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April 2005
Day 15 - level 3 almost done
Saturday, 30 April 2005 11:17 P GMT-06
Woke up early this morning and according to the weather channel it may rain this evening and rain/snow all day tomorrow. Ffigured we should bust our butts today while we could. May not get to do anything tomorrow. :(We put the rimboards along
Day 14
Friday, 29 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Dennis made it home this afternoon and we ran out to the site to accomplish what we could. We managed to finish putting up the I-joists and get the blocking panels in between them.Then we decided to build the front wall - where the front door will
Snow?!?! Ugh
Wednesday, 27 April 2005 10:38 P GMT-06
Ready for it to warm up. Tired of the cold and was another rainy day. We had sleet and some snow "wintry mix" they call it. No accumulations thankfully but would love to see some sunshine. Dennis is gone working again, he should be
Another rainy day
Tuesday, 26 April 2005 9:46 P GMT-06
I do not remember last spring being this wet. Well the ground was this wet but it was because the snow was melting. This year seems we just keep getting rain. I ran out to the site to check on things and good news the basement wasn't under 3&
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Day 13
Monday, 25 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Dennis had to work this morning and this evening but we were able to steal about 2 hours of the day to go to the property. NO WIND! :) So in that tiny little bit of time we were able to place and nail 6 I-joists! Yippee! Took us hours to do t
Day 12
Sunday, 24 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Well today was another nasty day! Ice again, very cold and VERY windy. We weren't real eager to get to the site due to the cold. It was barely over 20 degrees in the a.m.! So we went out for breakfast and kinda dilly-dallied, made it to the s
Day 11 & Prom
Saturday, 23 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Great! A very cold and WINDY day! Wind 20-30mph. Horrible working conditions. There was ice on the remaining water around the site. We wore 3 shirts, two pairs of pants, our winter hats and working gloves and were still cold at times. Do
Day 10
Friday, 22 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Ok, so the day count may be a little confusing but I started counting days the first day we started our work on the project and am only counting days that we actually get to work on it. Dennis made it home late last night and still had some work to
Mowing knee high grass
Wednesday, 20 April 2005 7:53 P GMT-06
Dennis is still out of town. :( Took the kids out with me yesterday and we moved a few boards and tried to mow. Takes a lot of calf muscles for that! Our neighbor came over with her riding mower and helped out some too. That was nice of her
Killing time
Monday, 18 April 2005 9:41 P GMT-06
Dennis had to leave this morning and won't be back until Friday morning. :( I am hoping we can get some boards moved while he's gone - it makes things go quicker when the boards are where we need them. Took care of some housework today then loa
Day 9 - Sunny Sunday
Sunday, 17 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Well today was Haden's birthday but also the last day Dennis can work until next weekend - he's outta town most of the week. :( Haden and Khristiaan went to the site with us about 7am. It was foggy, foggy, foggy and muddy. We got everything o
Day 8 - rainy day :(
Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Today sucked! I don't mean it was hard cuz it wasn't, it was wet. Yuck. First we overslept, got up at 7:41. Then it started sprinkling around 11am, we worked for about two hours in light rain then decided to run into town, grab some lunch and
Day 7
Friday, 15 April 2005 8:55 P GMT-06
Made a decision on the tubs today. We are going with the Home Depot tub/shower for the two bath and a real nice corner whirlpool for the master. The shower in the master will be slate.Anchor bolted the two posts down. There's one post in the su
Day 6
Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Well this was another partial day as Dennis had to work today too. But we got a little done. First we built the stairs going down to the lowest level. This was the first time Dennis had done stringers and he did great. Had to do three of them
Day 5 - More walls up
Wednesday, 13 April 2005 9:44 P GMT-06
Dennis had to work today but I ran out to the site and moved some boards and measured and marked the boards for three walls. When he hit town we went to work and managed to get the following walls up.The bathroom wall with the door. This wall gav
Happy Birthday Mom!!!
Tuesday, 12 April 2005 8:36 P GMT-06
Dennis had to actually work today so we didn't get to work on the house. :( I did go out and move over some boards but it was very windy and the wind was sharp. This is supposed to be our coldest, nastiest day this week so I'll move more boards
Day 4
Monday, 11 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
It's already April 11th - NO!!!! My mom's birthday is tomorrow and horrible daughter that I am I haven't even mailed her gift yet. I didn't forget her, just haven't had a moment lately for anything but house.Today I forgot the camera so I'll have
The House Plan
Monday, 11 April 2005 10:08 P GMT-06
If you'd like to see the actual plans here you go. For a long time I thought we would make ours yellow with black roof like the photo but when we saw the actual siding samples we really liked the cherry the best so we are upgrading to it. Hopeful
Day 3
Sunday, 10 April 2005 8:39 P GMT-06
Well, I have not been joking when I told the foundation people that it had to be right as this was the only house we would ever be building. This is it. Only house our hands will ever build. I'm happy we're doing this but don't ever think it's
First wall is UP!
Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Got our first wall up today. Yippee! Didn't get as much done as we had hoped but boy are we exhausted. Mikal was able to be at the site when we needed to set the walls, good thing as not sure if Dennis and I could have set them alone.End of day
We put on our first board!
Friday, 8 April 2005 9:12 P GMT-06
Things did not go quite as planned today, but when do they? Got out to the site about 7am and the driveway was still rutted! Got on the phone and the only piece of equipment they could get back out to the site was a dozer to just kind of smooth it.
Slabs poured
Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Well they made it back today and got the slabs poured.But, the cement trucks really tore up the driveway. Major rutts going on now. No way in heck can we get the car down it. They're supposed to get it flat again before the lumber trucks come i
Sun Room PEX
Wednesday, 6 April 2005 8:59 P GMT-06
Stopped by the site today and discovered the plumbers were working on the garage area and the foam was getting installed in the sun room. We laid the pex tubing and the slabs get poured at 9am in the morning. The first delivery of wood comes on F
Hydronic Floor - foam & PEX tubing
Tuesday, 5 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Finally brought the camera in tonight to load the photos I've been taking and here are a few of the Lhasas taken Sunday.Brodi's little tongue stayed out most of the time, although it was only 55-63 degrees. He has this little pant that makes him so
What a MONDAY!
Monday, 4 April 2005 5:59 P GMT-06
Well I've always heard Mondays are bad and now I've had a whopper. Got a "wake-up" phonecall at 7 am letting us know they would putting in the foam today. We got ready and got out there but NO one was there. Ran back into town and dec