We purchased our appliances this week from Standards of Excellence in San Jose. Since I mentioned early on in this blog that I wasn’t going to write about finances in terms of dollars, this is one of those hard to write posts. The place was really nice, however I don’t think that our budget was [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 22, 2007
Raise The Roof
Craig and crew started to put the roof on this week. Coming from central Pennsylvania, what I am trying to figure out is this: How can a crew of 40 Amish guys bang up a house in a day with their hands, but with a crew of 6 it takes 6 months to do a [...]
January 20, 2007
If You Buy A Fridge, I’ll Tax the Ice
We are doing a pretty decent job of staying in budget on our allowances. All said and done, with windows, plumbing fixtures, doors & appliances, we are only about $4,000 over budget. Compared to other people we’ve talked with, we are knocking the cover off the ball with this.
Some of this is due to our [...]
January 20, 2007
Bird Watching in Utah
My friend Andrew sent me this.
It was one of those things that I thought was too funny to be real and that it had to be urban legend.
This is a true story; it happened in Utah and was on the news.
A city councilman, Mark Easton, lives in this neighborhood. He had a
beautiful view [...]
January 16, 2007
Plumbing Fixtures - SisBro - Campbell, CA
Did you know that you could buy dragon head sink faucets? How awesome is that? While it doesn’t go well with Craftsman style home that we are building, they would be wonderful in any type of design.
SisBro Plumbing Supplies in Campbell, CA is an amazing place if you need stuff. They have an incredible selection [...]
January 16, 2007
Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone. We’ve made a ton of progress over the past couple of weeks. The framing is almost complete and we’ve bought a bunch of stuff. In all, it was a great way to start the new year. I’ll be uploading a bunch of new pictures tomorrow.
We’ve bought a [...]
