTv4n1MldE2MP1sDUHOcsRW-OULADX5THRlAISYKCxE9XZpgcy_vhPPjN-Ehm1jNDZInzjVq4gsXgAw4gQu-7IZ-sqoQmPZ/s1600/chick6"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494137119019122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukuwPGAD5ay-YSqWWsBD6TEEYJGG7w5wkYy_0tpDg25Z0gyTv4n1MldE2MP1sDUHOcsRW-OULADX5THRlAISYKCxE9XZpgcy_vhPPjN-Ehm1jNDZInzjVq4gsXgAw4gQu-7IZ-sqoQmPZ/s320/chick6" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpUu8YTzXtaCtrZDJ07a2fkgbLKznDHMpFfEAdKoTWbEmkjBlJTkTojItpI60YEdt-721rfCkNPr2DAU_WFhwHAG5TaXBMBrhQLUMCVLsBkMD7-ODDETSM8q9AbS9gtGMgZvG1qNbUel-/s1600/chick4"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494473112470850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpUu8YTzXtaCtrZDJ07a2fkgbLKznDHMpFfEAdKoTWbEmkjBlJTkTojItpI60YEdt-721rfCkNPr2DAU_WFhwHAG5TaXBMBrhQLUMCVLsBkMD7-ODDETSM8q9AbS9gtGMgZvG1qNbUel-/s320/chick4" /></a><br /><span style="color:#660000;">where we will collect eggs</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2lHRwOPHCPnpGFGz28WeTyhnnnWUKGokX291rQj5gWpP7iRAQHtNqHfpY8z25QWewA4fHyh2j8igkudmuG_c4mqD9eP0jBifkfxaUpeqEaHf5ddgEpKBM1C1Bmt9Ipnlq7Ikh14YvbTi/s1600/chick5"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494139400959490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2lHRwOPHCPnpGFGz28WeTyhnnnWUKGokX291rQj5gWpP7iRAQHtNqHfpY8z25QWewA4fHyh2j8igkudmuG_c4mqD9eP0jBifkfxaUpeqEaHf5ddgEpKBM1C1Bmt9Ipnlq7Ikh14YvbTi/s320/chick5" /></a><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighm_mydQ-w5iCL17aynGLY1Q5zKxV6k90_XT84gzR52NmujXkAoMtgf-wzqwp5E6-naq8Ean1IqfK9WNGIxmZQPBCl584Ehs-xTgaMyjOWQaPA3GTnjYuZ_QZxmoFC_zA6ItfSkSCBniY/s1600/chick8"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539494140827852738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighm_mydQ-w5iCL17aynGLY1Q5zKxV6k90_XT84gzR52NmujXkAoMtgf-wzqwp5E6-naq8Ean1IqfK9WNGIxmZQPBCl584Ehs-xTgaMyjOWQaPA3GTnjYuZ_QZxmoFC_zA6ItfSkSCBniY/s320/chick8" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-29899048176398185252010-03-24T17:26:00.006-04:002010-03-28T16:39:40.641-04:00Spring is here!<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">75 degrees and sunny today! I really hope we have seen the end of this dreary, cold and never-ending winter.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lruX69oVUPlnD63OQmFQIqCOXhKiZTm94_ERj_OwxN_6kHqRGprfVwo4DbKKMgh8FJtxs2kSTo5AP8bknYNrpjozmL3xCKLXUERNReT89U9LugnZLfUvX7CHDGbV59vO3gTlEthKa_K2/s1600/030.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTrxZHChNkq0ot929UyGb0kdoPrgBgD1vHLuWF28FR8Y0MIZE2C55CYqKKB7UQ3PeAm3Xpw59c9IevXfIG0BNy5I_BxpPSVnnAgTM7AaWn079iOa9JSJ4lCO9GvuuccX0Edr5dA3NV7gT/s1600/020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453784498868538274" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTrxZHChNkq0ot929UyGb0kdoPrgBgD1vHLuWF28FR8Y0MIZE2C55CYqKKB7UQ3PeAm3Xpw59c9IevXfIG0BNy5I_BxpPSVnnAgTM7AaWn079iOa9JSJ4lCO9GvuuccX0Edr5dA3NV7gT/s400/020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;">These are tulips that Greg brought back from Holland last year. I planted them way back in </span><span style="font-size:130%;">November and they just popped up. I hope they last long enough for G to see when he gets home next week. </span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6hJcmNPNaAUMrQnJKYdrj5yjaUE4AKScmBvGuRWbpnx-GZOLCNG4FQPum7ZGtjRbseNkqrGk_-N-u2DNqkH72HKdtOM5lu-HfD8MJueCkWB5FitT0nQnb-8hryIMw_hOoj_goE0phgYB/s1600/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452316271868721346" style="WIDTH: 370px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6hJcmNPNaAUMrQnJKYdrj5yjaUE4AKScmBvGuRWbpnx-GZOLCNG4FQPum7ZGtjRbseNkqrGk_-N-u2DNqkH72HKdtOM5lu-HfD8MJueCkWB5FitT0nQnb-8hryIMw_hOoj_goE0phgYB/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">Our peach tree is blooming too- thanks Kyra and Chandler! </span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-44956097950648784582010-03-03T00:51:00.013-05:002010-03-28T11:02:35.448-04:00Random stuff<span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Walk-in closets are finished! We have been living out of boxes since August and since closets were low on our priority list it took until now to finish them up. I think Greg was getting pretty tired of my stuff lying everywhere. So, time to get organized. It's going to actually be fun with all this room. Here's my fancy closet... </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajhFuAA-ke7aszmckt64SoSNhyphenhyphen0DAk5g2ADCfEQpO_q624FLNnJjxIDk8V8AEYE8stMrqrL3L_H1Yu_fOxRhza5Qgeb1ceKLCKzB0llWzQNBgEiCMDr3s7SqWlxGNvl6n8zq73XHNuY62/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444465808257787650" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajhFuAA-ke7aszmckt64SoSNhyphenhyphen0DAk5g2ADCfEQpO_q624FLNnJjxIDk8V8AEYE8stMrqrL3L_H1Yu_fOxRhza5Qgeb1ceKLCKzB0llWzQNBgEiCMDr3s7SqWlxGNvl6n8zq73XHNuY62/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTile2mVYsmp2Bwt9DCBDULC6L8SRacmWZ9GCoHgMGorpD_kyMMQrPL1ZNRE7a2UknSyJkExWrFSg49mbb_rekEW9G6gX9f5piyTj44_Z8DaNIWnwKXNr_j6We4Uv7VYNyK-30EGqHlHI/s1600-h/026.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4I_x9BYIw3jCQT9BluOM8XOqesBmNf7QwJnv0kuYjXRpo-Opa2uFS3mMqX5PrugeGSPg0m6yatrnxJir0gv_urwc7IZdoqXmRCTPaeJFto8tw-4gCZt6rpHxT_zKfcngDaFFRoEMX1Or/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444289975660801778" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4I_x9BYIw3jCQT9BluOM8XOqesBmNf7QwJnv0kuYjXRpo-Opa2uFS3mMqX5PrugeGSPg0m6yatrnxJir0gv_urwc7IZdoqXmRCTPaeJFto8tw-4gCZt6rpHxT_zKfcngDaFFRoEMX1Or/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">With our house contest prize money, we went ahead and ordered blinds for the entire house. We ended up getting the bottom-up/ top-down cellular shades and LOVE them. They let in just enough light too and don't cover up the trim. I'm sure the neighbors will miss watching Greg play the Wii though.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8aOWH4MajG2RUHuTkAUCikWbHxx4ozw9psVHHYxFtTe-f844-90GrDUkftX20hBfkPOjNkP54mdydbG-jtMdCD0_Eem3kz6ETv1go-ocWqSqqE3IDWHA5q7lGnPgeX6m7WF_oPIrQdqJ/s1600-h/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444291611611209682" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8aOWH4MajG2RUHuTkAUCikWbHxx4ozw9psVHHYxFtTe-f844-90GrDUkftX20hBfkPOjNkP54mdydbG-jtMdCD0_Eem3kz6ETv1go-ocWqSqqE3IDWHA5q7lGnPgeX6m7WF_oPIrQdqJ/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPl1VClbOvfxz44TOcmtlRnRYYXvKOXU-c0Bf98clSw-UCsmmD3nWkNvn0z88iQeAZsLys-_MrMtA7c_M7yA_zFMK6OYdosbL6uX-qfbZHRUwzpG6peYL3qYFHQs_9r8vqvdHEXnV1rsy/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444461708634320162" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPl1VClbOvfxz44TOcmtlRnRYYXvKOXU-c0Bf98clSw-UCsmmD3nWkNvn0z88iQeAZsLys-_MrMtA7c_M7yA_zFMK6OYdosbL6uX-qfbZHRUwzpG6peYL3qYFHQs_9r8vqvdHEXnV1rsy/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Here are a couple shots of our built-in desk off of the kitchen. We are now on the hunt for the perfect desk chair. Greg's also making some kind of cabinet on casters to hide the printer and cords.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SxpEBG_L9uLESvN8MUslalI3Nh2BIa_l9SK7vMtFkN0mHteSAQIi8zdVP9vT_VL97uUFhtpCDNdy24ECRh_xZS4KgPO59QUazBRuQVGP-xzz_PVaWCgCLy7D6xcr9d9YNusb1awuAEr7/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444289980697022034" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SxpEBG_L9uLESvN8MUslalI3Nh2BIa_l9SK7vMtFkN0mHteSAQIi8zdVP9vT_VL97uUFhtpCDNdy24ECRh_xZS4KgPO59QUazBRuQVGP-xzz_PVaWCgCLy7D6xcr9d9YNusb1awuAEr7/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3AxXiiam3ATOuxXz7mn5eGQJ2I6xEbVjLowE7tnBk-ZLq3ZMotVltp-coGLuz8OBOTVxnbertfb1yZsotgRCeJvjv5OYQhZjF7UIgCseSUmNafqbbo8VQ5WGydB1BdaWZZP1QgXKmH73/s1600-h/031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444289991920359602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3AxXiiam3ATOuxXz7mn5eGQJ2I6xEbVjLowE7tnBk-ZLq3ZMotVltp-coGLuz8OBOTVxnbertfb1yZsotgRCeJvjv5OYQhZjF7UIgCseSUmNafqbbo8VQ5WGydB1BdaWZZP1QgXKmH73/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">G also built a very Scandinavian-looking cabinet to house all the TV stuff. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LwQeLgi-ywBCojkOtjmy7feW4oB28RYSlFhaXI9D4xOai5RJmf-ZmEJTGrtYXsTavy9KLFxZi3ICcEw7Dgxh0pVfCXf0VNCKbKL2mx8hyphenhyphentNfnbnFOQdxGJQmCChelSbZd-xuPJsEtiqy/s1600-h/002+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444284385202418258" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LwQeLgi-ywBCojkOtjmy7feW4oB28RYSlFhaXI9D4xOai5RJmf-ZmEJTGrtYXsTavy9KLFxZi3ICcEw7Dgxh0pVfCXf0VNCKbKL2mx8hyphenhyphentNfnbnFOQdxGJQmCChelSbZd-xuPJsEtiqy/s400/002+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Dqu4J6fMJmWXajRqcNdMDWfvydy5LxTwKUO3FNU3gLPSaHnRa_r79t6yylqRvQIUqZN7TsUKQwGkyCNVXcf-fREBCCLt4J4-Hi6IrwSqRH1R_sec4UEeAJ6_9kjUKilNh6Kq21egGj4/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444284402521532258" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Dqu4J6fMJmWXajRqcNdMDWfvydy5LxTwKUO3FNU3gLPSaHnRa_r79t6yylqRvQIUqZN7TsUKQwGkyCNVXcf-fREBCCLt4J4-Hi6IrwSqRH1R_sec4UEeAJ6_9kjUKilNh6Kq21egGj4/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">As soon as it gets warmer, door building begins. G's making 11 doors and we just got our hardware in. So pretty...</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVmGeoSop_oERGpWPujG5uM1z_gbjqZJIUZ9uGPNUS6D7BbdY3r_Y2vpE1Sb3jFl_Wor37FK41p_3XHsdhaHoX_cpA8IpVjYTyT3vRtfwSLnJgVl53FynEPAhcWQWLJ2bW0Rt67pKUZew/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444284408132921362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVmGeoSop_oERGpWPujG5uM1z_gbjqZJIUZ9uGPNUS6D7BbdY3r_Y2vpE1Sb3jFl_Wor37FK41p_3XHsdhaHoX_cpA8IpVjYTyT3vRtfwSLnJgVl53FynEPAhcWQWLJ2bW0Rt67pKUZew/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">After my last blog post, something pretty cool happened. Someone in Raleigh stumbled across our blog and contacted us about having Greg build a breakfast nook similar to the one he had just done for us. Here is a picture of it all finished. I think they were happy with it and we met some really nice people along the way. </span></div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosNix1fAeUE2-uB_V7lU2WKX_ZsqXIZ44Is_9fV5RNPgOuRTgt1IOr9VvtAOi4Bt4L51RYECUFKmuHq_JQCGNvQPXlo_HQ22ZIg9g4IKAh2Dr77_xo7k0-sr9kjyCis6CWpJpTo6uHtWg/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444284389458287554" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosNix1fAeUE2-uB_V7lU2WKX_ZsqXIZ44Is_9fV5RNPgOuRTgt1IOr9VvtAOi4Bt4L51RYECUFKmuHq_JQCGNvQPXlo_HQ22ZIg9g4IKAh2Dr77_xo7k0-sr9kjyCis6CWpJpTo6uHtWg/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-26657247257975193382010-01-27T09:45:00.013-05:002010-01-27T13:56:52.549-05:00Building Built-ins<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#336666;">Here are some photos of the</span> <span style="color:#336666;">breakfast </span></span><span style="color:#336666;"><span style="font-size:130%;">nook area that Greg worked on this week. He was on a mission to finish before leaving town this weekend and did it all. Nice work G!</span></span> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsiJ3Um3KZ_-cHuVKbNrEMpHMJH5V6yjJtu7fmQqx6vX3QtWITJv3gq8lvBXlde4di9BxpptpAoIWomlTzBLA_1m5IqmeWmHT-BI83LCsDpnt59yMoJvD7Lar2IoOlXE5yMWq88gHfZpi/s1600-h/006+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431433849969071106" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsiJ3Um3KZ_-cHuVKbNrEMpHMJH5V6yjJtu7fmQqx6vX3QtWITJv3gq8lvBXlde4di9BxpptpAoIWomlTzBLA_1m5IqmeWmHT-BI83LCsDpnt59yMoJvD7Lar2IoOlXE5yMWq88gHfZpi/s400/006+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnrf9n0XvGNlpd0hPzUXEKcxkyA3nEcFRaneTFnvWmtLsaGtae5PtRUvwTXJN2xw-HBVQAa9mqwb5tr7DEeucJxXqvtp1lEY2JD4NlfMcIRzScueE0JzIVJrHIko7KkeWdz3TiztuZJcL/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431433855925056658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnrf9n0XvGNlpd0hPzUXEKcxkyA3nEcFRaneTFnvWmtLsaGtae5PtRUvwTXJN2xw-HBVQAa9mqwb5tr7DEeucJxXqvtp1lEY2JD4NlfMcIRzScueE0JzIVJrHIko7KkeWdz3TiztuZJcL/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAJYr5iyoDmD2XEWWQfqd5olgilCF0r_WTzV8vFjHdmTzZTksE5XPcRlFe-sPFDaDA-oAvBRpqvgSdliYM2XzKfrDm42mRviS8uflizg8FCpxeShbZOS0RB__At8yxitFAcHV1dQREJ6O/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431436063895875810" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAJYr5iyoDmD2XEWWQfqd5olgilCF0r_WTzV8vFjHdmTzZTksE5XPcRlFe-sPFDaDA-oAvBRpqvgSdliYM2XzKfrDm42mRviS8uflizg8FCpxeShbZOS0RB__At8yxitFAcHV1dQREJ6O/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7odKiMP2OU28yZMmTbOqvDwsEVUtBFG3EPWpwDkMC0-iyXwZ_QEDOl3p2598N13GQFsyRO6rcTlheOF0xjivpHVY4S6dKNtOeiDmzIZNJ04z0QPW4eR6gaysZ9em_PWhNvVKe1yyTVhIC/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431433841606746578" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7odKiMP2OU28yZMmTbOqvDwsEVUtBFG3EPWpwDkMC0-iyXwZ_QEDOl3p2598N13GQFsyRO6rcTlheOF0xjivpHVY4S6dKNtOeiDmzIZNJ04z0QPW4eR6gaysZ9em_PWhNvVKe1yyTVhIC/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PX17wMCX4Sw-KXS62vsbXfz1AHL1i2kuu6Y4G0nlLpGj1Ibi6g4bj6TyMREBG_l0cat2juLZ5VJJNJPxKRwtOctMlj2TcKtFhr4YAtwLTYcgmW1xDQgVQWhnRa5AuhZwqG_0EiKzMgoo/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431436049880109458" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PX17wMCX4Sw-KXS62vsbXfz1AHL1i2kuu6Y4G0nlLpGj1Ibi6g4bj6TyMREBG_l0cat2juLZ5VJJNJPxKRwtOctMlj2TcKtFhr4YAtwLTYcgmW1xDQgVQWhnRa5AuhZwqG_0EiKzMgoo/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">This is leftover soapstone we had from our kitchen countertop. We're making a built-in desk area off of the kitchen and using some of this for the desk top. Soapstone was not as easy to work with as we thought it would be (and so very messy to cut) but we are definitely happy with the finished product. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR45KxSptdh6-o_68dmjS_ddTw-PvFVkI2emVCuHW_r6zp1Nbfxpxgg7-75p0EzYRC_0rfSyJuVO24XYXVvOk2Rl5fBw9k2r6IOUIfd3NqE5sXd5bKz26VsxzPwPHT-dftJZQNNum-ktNf/s1600-h/007+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431433861569922242" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR45KxSptdh6-o_68dmjS_ddTw-PvFVkI2emVCuHW_r6zp1Nbfxpxgg7-75p0EzYRC_0rfSyJuVO24XYXVvOk2Rl5fBw9k2r6IOUIfd3NqE5sXd5bKz26VsxzPwPHT-dftJZQNNum-ktNf/s400/007+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76EyVPdl8VdNG9R7I525Kbtf9YtQR1x8BW13ALQV33IUI810FjyJiZ0ibmLRlTMpAFNAm3BCWA_-F8Q0K-gO8cRf_E4dlF7h3iJMw-jVOp_c1DccKtM0lVjmANCIqqcHE8kBR1yfbyCOj/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431433863687330210" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76EyVPdl8VdNG9R7I525Kbtf9YtQR1x8BW13ALQV33IUI810FjyJiZ0ibmLRlTMpAFNAm3BCWA_-F8Q0K-gO8cRf_E4dlF7h3iJMw-jVOp_c1DccKtM0lVjmANCIqqcHE8kBR1yfbyCOj/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I haven't been very hands on these days, but am getting pretty good at shopping for the things we need. Right now I'm working on finally getting something up in our windows- and there are a lot of them. At least I know the neighbors will be happy. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-16991581288891670802010-01-13T23:09:00.007-05:002010-01-14T02:06:59.704-05:00Life After the Holidays<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Well, the holiday festivities have come to a close. So much fun seeing our friends and families, eating lots of good food and taking some much needed time off, but now it's back to work. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Our house has become a construction zone once again. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">Greg started on the built-ins this past week. He's building a window bench in our dining room, a kitchen nook and a desk area off of the kitchen. Here are some photos of his work in progress...</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhardx0nrDLIuq8iE7_IK-O-3U_tLXYfDJnz_a5u-4Z196G8p2ZSVioWl83WlltGSYi7xkuAquAlcNHb4t2I5Xem4fZbIZw7PTZ2ediIXQX0iJ7SMgzPAuKpZd8e744Au-h5GcZlKjcXlP3/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426445585202623778" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhardx0nrDLIuq8iE7_IK-O-3U_tLXYfDJnz_a5u-4Z196G8p2ZSVioWl83WlltGSYi7xkuAquAlcNHb4t2I5Xem4fZbIZw7PTZ2ediIXQX0iJ7SMgzPAuKpZd8e744Au-h5GcZlKjcXlP3/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaLzFhi9s9K3o4BmMPGnxT3kmevh9DXsTXV2KgbID4sl2iOhuIyW9ptUqfY8uvQ9j2_tcbrGVQSSAr3XDfDiMWBnMYgv1p5_Ga-OoS7N7KgpG6DANgK2l6SbPR0iCCkLyoXnitZVCOJ3Q/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426445581863621698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaLzFhi9s9K3o4BmMPGnxT3kmevh9DXsTXV2KgbID4sl2iOhuIyW9ptUqfY8uvQ9j2_tcbrGVQSSAr3XDfDiMWBnMYgv1p5_Ga-OoS7N7KgpG6DANgK2l6SbPR0iCCkLyoXnitZVCOJ3Q/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgsXLYEMTghbiDziqQKiX2_zJgu1LTAI0DjU-93nt7hsdeYzA6PjdsPbXEUPDebzZcRj-Hye1HrFFLHcgaZlOkgOqHku50zELo9E9jYbbTMIpAX2WOw09YFx7hQ_mg7KIcYWR5b6ycmEs/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426445593054078066" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgsXLYEMTghbiDziqQKiX2_zJgu1LTAI0DjU-93nt7hsdeYzA6PjdsPbXEUPDebzZcRj-Hye1HrFFLHcgaZlOkgOqHku50zELo9E9jYbbTMIpAX2WOw09YFx7hQ_mg7KIcYWR5b6ycmEs/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXQ8ByLymOiVieW14merXyzrJoUxKxkQSTM4y19ZqEDFtTpdiSyPSSnCqTbxE3zSwoYzcA4K5pKzpOeZ1k8DzSEc4dDc60Dxm3zc0Tk0rPPxuEBJyCVAV03DC3fHuzV-COP-tot1X1ieu/s1600-h/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426445598242986850" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXQ8ByLymOiVieW14merXyzrJoUxKxkQSTM4y19ZqEDFtTpdiSyPSSnCqTbxE3zSwoYzcA4K5pKzpOeZ1k8DzSEc4dDc60Dxm3zc0Tk0rPPxuEBJyCVAV03DC3fHuzV-COP-tot1X1ieu/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGGnTwWIkmkbTKrhgm8927Yg1g2OBnNgxOBWjAxELc8aOVgGNka9yPG1RP75nJyaWOxmxzBl_jDqPQemWKKTpewqGdRdmq6nD4LRRiDj6GpBm7OmH2IzJkEjGcXMk28qnpgJVte6KXthB/s1600-h/084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426447894844916546" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGGnTwWIkmkbTKrhgm8927Yg1g2OBnNgxOBWjAxELc8aOVgGNka9yPG1RP75nJyaWOxmxzBl_jDqPQemWKKTpewqGdRdmq6nD4LRRiDj6GpBm7OmH2IzJkEjGcXMk28qnpgJVte6KXthB/s400/084.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin8RalXDS34KyA-zus3b650SZf5-8wG9EKmv-YMr8peV0yj9AJhG0zofWtpXt0GGMC6GXAmG4RZyg8knVKAXQrJ3GqIIjZ95Um4UvKcYC-V_Nah-Kw4u29CNJshqCytO5gP7MO5CZG_nO/s1600-h/080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426447892407264946" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin8RalXDS34KyA-zus3b650SZf5-8wG9EKmv-YMr8peV0yj9AJhG0zofWtpXt0GGMC6GXAmG4RZyg8knVKAXQrJ3GqIIjZ95Um4UvKcYC-V_Nah-Kw4u29CNJshqCytO5gP7MO5CZG_nO/s400/080.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">We picked out some fabric today and are having a bench cushion made.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBwDO8mX2cYc2Sfct7RHg1HBKSuLVVHdrj3_bwuMoKlVkZmX8KX3sxI9tMoWnOBvteFmzVOvQ1KSP794FSZpCxNtbt3-y7t6YCpOEy1_LVf5b905X-2WGm11EptDtSAaQpfcFQmpFTFaW/s1600-h/090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426447903729907378" style="WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBwDO8mX2cYc2Sfct7RHg1HBKSuLVVHdrj3_bwuMoKlVkZmX8KX3sxI9tMoWnOBvteFmzVOvQ1KSP794FSZpCxNtbt3-y7t6YCpOEy1_LVf5b905X-2WGm11EptDtSAaQpfcFQmpFTFaW/s400/090.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Believe it or not, we haven't had to turn on the heat yet this year. Greg has kept that fire burning non-stop.</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBfgs-5MZxcQhuRmWBu82gSC8YfvnFahWy0GVD4X0YTh_M-bGiELqqAapwoEvOO-bhGG1rZLD1t7iXay7qlJxN9jzz8HawdHGuUz3x1OyxLrVKdIB9VlDgf9v6N6RHmWJ4hTy2ym0vpKy/s1600-h/072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426445604440867970" style="WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBfgs-5MZxcQhuRmWBu82gSC8YfvnFahWy0GVD4X0YTh_M-bGiELqqAapwoEvOO-bhGG1rZLD1t7iXay7qlJxN9jzz8HawdHGuUz3x1OyxLrVKdIB9VlDgf9v6N6RHmWJ4hTy2ym0vpKy/s400/072.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">We found out right before Christmas that we won the contest I had entered at <a href="http://www.repair-home.com/project/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Repair Home</span></a>!! Thanks for voting for us! We are looking forward to spending our prize money on future projects- and there are many, many more.<a href="http://www.repair-home.com/project/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426487427013438482" style="WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTaUv9u4VJ5ZP9en9ElfuTFwvkwYmKEWAYK5Yd1MnOhkxzPhZGtiJQL2NKbelAryXXUoT-xvO6Hsckke1BcoZ-5awqQoeR-OOsuDPIRBIN42fMQvsCCzXIIJlJ1bBACpLg8oOJ5JGWByWu/s400/winner_before_after.gif" border="0" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-6827034263436809742009-12-06T03:41:00.019-05:002010-01-14T02:04:28.071-05:00House contest finalists!<span style="color:#990000;">I just found out that our house was chosen as a finalist in a contest I entered back in October at</span> <a href="http://www.repair-home.com/project/roofing-gutters/building-a-new-quotoldquot-bungalow-all-by-ourselves.html"><span style="color:#000099;">Repair-Home</span></a>! <span style="color:#990000;">I can't believe we made the the final round.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">So, now I'm here shamelessly asking for your help! Click the button below to vote for our house project (the middle one) in this final round that ends December 15th!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.repair-home.com/project/"><span style="color:#000099;">VOTE</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Thanks! So exciting and couldn't have happened at a better time for us! </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcufbcIMk4E8u2tG984tNcGOwzuT7JRkda3XfudbahSNRiU3te-EUy1iwqXKL5DWAhvodyve5fM4V-AB_m09pjKC5THPOUojc-wqWv3on_8D0cNUzuUoI1_orOKBHK4nhb2e6uxFXWIfj4/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412048267787580578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcufbcIMk4E8u2tG984tNcGOwzuT7JRkda3XfudbahSNRiU3te-EUy1iwqXKL5DWAhvodyve5fM4V-AB_m09pjKC5THPOUojc-wqWv3on_8D0cNUzuUoI1_orOKBHK4nhb2e6uxFXWIfj4/s320/006.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-57539167927405638222009-12-02T23:22:00.019-05:002009-12-10T00:17:15.437-05:00Thanksgiving 2009<span style="color:#990000;">Greg has been working soooo hard and finished out the back porch, built our butcher block kitchen island and got the woodstove installed and running all before my family arrived from PA for Thanksgiving. </span><span style="color:#990000;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#990000;"></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:#990000;">We had a house full of people and dogs- and it was so nice to actually have plenty of room. Next year though, we promise to have doors up (at least in the bathrooms, ok?). </span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;">Here are some pics of what we have been working on since my last post.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fQjC877DvDjgepOyl1si7zZKjMP-V2mWPl7Eo048160D5TXiEcicx6LQn7ldubwxi28hUI5f0n8SJ3hRdRwhj6aw2SklbBDjGEr3pgtPkx7cc7R9pqpntQ1x05WP1a5DKYExIm2VJ3jp/s1600-h/porch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410878046413119570" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fQjC877DvDjgepOyl1si7zZKjMP-V2mWPl7Eo048160D5TXiEcicx6LQn7ldubwxi28hUI5f0n8SJ3hRdRwhj6aw2SklbBDjGEr3pgtPkx7cc7R9pqpntQ1x05WP1a5DKYExIm2VJ3jp/s320/porch.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#990000;">the back porch</span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Z6M7O78N7l7ZKJBivNDKlTP-QGtFKcc9hMGMIqqumkQ5JDd8vrTHPY_-MYv9E8PN6XT78scjGa0Nki2Km5bfgWlWANLFWbeoWweiv9bjdoeU4TblpXqA5go45q-5pLzw8znfSbwvBmC/s1600-h/GetAttachment.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410878037449033218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Z6M7O78N7l7ZKJBivNDKlTP-QGtFKcc9hMGMIqqumkQ5JDd8vrTHPY_-MYv9E8PN6XT78scjGa0Nki2Km5bfgWlWANLFWbeoWweiv9bjdoeU4TblpXqA5go45q-5pLzw8znfSbwvBmC/s320/GetAttachment.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">my brother and Greg loving the 70 degree weather</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bpYSryMYrReGA4u43m9hRwwoLqyPlQSALSCAbVyIKI9U1odBo8VvfCRpoaB3IYfKp5kIP6yQZNn5Ff0B5wTIrKl7XqDsd_h3Lu0_Z-H4YMqtfd6_vvWrkGe2Qbp2UCfrIgx5YkJPN8kj/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410875516876492466" style="WIDTH: 255px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bpYSryMYrReGA4u43m9hRwwoLqyPlQSALSCAbVyIKI9U1odBo8VvfCRpoaB3IYfKp5kIP6yQZNn5Ff0B5wTIrKl7XqDsd_h3Lu0_Z-H4YMqtfd6_vvWrkGe2Qbp2UCfrIgx5YkJPN8kj/s320/023.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">pretty door Greg made with a flap just for Ferlin</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hk70T53__btuC6eUcbipywgaDSdWtP7r3XkO5lJe9JGnJ61pfg7CX92RPtfoBQhEP6ZpfoKQicpo4q834L3yQGB73RvaqouThjQLFSkYHF9Y637ks6b2wsNM94uThKpbab3V9EQnRlNQ/s1600-h/076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410875531243749330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hk70T53__btuC6eUcbipywgaDSdWtP7r3XkO5lJe9JGnJ61pfg7CX92RPtfoBQhEP6ZpfoKQicpo4q834L3yQGB73RvaqouThjQLFSkYHF9Y637ks6b2wsNM94uThKpbab3V9EQnRlNQ/s320/076.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">leftover roof slate we used on the porch wall</span></div><span style="color:#660000;"></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-brGCOVfV8A8yOkmhKeqQ5GX-9-FVODNxs9WxwxgqSvAX2NwZqmbYrUzSFDvox4tGJ5G13dnRPCaSjYYXISBiXScv3ueYOyUooJrpXx-XxQkWTQnwYa4GpldjmDc7WVYe4piaRf0EBR8/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410872617125595858" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-brGCOVfV8A8yOkmhKeqQ5GX-9-FVODNxs9WxwxgqSvAX2NwZqmbYrUzSFDvox4tGJ5G13dnRPCaSjYYXISBiXScv3ueYOyUooJrpXx-XxQkWTQnwYa4GpldjmDc7WVYe4piaRf0EBR8/s320/004.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOmfFZ5OLetKAdvzn6HbmraGqNXlBkvgmYl0lsEnbgBew_CUL5-motWpUWdOmRNXnZQtQPv7XI2Z6AdiYXqSMpCSVGUtV_9BrU0H1xSuZzMTNCrgsmItEE15b4BLxeTdfHLgmTQWV-DPq/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410872637657186834" style="WIDTH: 240px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2vi7ZmUHL22IY5eW_-b1pAV0iNyXJptaHm96tkcdE34QzizvgovmKeFBNEZMKES4BUTmg2251qQeILLOI5_GZJGCwDA7cANJb0C-yYV76LZzYShgU5Gx7hE2SoPm2dKF0ovCenzbyEcx/s320/086.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">Greg made the butcher block top out of maple. </span><span style="color:#660000;">It turned out really pretty and I don't want to actually cut anything on it now. Sorry Greg.</span> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKaEkmivhaLzmeGNYHBvrkZoEdIW48AJgxTWLktWeOlhMmitKD4ZnAPtCl-1Tbb4uMYXKtaiDgddJyrgUx1qxr0JsuRaPSMQJTENmck1qHTWkFF_jXPJLsQu2__TKLPVuluFO81kQgyj9/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410875507462948210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKaEkmivhaLzmeGNYHBvrkZoEdIW48AJgxTWLktWeOlhMmitKD4ZnAPtCl-1Tbb4uMYXKtaiDgddJyrgUx1qxr0JsuRaPSMQJTENmck1qHTWkFF_jXPJLsQu2__TKLPVuluFO81kQgyj9/s320/016.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">We scored these bar seats from the 42nd Street Oyster Bar years ago right before they were headed to the dumpster- they cleaned up pretty good. </span></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfdqBqZzhFkA0l6VRdrjsVLeigPlFRSryXqqVpqFT_uQ4z5Lu_pUjiTJEem1bZBwTsafsDFf18FdMyXhRBwVuDtVGsBmuairLF5WXBGHHEDlTU6RlBdRbxaMMtAniEF1cebY9Tlk9f7-A/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410872622227240098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfdqBqZzhFkA0l6VRdrjsVLeigPlFRSryXqqVpqFT_uQ4z5Lu_pUjiTJEem1bZBwTsafsDFf18FdMyXhRBwVuDtVGsBmuairLF5WXBGHHEDlTU6RlBdRbxaMMtAniEF1cebY9Tlk9f7-A/s320/006.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">pretty!<br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU4Vsea0i2gkM5ZzQrHufr9wijYsVJuKUZWUgoYxD9wqSy2ib77d-gO5fea2PkvzCK7q5utVDVYIkCYeFjvAgl-6vUdRTyUjYfK23HPI8ZR-Q6t66NqFgBhSB-MfuHxS5l4NR04IRPQSW/s1600-h/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410875522249154194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU4Vsea0i2gkM5ZzQrHufr9wijYsVJuKUZWUgoYxD9wqSy2ib77d-gO5fea2PkvzCK7q5utVDVYIkCYeFjvAgl-6vUdRTyUjYfK23HPI8ZR-Q6t66NqFgBhSB-MfuHxS5l4NR04IRPQSW/s320/040.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#660000;">I am sad to say we lost our husky dog the weekend before Thanksgiving. That old girl was a trooper through all the construction and moving- we are so happy she got to enjoy the new house these past few months.</span> <span style="color:#660000;">We will miss you sweet Ferlin, the house is so empty without you.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-20375165460799991492009-10-10T02:53:00.012-04:002009-10-10T11:00:05.398-04:00Porches!!!<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Work, a European tour and a sickly dog have kept us busy, busy, busy since moving in. I haven't updated this blog in a while, but we really have been making progress on the house. The pressure is off though since we actually live here now. whew. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Greg tore out the front porch rails (they were built and put in to meet code only) and came up with a fancy new design. Love it- and the house numbers too. </span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Clark and Greg put in the back screen porch this week. Lots to do though still. We are planning on using the leftover slate from the roof and putting it on the lower walls out back. Going to attempt to acid stain the cement floor which should be very interesting. </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">All this and more to be completed before my family comes down for Thanksgiving! No pressure G.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT6h6xuFqx9I0ae5gtbyVJeLNahvNuB9p1v-8SkxUNGSCzcHSF3BGWTRdesH2tgsl3jYiDWqBJtME7HU0JWjmKQRcSDK9xCwuuVy_ybze8tRWd2Sjq7NsI1J-GyRvPJCFSok0WT-Z6Ibz/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390877170194121698" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT6h6xuFqx9I0ae5gtbyVJeLNahvNuB9p1v-8SkxUNGSCzcHSF3BGWTRdesH2tgsl3jYiDWqBJtME7HU0JWjmKQRcSDK9xCwuuVy_ybze8tRWd2Sjq7NsI1J-GyRvPJCFSok0WT-Z6Ibz/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrnhtsWEMs-Cylr4K21YAbXDMz0KNxJAHE9fOsC2zrOQHmB35yfIPAulwodUqskvRkPrT9BmB6TIwG1er0evGpoxOaJU3R_t21o6Nr31db0JrLzlxTSc4KmcoIxMaRMvVYfiiltVDP9D5/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390877155752945010" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrnhtsWEMs-Cylr4K21YAbXDMz0KNxJAHE9fOsC2zrOQHmB35yfIPAulwodUqskvRkPrT9BmB6TIwG1er0evGpoxOaJU3R_t21o6Nr31db0JrLzlxTSc4KmcoIxMaRMvVYfiiltVDP9D5/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0r_jsS09QcMTYbfxyIhZRu8FFtY0VGPWyVvIc_mSnCqZjwKMyywCNCVGg7-DeOLhSdDaBEtHVIjlMuca4Mp4FWJhyphenhyphenGmC5jboDcQDIRaLmwccM-FfXchmyIjCG4TNEbw6hxuKlKYTv0Zhv/s1600-h/116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390985838843202898" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuzPZrE-vtmWcrdIalAjKZIbonuVnjMx936dL7EB9z6b8FBh-c2Vpg29mcsFn_iFUKbfaFQ0VyDqbnOA3m0_kwQYYqxkUBxzPDDBhf4-grVzPdy1fZd3PkEP8-kFPKBoGgMpg7PqkbGeD/s400/047.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-48108959108510303632009-08-29T19:15:00.003-04:002009-08-29T19:39:56.448-04:00MOVED IN!!!!<div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4yOLA55P7w50hVLK8CJlxjJcU9KPnjAnbCGScv1nnE7imQMywFjh0EwRwmd9mGCP4UgaKZ9os2YJk2rJQtdTqYtXnY-MFHQy-4rZ5gwXrPvBg92kJTzowqdZT8mFv0OY3Br7Mq8BpkWp/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375530393873778834" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4yOLA55P7w50hVLK8CJlxjJcU9KPnjAnbCGScv1nnE7imQMywFjh0EwRwmd9mGCP4UgaKZ9os2YJk2rJQtdTqYtXnY-MFHQy-4rZ5gwXrPvBg92kJTzowqdZT8mFv0OY3Br7Mq8BpkWp/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Well, we are all moved in! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HOORAY!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Greg was able to come home for a week from his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CCL</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">european</span> adventure and help move us in, but we couldn't have done it without Jay Brown. He not only painted most of the inside of the house, but he helped move us out of the old place and into the rental and then back into the new place. I am absolutely certain that he is sick and tired of seeing our old piano and my treadmill by now. Thanks Jay Brown! We love you!</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhditjzlMtJ7lxt6ZacG5dJg7TYvf5SKKvh3R4oR0XFCMhcj0EetNAZpzlc6QCMj0x5YesyEJUNiCMoNrp7kykjXvQ4R2XoH8h0BMu7penqaB6_jFmRx5vnmWu40L0l4qHMUnBnShrbDiZ2/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375530390333559762" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhditjzlMtJ7lxt6ZacG5dJg7TYvf5SKKvh3R4oR0XFCMhcj0EetNAZpzlc6QCMj0x5YesyEJUNiCMoNrp7kykjXvQ4R2XoH8h0BMu7penqaB6_jFmRx5vnmWu40L0l4qHMUnBnShrbDiZ2/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Our fridge was a housewarming gift from Greg's folks. We love it. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ferlin</span> loves it. Thanks Clark and Carolyn.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ok</span> Greg, get back from tour already so we can enjoy this beautiful house that you built!</span></div><div><br /><br /> </div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-68062678915677198312009-07-25T18:45:00.008-04:002009-07-25T22:24:40.250-04:00Finishing Touches<span style="color:#000099;">The past couple of weeks have been chaotic over here as we prepared for the final inspections. Dad came up again to help complete the short list required for occupancy. While searching through the pile of leftover framing lumber for a 2 x 4, we found, and then exploited this little guy--a baby posssum.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2KJJaqLsLhedKCyhO6OeS5qI3Q-n2qWPpTBI9_-6aZcoeBjB3tvkyXXVmPSzCSrTCqWc0oxhLWVeVyy_QEOMbGVXfRr2LFrKsaprhIsiM4EqbsY4ehcbpu_iD6FC_ENJfaKov_CwIRZQ/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362535982859945170" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2KJJaqLsLhedKCyhO6OeS5qI3Q-n2qWPpTBI9_-6aZcoeBjB3tvkyXXVmPSzCSrTCqWc0oxhLWVeVyy_QEOMbGVXfRr2LFrKsaprhIsiM4EqbsY4ehcbpu_iD6FC_ENJfaKov_CwIRZQ/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_VO2C2NAWLmTK-sYPFjhXbys7iFacMI421QI7sa71tTrzAo7dSGcn29r4HchxKeNGDr2eEghLvwYL6q1JRpsJUka52FKyyYsImRUtJmkOND21HPi-mq7uBMpzeScMU3S30wySfD_dEJx/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362586015722680050" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_VO2C2NAWLmTK-sYPFjhXbys7iFacMI421QI7sa71tTrzAo7dSGcn29r4HchxKeNGDr2eEghLvwYL6q1JRpsJUka52FKyyYsImRUtJmkOND21HPi-mq7uBMpzeScMU3S30wySfD_dEJx/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Dad helped glue and clamp the douglas fir front door that I made.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UXO6_6jY79i96Z7_-OkjuX83gOv2kwIy3Xii-EEpypOKqLWNpA8bcLkJAnDFGawL5PNo35fRfgnfvi8T9fDWhIUF4VxAZ9SgDpFZHXKQhY6ngCkYPcElY2eOGVJYZ-ErzKojp2xRiMI-/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362535985301641970" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UXO6_6jY79i96Z7_-OkjuX83gOv2kwIy3Xii-EEpypOKqLWNpA8bcLkJAnDFGawL5PNo35fRfgnfvi8T9fDWhIUF4VxAZ9SgDpFZHXKQhY6ngCkYPcElY2eOGVJYZ-ErzKojp2xRiMI-/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><div><span style="color:#000099;">This is the finished product--hung, with 2 of 3 coats of poly applied.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4Fv0cbzim6ueFLyMFBv73f7IrZSeLRYOQRl0veeSLsvegNVcpjcc6T95LB9XgyyEcVE-fQh7aciu9wWunCDna3l6rsbLAHzhnIpkrQuoY4uRC_sBG8WbBM6Ot_ChudenA7tVe1S1imGy/s1600-h/067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362577372211102482" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4Fv0cbzim6ueFLyMFBv73f7IrZSeLRYOQRl0veeSLsvegNVcpjcc6T95LB9XgyyEcVE-fQh7aciu9wWunCDna3l6rsbLAHzhnIpkrQuoY4uRC_sBG8WbBM6Ot_ChudenA7tVe1S1imGy/s400/067.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><span style="color:#000099;">This is the fir back door we bought to match the front.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWAZZV5wKf5RLqgSbAYSJSZN1KZ0wpL6RlGQ31Od6-4UOA7vMRfTWR-ClqLfGi30vdF8z2IGdQn_VnyRLXNy4vbA882ACdYw7FkTrBPUfP2VLgAokKer6H5VJR8pZoQEV2oZpqzq3XEDl/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362577360502760066" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWAZZV5wKf5RLqgSbAYSJSZN1KZ0wpL6RlGQ31Od6-4UOA7vMRfTWR-ClqLfGi30vdF8z2IGdQn_VnyRLXNy4vbA882ACdYw7FkTrBPUfP2VLgAokKer6H5VJR8pZoQEV2oZpqzq3XEDl/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000099;">This is a photo of the kitchen cabinets with most of the drawer and door hardware attached. We cut the cobra soapstone to fit around the old sink, then sanded it and applied mineral oil to the top which turned it a rich dark black color.</span> </div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d_iUeTXqVzCEUPuNNK13TBcygqNgrS4LIRC0awNIAXVyg9hxi42tGtJmjQG4Uk0CQ-BXkU5CPaal3V8AV6nIUXXYxmRyDGxUg34nsFiUjHjjC1xLtu02wohGsS3CeDWkxe_ZLVzmi9c1/s1600-h/037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362586008161733122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d_iUeTXqVzCEUPuNNK13TBcygqNgrS4LIRC0awNIAXVyg9hxi42tGtJmjQG4Uk0CQ-BXkU5CPaal3V8AV6nIUXXYxmRyDGxUg34nsFiUjHjjC1xLtu02wohGsS3CeDWkxe_ZLVzmi9c1/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Me setting a few nail heads deeper before the wood floor people showed up.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelPoduneS8LWctdS19_VfLsuDHTIoXzj59yaGwLy2VfLMDr21DBSOP2LMJVX0501gtiB5rTpD-AdQhW8kRQQnqk-Gma9FJftl4fGAe7AKsrW1MECHzlJiVf2Rw2ISCF2IO7fFc4eggSC1/s1600-h/053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362577363371990450" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelPoduneS8LWctdS19_VfLsuDHTIoXzj59yaGwLy2VfLMDr21DBSOP2LMJVX0501gtiB5rTpD-AdQhW8kRQQnqk-Gma9FJftl4fGAe7AKsrW1MECHzlJiVf2Rw2ISCF2IO7fFc4eggSC1/s400/053.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000099;">Short handrail sections were added to meet code requirements.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQ98qPGYSdp5uXskAN4g8FXRgqPoY0lvdqU_NMNRbdq8jUKxDGWOnW8gtd8v9awstcqH7vyKJgkwiELgvfC8EbURvKE3MNL5TlkZQWvQnihA7AHWwHpyaQZru9gpVABX9uc67e9nx1aH/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362535999912140098" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQ98qPGYSdp5uXskAN4g8FXRgqPoY0lvdqU_NMNRbdq8jUKxDGWOnW8gtd8v9awstcqH7vyKJgkwiELgvfC8EbURvKE3MNL5TlkZQWvQnihA7AHWwHpyaQZru9gpVABX9uc67e9nx1aH/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000099;">A close up of the handrail and newel post cap I made (doug fir as well)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3YqAGDHqjC3wOV2Jz5DuASXQbuSGP1Td4Sq7yzaWQ5Z0qYKzMi9aiuQliV-AbWTIawyma7BY5SPFNr2Hy46G2VSIJ1jwQ3HRhX__48eNo97R3LRnr9afoEZvTQ0_yAu7r757UTDOhkHl/s1600-h/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362577367609926866" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3YqAGDHqjC3wOV2Jz5DuASXQbuSGP1Td4Sq7yzaWQ5Z0qYKzMi9aiuQliV-AbWTIawyma7BY5SPFNr2Hy46G2VSIJ1jwQ3HRhX__48eNo97R3LRnr9afoEZvTQ0_yAu7r757UTDOhkHl/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXrrf_seJkoUxaaRi5cqnDdFZ988BiNISy1c5VKj0dOl9m7I-IekvxoOIovC776iao_P6sxu6GOuyMu5qLV-C0LHoEtRv614KlvC84gIIu_DymElkCbF6phwfgFrIWAgNmhaYKD1phply/s1600-h/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362539651600623682" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXrrf_seJkoUxaaRi5cqnDdFZ988BiNISy1c5VKj0dOl9m7I-IekvxoOIovC776iao_P6sxu6GOuyMu5qLV-C0LHoEtRv614KlvC84gIIu_DymElkCbF6phwfgFrIWAgNmhaYKD1phply/s400/056.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br />The <a href="http://www.youcantkilltherooster.com/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">rooster </span></a>came today.</div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBcSaLCPBkvTwOSLidSp-zbBwLs4NkkeKdtO-NlIil81Ssa0S0xbjhAf-a1Q72HAXHF_1x6m-lls82IllmYnjfjdP2UK-l0FMghTbpbmjHF4cw4Qf5uTj5KIXHf5dO9FVtCiAvgZcBajF/s1600-h/079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362539638685943650" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBcSaLCPBkvTwOSLidSp-zbBwLs4NkkeKdtO-NlIil81Ssa0S0xbjhAf-a1Q72HAXHF_1x6m-lls82IllmYnjfjdP2UK-l0FMghTbpbmjHF4cw4Qf5uTj5KIXHf5dO9FVtCiAvgZcBajF/s400/079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUd9WiRPv1LMpcYrz0IA9qiQdob7gaXopIQ9iSn45TGuazkvQNu4h5wV8oNCzo_lzpmXurusve3oK6mlmFzuSFmJedAJx7AEYRb4my80pCQbdK5NCjpnOohTUNyQaP4DdvaS0L5dzZWLn/s1600-h/077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362539647317447154" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUd9WiRPv1LMpcYrz0IA9qiQdob7gaXopIQ9iSn45TGuazkvQNu4h5wV8oNCzo_lzpmXurusve3oK6mlmFzuSFmJedAJx7AEYRb4my80pCQbdK5NCjpnOohTUNyQaP4DdvaS0L5dzZWLn/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><span style="color:#000099;">A short video of the floor finishing crew in action.</span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwY3K9z-wMRznf0M4cATMq9TiHa5-oqTjEoQsxszZHf-x1DlJ-IjU8bd8wQuTgULB49puL5sIk4DgdmFra7WA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg48JCpdHDRhymF5853ppSXoPypiD5TQMLQxfu8A0puLh04l9vlb5ifDYNEnnuPniUbkG5FsrXDrmETaQBrUbN0QEh3ZF4nTgkr_dDDJAZTS-S_W61A0saaJbOc__fiaAJsFd5zrdZTUTq/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362577355287711426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg48JCpdHDRhymF5853ppSXoPypiD5TQMLQxfu8A0puLh04l9vlb5ifDYNEnnuPniUbkG5FsrXDrmETaQBrUbN0QEh3ZF4nTgkr_dDDJAZTS-S_W61A0saaJbOc__fiaAJsFd5zrdZTUTq/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8utE-sMTtoNcgo52tFbrLC_T_w3jAuZFbPI8jXmLuA9HhVxUwaqJR4BP_lWCGn0LVmorZBHid_aut0FwA3RQWDJac1-XS0bDxgHHRR1NOIj3WyOLwXvpzl28q4D78Dc7BLkO0kBKpNh3/s1600-h/011.JPG"></a><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Oh yeah, and we passed our final building inspection yesterday! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">-Greg</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-64220657093612486112009-07-10T00:04:00.009-04:002010-12-10T17:45:38.744-05:00more July photos<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000066;">Greg has some shows up in Canada and I am holding down the fort, kind of. I've had a few meltdowns along the way.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#000066;">The plumbers have come and gone- with only a couple walls torn up, one cracked pipe and our tile ripped out of the floor. The good news, we did eventually get water flowing, toilets and sinks in place and our old clawfoot tub in it's new home. Our tile was fixed too. </span><br /><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Greg's dad, Clark, also came up and helped us get the walkway completed and put the tongue and groove flooring in on the front porch. We are so thankful. He did so much and I hated seeing him leave today.</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTarAc-BDYibtqe8h1GZWFyvtI8g2DOR5MdPniZ9g5fU3FDp3R-sLn8KeWIEhEDLvL6VWsTC4mM0BbPhzuNPkK4lV68tMueEMkDPcvlk6mhTw_4TgqBXbB-lfa_j_FifNluw87tRWUqEM/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356686631523004738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTarAc-BDYibtqe8h1GZWFyvtI8g2DOR5MdPniZ9g5fU3FDp3R-sLn8KeWIEhEDLvL6VWsTC4mM0BbPhzuNPkK4lV68tMueEMkDPcvlk6mhTw_4TgqBXbB-lfa_j_FifNluw87tRWUqEM/s400/001.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqouzCYnTCZsJzBLqWhHz7vzl7TmitUc_YuDMvlQ6EWsfu4ABbrkXj50ZDnCNMnN5bsnOtrTQ8CXjPzQB8dAoiZ_fgx_crtLcQKUmAF3ztPNgc4xCoYgBbVykO7q5WvuByFMdsEaF_dHH4/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356687658664027282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqouzCYnTCZsJzBLqWhHz7vzl7TmitUc_YuDMvlQ6EWsfu4ABbrkXj50ZDnCNMnN5bsnOtrTQ8CXjPzQB8dAoiZ_fgx_crtLcQKUmAF3ztPNgc4xCoYgBbVykO7q5WvuByFMdsEaF_dHH4/s400/006.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO6k2IrYbc9be-MlcIs-0MG1y2Sy70Kl59n2DfL4Vq6aiyJYMahbc0IXT_N9IFKdaE57pQq1HDHC3o-oHPNYGvl-i2NJL0Z9qiPed7eLo7j6I-sjGLtMbPAWkQOEwFOjA0rEfYf4N2IdR/s1600-h/078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356686606880514114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO6k2IrYbc9be-MlcIs-0MG1y2Sy70Kl59n2DfL4Vq6aiyJYMahbc0IXT_N9IFKdaE57pQq1HDHC3o-oHPNYGvl-i2NJL0Z9qiPed7eLo7j6I-sjGLtMbPAWkQOEwFOjA0rEfYf4N2IdR/s400/078.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rUTznZdMbSga95U5l84f7DJW_1jxRNit0XBVVuxa7oG3zflrP7_PZx2aPMy_W8K1UBGiuogl7CCCjdgsqe-_EV5HQybEQJ0xVNFkeZFzazI4BnXYYyd1rhRBg8pwi7xyERJUSJWu14wP/s1600-h/082.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356686613240488626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rUTznZdMbSga95U5l84f7DJW_1jxRNit0XBVVuxa7oG3zflrP7_PZx2aPMy_W8K1UBGiuogl7CCCjdgsqe-_EV5HQybEQJ0xVNFkeZFzazI4BnXYYyd1rhRBg8pwi7xyERJUSJWu14wP/s400/082.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhgOSmTXDWmyyUuHGoUaa_kemddQqcl9dkzd199_cASTIF6PZClda64ugUdXBQf9a-Ib6BJLp_pobX7SnzhdTFLtykhVhqn9yTXj8_T8dePqzGr2gtKnzSgLe51ZAk1QIuUH8IqvoxJrZ/s1600-h/044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356686623880866242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhgOSmTXDWmyyUuHGoUaa_kemddQqcl9dkzd199_cASTIF6PZClda64ugUdXBQf9a-Ib6BJLp_pobX7SnzhdTFLtykhVhqn9yTXj8_T8dePqzGr2gtKnzSgLe51ZAk1QIuUH8IqvoxJrZ/s400/044.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZ2o17cAfQzF7EkyyMrB9Cxi6SJe65YCp7xSPsXD3FhKXjFRcb6L8BqrY58nU9IrmgpRDdpEbQ_58Ewd8uJT3lche4x5pBBDRuJu3QNRuogPuzwnrVifVR24bm6Pn54ZTxYyXLJZ9p4N4/s1600-h/020.JPG"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-12210072926319052442009-07-03T21:50:00.008-04:002009-07-10T01:30:46.901-04:00Happy 4th of July y'all<span style="color:#993300;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Time to relax, cook-out with friends and watch some fireworks at the fairground...eventually. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">We are still working over here on the house and hope to finish up the front walkway in time to catch some 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> festivities. We are using up the rest of the old brick Greg's dad salvaged from a demolished home in Charlotte. We also passed our electrical inspection yesterday and now have running water! Tiling is finally finished too. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Getting so much closer everyday.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRjqLAawVWza67zP1YWo6NpbvG6AiyBXZHIYampY99nLJ1AsSAfYOz7NFvwgKcfYJIJP0C3RDxAe-Y-GGj-F9Z4zG20KR7KfybnwlN1qOi-Sl37cEm3jyhAnlg3E6vs6sOBkURQ5Pdu4a/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354421834245498722" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRjqLAawVWza67zP1YWo6NpbvG6AiyBXZHIYampY99nLJ1AsSAfYOz7NFvwgKcfYJIJP0C3RDxAe-Y-GGj-F9Z4zG20KR7KfybnwlN1qOi-Sl37cEm3jyhAnlg3E6vs6sOBkURQ5Pdu4a/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzsmEYrQLI3ejrgv3CG1Z5PS1K9LllQq4mj1MvQdgF2YDTH9EG5N6RD6KHe06Hr2j4HEJNdHmyi8seWs0znCeda39L6oTGExl6sPtit4xvbXf2AscWpBtRyGCCfhmwe-v122rz7UONn_c/s1600-h/036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354421841145437634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzsmEYrQLI3ejrgv3CG1Z5PS1K9LllQq4mj1MvQdgF2YDTH9EG5N6RD6KHe06Hr2j4HEJNdHmyi8seWs0znCeda39L6oTGExl6sPtit4xvbXf2AscWpBtRyGCCfhmwe-v122rz7UONn_c/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1mct1rJxvbyPbgsEq361CxbYRwxpTtgwmcYYvIfrBEBkEjSZWgucON96Bg5gAWpzCXZHmSeXhNWL5sBQVkjKlUlE7ExXS4oVpyHs43Mcj25b-n3uGsM-9W566CMsLH2Dvri0k7jCgcnc/s1600-h/042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354421844779738882" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1mct1rJxvbyPbgsEq361CxbYRwxpTtgwmcYYvIfrBEBkEjSZWgucON96Bg5gAWpzCXZHmSeXhNWL5sBQVkjKlUlE7ExXS4oVpyHs43Mcj25b-n3uGsM-9W566CMsLH2Dvri0k7jCgcnc/s400/042.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHFMu2F1YKve7yIe1TLStWHcMQSCwYkYaPhwHGrTdtVQ8cNMFRWzEmvuv_6YJb1L3ULIpZsLaGCCzhVQG10gCrNTFzscRMJMjeJ7m1WkUWOutP1-AlRuksga70FU2n6ZOMHceHzpQzdNG/s1600-h/051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354421829122017602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHFMu2F1YKve7yIe1TLStWHcMQSCwYkYaPhwHGrTdtVQ8cNMFRWzEmvuv_6YJb1L3ULIpZsLaGCCzhVQG10gCrNTFzscRMJMjeJ7m1WkUWOutP1-AlRuksga70FU2n6ZOMHceHzpQzdNG/s400/051.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-7997214431489004102009-06-19T16:46:00.018-04:002009-09-03T02:16:05.336-04:00Hot Fun in the Summertime<span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I haven't updated in a while because things over here have been pretty hectic lately. The pressure is on and we are definitely feeling it. We are also feeling this hot, hot, hot North Carolina heat- almost 100 degrees yesterday. Greg's working non-stop 12 hour days trying to finish by the end of July. Everyday we cross something off our long list of things to do...I think it's getting shorter. </span></span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks to some great help along the way, we are making some progress. Finishing the walls with subway tile in the guest bath is all that's left of tiling. Jay Brown is cutting some mighty fine lines while painting the inside. Fans and lights are going in right now thanks to Dave Wilson. Greg is building our kitchen cabinets and just finished the columns on the front porch. Greg's dad also came up and helped us finish the porch ceilings. </span></span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000066;">Here are some random photos taken over the past few weeks.</span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMeX8T7eGzSAtrYKdgShZwCkfIaxbvSOe5VRUyfX_9nnPOeZeSmKfMj-ZcPsouG8OKsEUqjXy14qJgFV6l5rcTdU_o1-jF4cLNGYzSfu1kcVbawhH4IXEAR6QwrG4NAkcGHGIJaX6_lPB/s1600-h/048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838040134437138" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMeX8T7eGzSAtrYKdgShZwCkfIaxbvSOe5VRUyfX_9nnPOeZeSmKfMj-ZcPsouG8OKsEUqjXy14qJgFV6l5rcTdU_o1-jF4cLNGYzSfu1kcVbawhH4IXEAR6QwrG4NAkcGHGIJaX6_lPB/s400/048.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">The front porch columns are finished- what a difference.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV13hLEgLqeT50obmEqGDSwsyxWkosz-dC3AIVPbVU_qe5rCWAg4Rk3HDM9p5h5jCZEy-Cw5B9Rc4KphiIv0W_1UcP4A1Ci7SjWmX6pJvZJ1klYQr68tHUC-Fx7uTQh3B_jFBJYEWEkWT5/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838028123433522" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV13hLEgLqeT50obmEqGDSwsyxWkosz-dC3AIVPbVU_qe5rCWAg4Rk3HDM9p5h5jCZEy-Cw5B9Rc4KphiIv0W_1UcP4A1Ci7SjWmX6pJvZJ1klYQr68tHUC-Fx7uTQh3B_jFBJYEWEkWT5/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HWNLic6Lbuu5A6rzVaqV-JiA5JlzzC3r1nttVf6_Ibs-7fUrPk9bS67OUryY4_yFw-q8EsTmmiMXSARwKWCZyjHjG6W4TFZ4gVJgoKzYR4vy0hq4Xt1NsTlV723EDeS3cYSfuCZH1vsK/s1600-h/096.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349839739817989490" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HWNLic6Lbuu5A6rzVaqV-JiA5JlzzC3r1nttVf6_Ibs-7fUrPk9bS67OUryY4_yFw-q8EsTmmiMXSARwKWCZyjHjG6W4TFZ4gVJgoKzYR4vy0hq4Xt1NsTlV723EDeS3cYSfuCZH1vsK/s400/096.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Jay Brown painting away.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMhGgA_zzjGRDQSNdAD5DwyiWtbpO0pmL8Lmn9GxD-EVQxlhmh56vkE0b0BGEP5ws6ZwhkuRzp9idC3WFr7YNnuYWjKNCtSCiwNStveJ4anZQsInfvuRl4CByYp3-3UNC7laEoDbQ0f9F/s1600-h/123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349844254602215010" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMhGgA_zzjGRDQSNdAD5DwyiWtbpO0pmL8Lmn9GxD-EVQxlhmh56vkE0b0BGEP5ws6ZwhkuRzp9idC3WFr7YNnuYWjKNCtSCiwNStveJ4anZQsInfvuRl4CByYp3-3UNC7laEoDbQ0f9F/s400/123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUReU2DiC0KOi9XdmZeLTRkX5ulNVeAoMlCJrrSQBa9HxT0OeCdOiotO2SxTjzHM8nS-VW_vstIyy4h2mMU4uL1gi_OFOzHh-STQxipmEYfgaZhyphenhyphenl3YNAh4ukV4VccD8WIYgXNMtc-azN/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838023455679490" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUReU2DiC0KOi9XdmZeLTRkX5ulNVeAoMlCJrrSQBa9HxT0OeCdOiotO2SxTjzHM8nS-VW_vstIyy4h2mMU4uL1gi_OFOzHh-STQxipmEYfgaZhyphenhyphenl3YNAh4ukV4VccD8WIYgXNMtc-azN/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Dave Wilson hooking up the lights and fans.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOzcZHjRQzcROvi_2MoV6GLGksivD7vGbpLpyLJ2hdkwrKpW7ryOOR6YfB-hHefQYMcwzlfX1UFjJMM8pa6P5Y_AJ7K647tc1tAHMrIOshgygnNvJaBcDVIcuXLUB2BCOfQzOiiZ2SG__/s1600-h/100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349839746057741490" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOzcZHjRQzcROvi_2MoV6GLGksivD7vGbpLpyLJ2hdkwrKpW7ryOOR6YfB-hHefQYMcwzlfX1UFjJMM8pa6P5Y_AJ7K647tc1tAHMrIOshgygnNvJaBcDVIcuXLUB2BCOfQzOiiZ2SG__/s400/100.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa-OfgTBM2JOO0p_8e53waNnkFuKeMV_0jWWlG5nswT6DUYnjrGRZo1T4LZLgBpjreyByXxB78r_OlAoiTQj2t4ebI2z-5bwZIMGpkakMDz5-7CCC1CqLD74-q1t7H7IJiRKUm9xo-e3b/s1600-h/135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841557626711362" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa-OfgTBM2JOO0p_8e53waNnkFuKeMV_0jWWlG5nswT6DUYnjrGRZo1T4LZLgBpjreyByXxB78r_OlAoiTQj2t4ebI2z-5bwZIMGpkakMDz5-7CCC1CqLD74-q1t7H7IJiRKUm9xo-e3b/s400/135.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Back porch fans.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPqv_9Qoy6_zW3pij3AkZW4IyyuLVlNKZT_ud0rx__CumRsca20Ql09mE8tBvIBZz-m312KBdoR4pqMsoyvYxh4gBWR3miMjblciTY5FCVnNRNWbwCcLpIRJuBfgcSALtzAXcm9XekQiC/s1600-h/149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841569365125170" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPqv_9Qoy6_zW3pij3AkZW4IyyuLVlNKZT_ud0rx__CumRsca20Ql09mE8tBvIBZz-m312KBdoR4pqMsoyvYxh4gBWR3miMjblciTY5FCVnNRNWbwCcLpIRJuBfgcSALtzAXcm9XekQiC/s400/149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dUomYKbmptKen57fRRchQPWKvysSjeSvUtRYuRlr4adS8aQemkpfx8OnfK676xdBes_xuVHansE7w-b-RpC8X8C_PB2dJfGo5nnn_G3bF-Pgks_J6GPdXkONsjwDKrNWHES8R8LVII5n/s1600-h/107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349839750262288434" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dUomYKbmptKen57fRRchQPWKvysSjeSvUtRYuRlr4adS8aQemkpfx8OnfK676xdBes_xuVHansE7w-b-RpC8X8C_PB2dJfGo5nnn_G3bF-Pgks_J6GPdXkONsjwDKrNWHES8R8LVII5n/s400/107.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Guest bath and where the clawfoot goes.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KFtUneg1iiaJitJaY4BPoVeoh4v_lO-cqlzbvONCtzVsCUYD1zd4SGyq3j3A5qi5TGlx64VnSMLE-OuXtaWBdacJXdysRg3haXutmWdnq95hMBl1d0MFeH7yXEzv45mXTNpzDluet9K6/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349839737331839538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KFtUneg1iiaJitJaY4BPoVeoh4v_lO-cqlzbvONCtzVsCUYD1zd4SGyq3j3A5qi5TGlx64VnSMLE-OuXtaWBdacJXdysRg3haXutmWdnq95hMBl1d0MFeH7yXEzv45mXTNpzDluet9K6/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">G building our kitchen cabinets. We ordered our soapstone countertops yesterday which Greg is going to cut to fit.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBLLLWFJS0CzhiLuk20cgKaPDdxFT6V8-B8LCOY79R0dgi3Cpeh07qwIX8r8EW4ke47bPwkG0iXRczgX_0bM0CieKumLM68QBJWgf-PUBg0934OspknbWTbr2j_zuB5ywSgqbu2RWkGP2/s1600-h/131.JPG"></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw6p0BBiJ-BeemTmkVF4MB4XeMBgSpaAynDLbrgtSOrkGjGMLfHJNoTiPu8QWQzQgh6iUYxcN8xbe1lBewS6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Some video footage of the guys hauling the very heavy tub upstairs.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2E1UJR8dxm84WDAKv6_IlP1U7_ZPwaS66wVlN0_TFyUo40Kf4SJnAkZu1gxT4K4Fj09AZyuTqR16v1Gk-_5KNyABOzuGwge7lrQaCdP6q_mORDlemm4tXuWBzFs5Hhv-G00FUnwkFAOt5/s1600-h/167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349841576173798354" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2E1UJR8dxm84WDAKv6_IlP1U7_ZPwaS66wVlN0_TFyUo40Kf4SJnAkZu1gxT4K4Fj09AZyuTqR16v1Gk-_5KNyABOzuGwge7lrQaCdP6q_mORDlemm4tXuWBzFs5Hhv-G00FUnwkFAOt5/s400/167.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#000066;">struggling a bit</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBnbWT-e24OhyS2Pz7LtzdHsjzQcQdAm8HwfTU7x2QugftlH_0jMmjGecDgGIzWSY5A3YlgMplJrOhCml4akH9HwRFLatAOdKxrYjtCQzZOeg32CI5P3Yz4v3Y23RUygQbGYDb_X50toC/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838032671879410" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBnbWT-e24OhyS2Pz7LtzdHsjzQcQdAm8HwfTU7x2QugftlH_0jMmjGecDgGIzWSY5A3YlgMplJrOhCml4akH9HwRFLatAOdKxrYjtCQzZOeg32CI5P3Yz4v3Y23RUygQbGYDb_X50toC/s400/010.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Clark and Greg relaxing after putting up the porch ceiling.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBEUk7IPY9xAJW4Zm8Yhc93DK5d5XWsHIxmTLiFRUF2_JM2dWQ4oxe96m2TRa8M6FuluFppwXTw5_JTKAQVZXGa3sTfXKOJ4AnuBqrZi_oSaZCyrup2BwBBEpbPkCiAUaOCgA5ppyqiXL/s1600-h/031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349838037658493410" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBEUk7IPY9xAJW4Zm8Yhc93DK5d5XWsHIxmTLiFRUF2_JM2dWQ4oxe96m2TRa8M6FuluFppwXTw5_JTKAQVZXGa3sTfXKOJ4AnuBqrZi_oSaZCyrup2BwBBEpbPkCiAUaOCgA5ppyqiXL/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Ferlin keeping cool in the pool.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-22019521102491292292009-05-19T22:29:00.010-04:002009-06-21T14:50:55.747-04:00We are tiling machines<span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Today, Greg & I started tiling our master bath using 1 inch hexagon tiles. We first did a dry run and cut all the tile to fit. Then we popped out white tiles and replaced them with some black ones to make a flower pattern. It was a fun time. Good thing Greg is good at math and with a ruler (and a good thing we had some cold ones waiting for us in the fridge). Tomorrow we grout and move on to the guest bath.</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_U-MDoTYzo2CR_aieani-eKPznncjvktnVT23VzRDzjHIs0bA68sB5AuHrzF9Z5q0D01hY5Fp6Vh_Ch20hnYLWElQxRJgs0hzGMkY-6Ja9NAu0d0aCo-tmJaZqQSHy_fWHlQGi0fRiTe/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337730085866198930" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_U-MDoTYzo2CR_aieani-eKPznncjvktnVT23VzRDzjHIs0bA68sB5AuHrzF9Z5q0D01hY5Fp6Vh_Ch20hnYLWElQxRJgs0hzGMkY-6Ja9NAu0d0aCo-tmJaZqQSHy_fWHlQGi0fRiTe/s400/010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_dfnbyJWt3AfWE0IqDoQ3I3n7l3Zn_wPa6JChHuOKMu5e0pfgC9OkxW6rrySNXTb5yUbAE5qcAa0vzAgQ9ot8Lpoyhl5WrugChXYOvICgiqMcVpqXX5ByfE619BzfMk6XPfGyPHcAIbq/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337730092155327234" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_dfnbyJWt3AfWE0IqDoQ3I3n7l3Zn_wPa6JChHuOKMu5e0pfgC9OkxW6rrySNXTb5yUbAE5qcAa0vzAgQ9ot8Lpoyhl5WrugChXYOvICgiqMcVpqXX5ByfE619BzfMk6XPfGyPHcAIbq/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2G8uEEGcVWB8CSKxS4-yoX5Yi-c7bfSk4WC3As6aNV8mi7F1tJboxaBb79DlCydM3v-PvIq0_OUcSYR8g-6AveRnud26P7IOSI02e9loEq7r0N8b3QOXTduFC3JqOVtU9oocaRXxAcl8o/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337730096874472242" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2G8uEEGcVWB8CSKxS4-yoX5Yi-c7bfSk4WC3As6aNV8mi7F1tJboxaBb79DlCydM3v-PvIq0_OUcSYR8g-6AveRnud26P7IOSI02e9loEq7r0N8b3QOXTduFC3JqOVtU9oocaRXxAcl8o/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVHTjloRa5MYPxX4zy1IfWlljNvTaO0ivJKY8S1AKhX2eMTIUBb_NUyVSQlqPnp0rcFpJgdHxGtl_O5LXVCDT6F0tYU8-_pQLSiGOo8SdnBpeeuT5S8MrtqDH98II4hU5D0TlYUrveTBA/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349848237445665010" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVHTjloRa5MYPxX4zy1IfWlljNvTaO0ivJKY8S1AKhX2eMTIUBb_NUyVSQlqPnp0rcFpJgdHxGtl_O5LXVCDT6F0tYU8-_pQLSiGOo8SdnBpeeuT5S8MrtqDH98II4hU5D0TlYUrveTBA/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://www.luxetile.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337730090570168578" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvld6veCO93Kn0vcHGFbPttwt6wJth0Kc3OIF3hg6ztiI0yY4N98m3xtLBe8fwf2qLLyCNm8ZNKX27PpM0a3mBhUzi5827tRLxmDhMlTlxyrCa3c_qqHy7gOQ0_eZyIaKcfoQsP6DpV0-x/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#990000;">In case anyone is looking, we bought our tile from</span> <a href="http://www.luxetile.com/"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Luxe Tile</span></a><span style="color:#990000;">- they have a great selection, are affordable and super nice.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-33659901925124622672009-05-12T16:00:00.004-04:002009-05-13T04:40:22.106-04:005 steps closer...<div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I work at night, so Greg and I usually see each other for a few minutes in the early morning before I hit the hay. When I went to sleep this morning, these stairs did not exist. Greg and John worked all day long building the front porch steps out of some giant and very old treated pine boards that Greg's dad found for us. These boards were originally made for highway guard rails. What a lovely way to wake up. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjVZXMZ7NUbSL4-iC_gCfSFgkrxdEgEFF_152fTYSDWMLlZ3y_3TVg125NOigxr3Z2bwEVm5d9GFI-f-H-sDl7Lvk45xJUjrspMl1Gsjyoht35MVtE7BaweMV_Joa3wtDZNsYDqeAZKp8/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335225350015669826" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjVZXMZ7NUbSL4-iC_gCfSFgkrxdEgEFF_152fTYSDWMLlZ3y_3TVg125NOigxr3Z2bwEVm5d9GFI-f-H-sDl7Lvk45xJUjrspMl1Gsjyoht35MVtE7BaweMV_Joa3wtDZNsYDqeAZKp8/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9uEw-p3Cl2ZrXmZNeWv5x8d1wbEep6hGCmC2cZdqN6ma0w-MO6pTSj-MOuOz80_u54mu47n_aK4eqxn1Fb9Xc3YyQOpFHYcDlqFjZXKVAH_hozOAWQY5oYpA7V8-funlA9ZTTbuyXJgb/s1600-h/pup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335208609375748450" style="WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9uEw-p3Cl2ZrXmZNeWv5x8d1wbEep6hGCmC2cZdqN6ma0w-MO6pTSj-MOuOz80_u54mu47n_aK4eqxn1Fb9Xc3YyQOpFHYcDlqFjZXKVAH_hozOAWQY5oYpA7V8-funlA9ZTTbuyXJgb/s400/pup.jpg" border="0" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ghwmxt2TaDYvFWhd6jw0Z9ITbjWc16qf_pV0Fc2RAxuwSYLNY54Wq5C-FOUeqMDEEqqcVrwfHiNnVYlo4alEChyphenhyphenkEDPpm-MWOZIca8uxFxOvHH7xgc6VUd6kGD399UqMMw10WbUBgzb6/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335207460964289666" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ghwmxt2TaDYvFWhd6jw0Z9ITbjWc16qf_pV0Fc2RAxuwSYLNY54Wq5C-FOUeqMDEEqqcVrwfHiNnVYlo4alEChyphenhyphenkEDPpm-MWOZIca8uxFxOvHH7xgc6VUd6kGD399UqMMw10WbUBgzb6/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-72492746933198954252009-05-08T16:59:00.008-04:002009-05-11T01:34:18.405-04:00Another busy week<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000066;">Well, we started this project a little over a year ago. Anytime I ever feel slightly overwhelmed or as if we aren't making much progress, all I have to do is look back to <a href="http://vandykeproject.blogspot.com/2008/01/pre-production.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">old photos</span></a> on our blog and I immediately feel world's better. I seem to be doing that a lot lately. </span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#000066;">Greg still says it feels like Christmas every morning. He wakes up super early, grabs coffee and walks nextdoor to work on the house. We have a pretty sweet living arrangement right now. Despite the baby ants, the semi-broken AC and the creepy, plastic, moldy tile shower, the house we are staying in is really not so bad, and we live right nextdoor. Many of you had the pleasure of experiencing life in our old house though, so you know we can live pretty much anywhere.</span> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000066;">The new house is really,really coming along. The trim that Greg built is almost finished, tiling has begun, Greg is designing the kitchen cabinets and we have someone (and that someone happens to be THE </span><a href="http://www.youcantkilltherooster.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;">rooster</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#000066;"> for all you David Sedaris fans out there) coming out to sand and finish our hardwoods in a few weeks.</span></span></div><div> </div><div></div><div><span style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#000066;">Here are some photos of this past week here on Van Dyke. Jay is still painting the never-ending but beautiful trim work that Greg and John continue to build. G and his dad, Clark, are putting in the ceiling on the back porch. Greg, Clark and I tiled the laundry room floor in 3 hours last night. I finished grouting it all today and am pretty happy with the results of our first tiling project. We have 2 bathrooms left to tackle using the tiny mosaic hexagon kind, so wish us luck.</span><br /></div></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvP5kNDX7jOjfE5vY0KuzRd9SHIw5nwN1npzqExynO4s3lC_rXyrniN2U86UzO2ReflyVjMgflJkz9bIJT29pg06Ki4GdilFQADpeOfWi3oglwbnjHAklALmWaiZ6usWF5D7OdIJHviODG/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333288885540462866" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvP5kNDX7jOjfE5vY0KuzRd9SHIw5nwN1npzqExynO4s3lC_rXyrniN2U86UzO2ReflyVjMgflJkz9bIJT29pg06Ki4GdilFQADpeOfWi3oglwbnjHAklALmWaiZ6usWF5D7OdIJHviODG/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6XJZ_H1l1TO26Zh-L0iJZKh2HjEggbOiZDpPRv2ckn-V9fcfojCUiH68qpbRCNPgZ-o60b1-r2laTcm1vqf4i6ZX034GcCIqGVqkigOcOfBGQCuDzsyQvi3q8lgv_XglMAPtttKd4ojG/s1600-h/sit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333299177008766082" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6XJZ_H1l1TO26Zh-L0iJZKh2HjEggbOiZDpPRv2ckn-V9fcfojCUiH68qpbRCNPgZ-o60b1-r2laTcm1vqf4i6ZX034GcCIqGVqkigOcOfBGQCuDzsyQvi3q8lgv_XglMAPtttKd4ojG/s400/sit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKLMj3ZajLL6mFwemC15rzQWhiXzBeMKEXYYdiUMGKEdxcGEh6xp1C1rCsghpuRc_eGhk3FxSB1470SE-pSXAyVMXpUQSeyCGNaeFzVDIH5Y6RZ6HVvQFF7ylfUJRhzOXnWFzcgLVinLz/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333288891907820594" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKLMj3ZajLL6mFwemC15rzQWhiXzBeMKEXYYdiUMGKEdxcGEh6xp1C1rCsghpuRc_eGhk3FxSB1470SE-pSXAyVMXpUQSeyCGNaeFzVDIH5Y6RZ6HVvQFF7ylfUJRhzOXnWFzcgLVinLz/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbk5WTMOkxVdbGsLSi0t2E-PAorBYZvYkckCK58efaIHao9ZYK0yWmoCiAPBNjRpnRbQ-Tw3FAnEVYYZY4W0K0oLzCXJWGY6b8eiAQcDvtWh9dBwdra1mD4GwdGpI3APhr2u9ggs1trgL/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333513368679469442" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbk5WTMOkxVdbGsLSi0t2E-PAorBYZvYkckCK58efaIHao9ZYK0yWmoCiAPBNjRpnRbQ-Tw3FAnEVYYZY4W0K0oLzCXJWGY6b8eiAQcDvtWh9dBwdra1mD4GwdGpI3APhr2u9ggs1trgL/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDdV8U7KaHG1Na_q1VjMQgEZFAlhVgAR2ggsrPvTKK57fzwnLkKxG9tCBGJRXKzcYE6DuwkvUNzwniGl4CTEuYq1hHXz1ijP7USRs0eZpmI72nVQV6bFZCtVgZKLZr3TLie44ynR7BymG/s1600-h/053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333513369152527106" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDdV8U7KaHG1Na_q1VjMQgEZFAlhVgAR2ggsrPvTKK57fzwnLkKxG9tCBGJRXKzcYE6DuwkvUNzwniGl4CTEuYq1hHXz1ijP7USRs0eZpmI72nVQV6bFZCtVgZKLZr3TLie44ynR7BymG/s400/053.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">building a scaffold for Jay</span> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_y3TMs2HIMw5ePa1G7_XJMKQg5-s7yaC6AHVawTvUTsadVhBfw1j3BLcXlt4VX63u2b4BxIOs6Y-d7NOldvZfjt-5IJLhZCeNYKHmtVd_DiBV-epTGYnwJTGc3A-_oXpux0vgnP2KGi1/s1600-h/060.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM7h9PrRrPsZfAdontwhQA4B6UuzY1Yz9L8kyH45WD6N_jDm6n2X8e7m1b4drSM9RChZtgeVhPX-A5RBOZsGGXL61ohZ7R2SLYzz5shD7VHzdUwFLuyTvbL3MfZerjLgW7FncEVYoTSFA/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333888217490671538" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM7h9PrRrPsZfAdontwhQA4B6UuzY1Yz9L8kyH45WD6N_jDm6n2X8e7m1b4drSM9RChZtgeVhPX-A5RBOZsGGXL61ohZ7R2SLYzz5shD7VHzdUwFLuyTvbL3MfZerjLgW7FncEVYoTSFA/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">The construction of the wingwalls of the front porch steps has also started. Here is a quick video of our mason Dan placing the VERY heavy granite on the walls. This granite was salvaged from the same orphanage our slate roof came from.</span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwoYWvesCHd5VmZirj94UG5-qLgpmgQE94w3NQcmucKM179rC14cI0Eu0-rUohjQN2Mg_0m9OMJYpzVKBpE-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWEtuSbORj5j8YPf1VPwLtAnbdMJ4a7W-qJs3OlKJOEU5JlQcyyhG3ljwrcGkzoe3Xy8ocYe3ZnjBBUYDMfWCAggKQZPGOJsY4UgCWSa_QMLOfex4IeLvqRxKfuLCJdJBv6UoGN9yg3lC/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333513362349378866" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWEtuSbORj5j8YPf1VPwLtAnbdMJ4a7W-qJs3OlKJOEU5JlQcyyhG3ljwrcGkzoe3Xy8ocYe3ZnjBBUYDMfWCAggKQZPGOJsY4UgCWSa_QMLOfex4IeLvqRxKfuLCJdJBv6UoGN9yg3lC/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-30071501453278448142009-04-24T23:48:00.006-04:002009-04-25T00:32:46.079-04:00Our front porch<span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Greg and his dad worked on the front porch ceiling the past few days. It is absolutely beautiful. The yellow pine is way too pretty to even paint. Can't wait to do some porch sitting when we are all through.</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPz7fpFjRjnfBnMX8khUzkZPuyTJ6rtRxxnnHwjONsvTC5oOW38nB6JUEgqv_yAVnnzESSR86xtoMuJ5ssB-fPC3JthUQM9NManpfaMTGp8FLiPLDB4xPFIY6GFg97z7VVX6m5weAmbHW/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328473428169849794" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPz7fpFjRjnfBnMX8khUzkZPuyTJ6rtRxxnnHwjONsvTC5oOW38nB6JUEgqv_yAVnnzESSR86xtoMuJ5ssB-fPC3JthUQM9NManpfaMTGp8FLiPLDB4xPFIY6GFg97z7VVX6m5weAmbHW/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P0UTTltrzHBUBBkzq9I3M8kmOTIYCb9VoEGfHdJIyo83ayUjA3de742szgYEnUCZXijVP8acaXq_3_F_H4L-uUwzOx8YzmMo__dMP_VtdWRfO2zPYVqQGJcjrFobahJuOFj0VQfoTn1o/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328473431818301074" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P0UTTltrzHBUBBkzq9I3M8kmOTIYCb9VoEGfHdJIyo83ayUjA3de742szgYEnUCZXijVP8acaXq_3_F_H4L-uUwzOx8YzmMo__dMP_VtdWRfO2zPYVqQGJcjrFobahJuOFj0VQfoTn1o/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEz-RbUOPHIkJiXnBnMi2w12bwhYMtEY9hGtTAkSdD8_0HkAUR1oEIYUsuJg__PeGOWy4bX967gabKjZe2GpBGcl-eHQdggVW1IboWQ4vu5-_TK1E_7IMynQYvJ_QX-zzCed-5vezOFZl/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328473434232687762" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEz-RbUOPHIkJiXnBnMi2w12bwhYMtEY9hGtTAkSdD8_0HkAUR1oEIYUsuJg__PeGOWy4bX967gabKjZe2GpBGcl-eHQdggVW1IboWQ4vu5-_TK1E_7IMynQYvJ_QX-zzCed-5vezOFZl/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpu1WkKGTf8Fby9IvURxZaL4ZhicRu0RbBgT4KoeMwmkF_3SaWUT_1LjtBRyKJEuYELrgZW5H7cbIEIdc90dnZikusuvbeheLyrULMdW6szCde7KmjHY7n2OEafMmQqKv4r7lWfqmr8jfO/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328473439105069330" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpu1WkKGTf8Fby9IvURxZaL4ZhicRu0RbBgT4KoeMwmkF_3SaWUT_1LjtBRyKJEuYELrgZW5H7cbIEIdc90dnZikusuvbeheLyrULMdW6szCde7KmjHY7n2OEafMmQqKv4r7lWfqmr8jfO/s400/034.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">In other news, the mosquitoes have arrived . Time to move this party to the back screened-in porch.</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-22602718032755992182009-04-19T23:23:00.009-04:002009-04-20T00:28:49.570-04:00Interior trim and other important stuff<span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We are in the final stretch now. Lots of painting and detail work. Greg is home for a while now, so lots of action over here on Van Dyke. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkzFP7I4aw5783gvaiKLtqStp3qraTkiVPR6c2ntYJY7p3jdbDSGVQz78nr7IK6CYgalphl_jCsB0M3uWqjQrJuKnn2VRW-rraAnKNL8wywNIg88_462c9DaOc498oEZWCRefHxlCIRFb/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326611515574098098" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkzFP7I4aw5783gvaiKLtqStp3qraTkiVPR6c2ntYJY7p3jdbDSGVQz78nr7IK6CYgalphl_jCsB0M3uWqjQrJuKnn2VRW-rraAnKNL8wywNIg88_462c9DaOc498oEZWCRefHxlCIRFb/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ_NEf-MtoL9vrAQA-qxQBsLJvraEgOgvuycM-hHkU57IwzbhUm0DOxJNLSwJFW6d7Mf1yhVQyCyXSgN9_RseD428gO484gXqzewehYkDkw_pvDETTGTvySaPUmXg6n4AEU8wqarwvB-9/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326614190661222882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ_NEf-MtoL9vrAQA-qxQBsLJvraEgOgvuycM-hHkU57IwzbhUm0DOxJNLSwJFW6d7Mf1yhVQyCyXSgN9_RseD428gO484gXqzewehYkDkw_pvDETTGTvySaPUmXg6n4AEU8wqarwvB-9/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Jay Brown, the best painter (and friend) ever, schooling G.</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KsU5dpL8LP24yyv_nm2Fdtjdzq-GkQky-YFSlWogeb6cfagOFWnT5su_kuqxkvdQvoURvMDmNoTpg-_V6VAxpZSisQQ1NLNt24xEn3eKG6zV2Sh-mPUhyphenhyphenShHMQZ7SNq1nTbw62Ce1KxF/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326614189981358354" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KsU5dpL8LP24yyv_nm2Fdtjdzq-GkQky-YFSlWogeb6cfagOFWnT5su_kuqxkvdQvoURvMDmNoTpg-_V6VAxpZSisQQ1NLNt24xEn3eKG6zV2Sh-mPUhyphenhyphenShHMQZ7SNq1nTbw62Ce1KxF/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROhgPbVPudDfFlhDIzZhyEMDaFQFZ2hXe5eOVh-3CFLXWHmW0MsBbN9qIUH1SQRcfNqndFb1VE4sCTUKWGRxseGxF8AQu5CQzCwK5LMZfhGofmx5Exr8qW3eNt9JfZV5fumn3qQJL1Oi/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326614181272721602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKROhgPbVPudDfFlhDIzZhyEMDaFQFZ2hXe5eOVh-3CFLXWHmW0MsBbN9qIUH1SQRcfNqndFb1VE4sCTUKWGRxseGxF8AQu5CQzCwK5LMZfhGofmx5Exr8qW3eNt9JfZV5fumn3qQJL1Oi/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Y8Rh1ZMJgnpQXKCNWfjS_w6JDrU-1pm5HLGVXMbrp9DWR3YU-1gfvX4V3FW9Nq9VfykSvg9VnFe3ooDGCuySdoH1-gJXf50I8b2KXaBmy-ew38Pyi0PLTicec7n15-g5RLShLJDXLCY/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326611523820069906" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Y8Rh1ZMJgnpQXKCNWfjS_w6JDrU-1pm5HLGVXMbrp9DWR3YU-1gfvX4V3FW9Nq9VfykSvg9VnFe3ooDGCuySdoH1-gJXf50I8b2KXaBmy-ew38Pyi0PLTicec7n15-g5RLShLJDXLCY/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">G put together the head pieces for the doorways upstairs. Unfortunately, I still have to paint them. </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPnZUx_u0N6NARQITNZ33nPKWR49B-LPNlAjffHGpAGbENzyDEAXhLLGZzcJ8EreiZyZ0CHPH0OMKoP3VH6u6ti85uJ9X9i8Fsy3otIkj8TXlu3r3Oafe_Zo5lKwOM-CuKul2aG3aSB7-/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326611514839331282" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPnZUx_u0N6NARQITNZ33nPKWR49B-LPNlAjffHGpAGbENzyDEAXhLLGZzcJ8EreiZyZ0CHPH0OMKoP3VH6u6ti85uJ9X9i8Fsy3otIkj8TXlu3r3Oafe_Zo5lKwOM-CuKul2aG3aSB7-/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">hmmm...better than Jim Rome?</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AuzpoK3c6hi4KI7p_wKyxTwuxZu8i9WHcycCZU0hR_4vHD4oj_-IqzMIupjQO2w-FpS2TVZEDheOznMohb_mmvDvqxXQAxHKuBlB48OhVyDark5I9OJ24jeFQjnJNNzcbqn1qUSvVt9R/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326611520475616482" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AuzpoK3c6hi4KI7p_wKyxTwuxZu8i9WHcycCZU0hR_4vHD4oj_-IqzMIupjQO2w-FpS2TVZEDheOznMohb_mmvDvqxXQAxHKuBlB48OhVyDark5I9OJ24jeFQjnJNNzcbqn1qUSvVt9R/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">door jambs ready to put in</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFE5JgHj9ffhp8_n09yAIzgK2Lh6Odp2YNJOvWlbKyXrAAD908ogMzZHoFGbLkn8tWns2M-1NJb_qqvFjHzaxdsxlm3l6EaNT066Ea6io-4V0QbX-Z12Z63OOBzL4qcueESG5iz8wz0sm/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326614184273126050" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFE5JgHj9ffhp8_n09yAIzgK2Lh6Odp2YNJOvWlbKyXrAAD908ogMzZHoFGbLkn8tWns2M-1NJb_qqvFjHzaxdsxlm3l6EaNT066Ea6io-4V0QbX-Z12Z63OOBzL4qcueESG5iz8wz0sm/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> our shower</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLhKWgYAL5D9U0DcORlr0bQcoHHoHxkZzKlNaR0vdsGfcHUE1CS-i9ylF8s3k0RVYloI4P2HtCaD_GAOkHO4BO7SAqoX0BbrgKqiGxzflhf3z9ZhpI3KYu2LnlxfwZlxjx5WSOzyM6DhT/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326615423273346930" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLhKWgYAL5D9U0DcORlr0bQcoHHoHxkZzKlNaR0vdsGfcHUE1CS-i9ylF8s3k0RVYloI4P2HtCaD_GAOkHO4BO7SAqoX0BbrgKqiGxzflhf3z9ZhpI3KYu2LnlxfwZlxjx5WSOzyM6DhT/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Evan and Krista on the front porch!</span><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEididCAAHCUSJoWP-9411QQgseu_nELIdcL_zyLKzcVE_cGApZrgZ5xiGbewOklTRKNAgzzs-XZp-nctBVElbUdbh3hcmem6EcORAMRTvAPMVNIUXkPqcz1rrlOZHmkpiwwXcTOM8hrML2i/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326611528588573698" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEididCAAHCUSJoWP-9411QQgseu_nELIdcL_zyLKzcVE_cGApZrgZ5xiGbewOklTRKNAgzzs-XZp-nctBVElbUdbh3hcmem6EcORAMRTvAPMVNIUXkPqcz1rrlOZHmkpiwwXcTOM8hrML2i/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703843726450536188.post-72961317533027140782009-03-15T08:56:00.007-04:002009-04-07T23:46:14.942-04:00Paint, paint and more paint<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;">We've been staying busy while Greg is out of town. Ian and Shepard are almost finished painting the outside, Jay Brown is making his way throughout the inside with his brush and my family came down for an entire week to help out with it all. Lots and lots of prep work involved- TONS of puttying, caulking, priming and sanding involved. I had absolutely no idea.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#993300;">hmmm...Norway is looking pretty good right about now.</span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjIX5mrk2d4fWLqlW31i_qK1eUa5QoDAjvMKxx_lqxUEItk_6flNCBRqALst9WtD9FeS6Jz3j7LYkL7b7yUyJ9fcg5lwTYN5Niy7PFOUdkEGKYPYpvH0dRfeujV8KyW27IHEn1xY6CqHO/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322160652597890834" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjIX5mrk2d4fWLqlW31i_qK1eUa5QoDAjvMKxx_lqxUEItk_6flNCBRqALst9WtD9FeS6Jz3j7LYkL7b7yUyJ9fcg5lwTYN5Niy7PFOUdkEGKYPYpvH0dRfeujV8KyW27IHEn1xY6CqHO/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0VFP_rvd6xoUlwvHysO6Nqtg1TwLvSXTaH07V2ZoPf4Ew641jtSZjZniuuc0L-_FL9UMi-OXIfClsj13fuXDYehFxivvh4sEAJn-tG3AzUrWgeNvkzVjKNyNCtOsVzCeUGyo7GJSuukG/s1600-h/mom6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316367167728833874" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0VFP_rvd6xoUlwvHysO6Nqtg1TwLvSXTaH07V2ZoPf4Ew641jtSZjZniuuc0L-_FL9UMi-OXIfClsj13fuXDYehFxivvh4sEAJn-tG3AzUrWgeNvkzVjKNyNCtOsVzCeUGyo7GJSuukG/s400/mom6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I thought the guys needed to make a sign.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8PhysUKffnfjKWBj8x8bo-dsUZGa3TGDpfv_irGI25kn3jL_YXutEJA8OJ_5TJYVNaeGvSgQblQd7mwaQXiL4R0FE9OzJHIs6erCVIpQIdjhbf3G4v2Aaerge53nQVExwbkBh354isbC/s1600-h/mom7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316366758842584386" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8PhysUKffnfjKWBj8x8bo-dsUZGa3TGDpfv_irGI25kn3jL_YXutEJA8OJ_5TJYVNaeGvSgQblQd7mwaQXiL4R0FE9OzJHIs6erCVIpQIdjhbf3G4v2Aaerge53nQVExwbkBh354isbC/s400/mom7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#990000;">Jay Brownz action shot </span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8JCxQuQFafTEa4DMd19LYJ2Gmx0P-3HIRKr1gbNpRY7JIwFhGaid3u8WwdVtC4L5_YitlAEbVyjfVhUUcu_y1PieeFEdyU18wMIHR3UjRiwat3Hrz05qXgV0tROlGRJ9eqoQrHtQmL4i/s1600-h/mom3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316366746815227282" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8JCxQuQFafTEa4DMd19LYJ2Gmx0P-3HIRKr1gbNpRY7JIwFhGaid3u8WwdVtC4L5_YitlAEbVyjfVhUUcu_y1PieeFEdyU18wMIHR3UjRiwat3Hrz05qXgV0tROlGRJ9eqoQrHtQmL4i/s400/mom3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><span style="font-size:130%;">My mom and I working on the shop.</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTajuZTMQJM8dTOcctaqiFGziH4bsBZStAFCotQp2lBK4rpiLK6LJMAaLTJ7qagxH2RAlKd2qVAS7Ef5B9gwBql6iw8dUtUR8bcs7lXv1s2JQfUumYGJmhOunT7bsDK-Iabaz1cP03H6a/s1600-h/mom9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316367157613866994" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTajuZTMQJM8dTOcctaqiFGziH4bsBZStAFCotQp2lBK4rpiLK6LJMAaLTJ7qagxH2RAlKd2qVAS7Ef5B9gwBql6iw8dUtUR8bcs7lXv1s2JQfUumYGJmhOunT7bsDK-Iabaz1cP03H6a/s400/mom9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglG_4Mv02v3buMK-HEIpUbPe5FR246-mfXf2XAgncZQa5uDEtGSnO-2Z-wgdKF3eErb7byBm8Kt5PdUBovFtlNczoQIMyCRanZLFBq9zYf0z-21ASjl4AiHAADLL_ZUKmZZfuA5daeB-q/s1600-h/mom2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316366757513787426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglG_4Mv02v3buMK-HEIpUbPe5FR246-mfXf2XAgncZQa5uDEtGSnO-2Z-wgdKF3eErb7byBm8Kt5PdUBovFtlNczoQIMyCRanZLFBq9zYf0z-21ASjl4AiHAADLL_ZUKmZZfuA5daeB-q/s400/mom2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kate is a painting machine.</span></span> <div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw747sAUyujSV16pQT0GWObV-ZikcRHyl7LPwkOvRxm6cCcwEeONbNypEWi5uWUhb7L83kD5Hfwl7URJBF1aAQt58FaDIErUUkXHapaC8Ojl9hr2M5B0DlcDevHpsHsn2L8dyIKOubIC6/s1600-h/001.JPG"></a></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1