My dear blogging friend, architect TCS, commented on yesterday's post (about picking out and buying things to go in our house we're building) this morning and reminded me once again that "ugly is always cheaper." I wish I could remember when he first commented about that because it was a hilarious comment and oh so [...]
You guys missed all the fun over the weekend. I wrote a rare Saturday post and boy did I ever strike a nerve! We had more discussion going on and lots of it than with anything else I've ever posted I think. You'll have to check it out below and stick your two cents worth [...]
[Note: The 2nd Annual Finding Direction Winter Desktop Photo Contest draws to a close tonight at midnight so the FD Judges are "fixin' to be" busy at work tabulating the winners. The announcement post featuring all of the winners will take place Tuesday so stay tuned. And remember the Grand Prize of six months free [...]
Despite the fact that we had rain a couple of days this past week, work is really progressing with the framing of our house. We went out "to the house" (we already call it going to the house, even though it would be a bit airy to try to live in) and were excited to [...]
[Note: You've got less than two weeks left to get your winter "water" photos in for the 2nd Annual Finding Direction Winter Desktop Photo Contest, so don't forget. Pictures are still coming in and there are some good ones so get your cameras out and give it your best shot! Don't forget there's also a [...]
It hasn't rained this week, thank goodness, so the guys got a good work week in framing up. Here's what it looks like now:Week 21 - Me on the back porch Week 21 - Looking at the front of the house
We're beginning to make faster progress now that the holidays are over. If it will just stop raining every few days for a while, it will go a lot faster, but hey - we can see the progress.Here's our first picture of the framing. This is looking through the back living room windows to Tom [...]
. . . The Christmas Spirit descended upon me at exactly (I looked at my watch) at 5:52 p.m. yesterday evening, after dark, on December 19, 2006 for the 2006 Christmas season.I mean, I haven't really been unhappy, but not exactly fully into the swing of things, either. We're in "brown" abode over here on [...]
We're excited that the foundation for our house has finally (18 weeks after clearing the lot) been poured. I just posted two new pictures on my "Creating A Home" page tabbed above, so check those out. I took the pictures this time, so show Tom standing on the "screened in back porch!" Below is a [...]
We had a great holiday weekend and got some real bargains, too, guys. I mean - only the finest for us. As in cheap.
So, what did we do and what did we get? We spent Friday night and Saturday on the coast with our friends in their FEMA trailer, which was […]