So we spent Sunday afternoon trying to get the house ready for Stucco. Had a crazy busy day of doing that, fetching a play structure from someone up there who was giving it away, eating pizza in the future kitchen with Gavin, Lisa and their kids, giving Heavy a hose bath (in which he [...]
Man… Can we just have Summer last forever?
I’m telling you – its amazing the change we’ve seen in the Cowboy these past two weeks. He seems like himself again, rather than the frequently sullen-faced, easily angered kid he was the last couple months of school.
I think some of it is the removal of [...]
OK – now this is cool.
Maybe I’m late to the game, but today was the first time I’ve heard of this. Its called “Freecycling”. From the front page of freecycle.org:
When you want to find a new home for something — whether it’s a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door [...]
Spent half the day out at the house this morning – trying to get things ready for the stucco crew to get started. We have power now – and water! That may not be that exciting to you, but trust me. Its exciting.
Power means no more generator – the thrumming monster that [...]
You know that part of the building project where the couple realizes that they may not have enough money to finish the project? And where they start grappling with the reality of the mortgage that they’re going to be carrying? And they wake up at 4 a.m. so stressed out about the whole [...]
The Cowboy’s last Tee Ball game was yesterday morning. A bit sad to not have that any more, but also nice to have one more thing cleared off of our schedule.
In the afternoon, we went out to the house to do some more clean up. We’re trying to get the big [...]
School’s out! Summer vacation!
We have been so ready for this. Its going to be an insane summer, but I think a fun one too.
Whoo Hoo!
For about a week now, the Cowboy has been walking around a lot holding his arms down at his sides, and slightly away from his body. Kind of like guys who have really huge muscles hold their arms. At the same time, he’s had a really stone-faced expression on his face. Really [...]
Its a funny thing, building a house. You learn a lot about yourself.
There are so many decisions along the way, and as you struggle to make the right ones, you start to get some insight about what motivates you.
We always said that we wanted to build a house that was welcoming. A [...]