Consulting about…something…
Photo of Joe, taken by Will (they were working on the bay window in the background, I left my camera home for the boys to take action shots…)
Peony by our mailbox:
Siding all up, plus the new light fixtures installed. I skipped Friday (camera got left at the shop), but Mark took some pics with his camera, and I haven’t had a chance to get any from him yet.
Cocoa can LEAP!
Only 19 more to go. It took longer than I had thought it would, but I was only doing the one, when I’m working on a bunch at a time and doign some assembly line work, it’ll all go faster. Plus, I was still trying to figure otu what the heck I was doing, there’s a LOT of pieces to keep track of!
I’m still working on a post about half-square triangle units, and how I cut out some of those funny shapes, but it’s like Grand Central Station around here, and my family thinks they need my attention and…you know how it goes.
Yesterday’s photo:
I took the boys to the pool, but had enough sun after about 2 hours. My sister-in-law and her kids were there, so I just left my boys in her capable hands and came home. She brought them home a few hours later and when they tried to leave, look who hopped in the car! (She did go in through the door, they closed the door for the picture. When Mark saw this, he was worried that she had jumped in over the top…)
TTFN-
Suzanne
The boys were playing baseball and I was trying to take some pictures of them in action. Unfortunately, not many of them turned out very well, but one of my furry helpers just about knocked me over trying to get close enough to me. What a face. You can’t really see it at this size, but the darkest spot in her eye is actually my reflection.
It was raining today. What a mess. And the concrete steps didn’t quite come out the way we’d hoped they would. The two bottom layers were poured as one solid chunk. The top layer was separate. They ended up completely demolishing the top layer, and leaving most of the bottom two, but that’s OK, because that gives us room to build a deck over top of it.
We headed to Lowe’s to pick out some new light fixtures to go on eithr side of the door, and we looked at decking material. It’s not going to be cheap, but I think it will all be worthwhile in the end.
I’ll be back tomorrow with a Radiant Star update, but first, here’s some of the results from the poll that a bunch of you kindly voted in a few days ago:
I’m glad to see a few of you voted for that last one. Some days, that’s my answer for just about everything.
TTFN-
Suzanne
The siding came off yesterday, and the Tyvek went up.
The windows came out today, and no surprise: one of them was seriously rotten. I can’t wait until they do the bay window. I’m sure that’ll be just as lovely.
The bits of wood on the ground are some of what came off that rotten corner. It just crumbled if you touched it.
The door came out today, too, and I have to warn you: the pictures are not for the fainthearted homeowner:
On the one hand, I love this house, but when I see stuff like this, I start to wonder if the damn thing is going to just crumple into a heap one of these days.
Wade and TJ put in a long day and got a lot done:
All 5 new windows are in, and this was before the door went in. Because of the rotten wood, it took longer to put in than expected.
The bay still needs to be replaced, but he needs to round up some extra helpers: that sucker is heavy, and it will require some muscle to deal with.
As it is, the helpers that come with Wade and TJ aren’t really much help:
Maggie is a well-behaved young lady of about 2 (I think?).
Zoe is a very energetic 6 month old Husky.
It’s been quite a hoot to have 4 dogs running around here this week. Katie hates it. She is totally intimidated by all of the bigger dogs. Cocoa’s not entirely sure what to think.
It’s been a long, busy day. I think I’m going to curl up with a book, another long busy day will be here before I’m ready for it.
TTFN-
Suzanne
Will: Um, does something look funny in my mouth?
Mom: HOLY CRAP, YA THINK?????
While I’m exceptionally grateful that he didn’t knock out the entire tooth, and that he didn’t bust his nose or any other body parts when he was messing around on the scaffolding that the guys put up to work on the house…I find myself a bit sad that my baby’s beautiful smile, while still beautiful, is just…a bit…different…now.
