Somethings Gotta Give

With Holly in the hospital for the next week or so, I’m left being dude with job, mom, dad, supportive husband and home project manager.  Unfortunately, my bandwidth doesn’t allow me to be much of a blogger, so sadly, something has to give and that something is going to be this site.  For the next [...]

Waiting

“The waiting is the hardest part” - Tom Petty - The Waiting
Dude, he wasn’t kidding.  I feel like a kid during the first week December when he knows Santa is bringing a new bike.  I knew that the finish work took a long time, but the thing that I didn’t realize was how invisible it [...]

Top 5 Greatest Phrases Ever

Up there with “You may kiss the bride” & “Congratulations, it’s a boy / girl”, “Go ahead and give the apartment complex your 30 day notice” has to be one of the greatest phrases ever uttered to us.
It is like the 8th month of pregnancy has arrived.  We know that something cool is coming in [...]

D’oh, Wrong Color

There is not much weirder than pulling up to your house and having it be a.) A different color and b.) Not quite the right color.
This is partially our fault.  One of the things that we’ve discovered in this process is that we have some unusual neighbors.  One of whom is very particular about [...]

Scott’s House - 1 Year Later

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To this:

1 Year
Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of Scott’s House. Since it is also the end of the quarter and I’m in sales, it is going to be hard for me to post so you’re getting the anniversry post a day early. W00T!!!
I can’t believe that it has been [...]

SU & SW - Be Nice to Your Foreman

Adding another piece of guidance to my list of screw-ups and sage wisdom.
Be nice to your foreman.
Mike, the foreman, head framer, go-to guy on our project has to be 1 of the top nicest, most professional people I’ve ever met.  It is easy to be nice to him, but I suspect that people, especially in [...]

2 Months of Progress

When we started this project, we were told that it would be 6 - 8 months depending on the rain.  We’ve lucked out (sorry farmers) and have had little to no rain this season.  Since we’ve had no down days, I’ll go with the 6 months.  Here is a quick progression of pictures once per [...]

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 [...]

Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Thank you for your continued support of this site. We went by the house today. More demolition. The roof is off and the house is gutted. Old stucco is been ripped away like an orange peel. The frames are laid for the foundation. An inspector needs to [...]

Screw Ups & Sage Wisdom

There are a lot more of the former and a lot less of the latter, but hopefully my new page will lend some value to those that are thinking of undergoing a similar project.
There is a link from the top of the page (SU & SW) or click here.