Its been a crazy couple of weeks…
Last Tuesday we got a call from Sarah’s mom. Her dad, Ferral “Fats” Harn had died suddenly. As if Val wasn’t already floored enough by the aftermath of the fire. So she and Randy sifted through whatever of their stuff they could find, packed up, and [...]
Well, we were supposed to be in Carmel this weekend with only the Bug (as our youngest will be known here). The others were going to stay with Sarah’s mom, but since she doesn’t have a house any more… those plans changed.
The new plan was to take everyone, get a different hotel, and go [...]
Wow, what a strange weekend.
Got up to the cabin on Saturday and found that when we turned the water on, one shower was on. Tried to turn it off, but the valve did nothing – the water just kept spraying on out. Hrmph. Broken valve. Maybe I can be lazy, and [...]
Heading up to the cabin today. We’ll stay tonight and tomorrow night, then head down to Modesto early Monday so I can work and the rest of the family can hang out with Sarah’s mom. Then back home Monday night.
Should be a fun time at the cabin. Lots of rain in [...]
The rain has finally come. We’ve known it would – its been an incredibly dry January. Good for making driveways and pouring foundations. We were planning on having Fred come up Thursday to level the house and then have the trusses delivered Friday. Looks like that won’t happen now – which [...]
Its been pretty amazing – all this building. Our crew has consisted of Jamey, Jesse, Nic (who works with Jesse supervising their jobs) and Fred, the lead framer from Jesse’s crew – he used to work with Sarah’s dad and is the son in law of Sarah’s great uncle. (You followed that right?)
I’ve [...]
A few pictures to share. Here’s what the garage is looking like these days:
And here’s a shot of the house as it looked this morning:
Finally, a shot I took on the way out. These people have 4 or 5 German Shepherds. Also, it would seem, a horse.
I’ll be out there all day [...]