My family seems to have quite the Beverly Hillbillies moving method:
October 31, 2006 Moving from Hoboken
October 31, 2006 Moving from Hoboken
October 29, 2008 Moving the playset for my nephews
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fun stuff
Why did I move south again?
10/28/08
It is October. It is North Carolina. It is snowing.
These three sentences should not go together. I am a wimp about the cold. I got frostbite on my fingers in NYC 3 times while wearing gloves. I wanted to move partly to never have this happen again. WhhhhAAAAAA!
On a positive note, our kitchen insulating is paying off! This might look like a boring, crappy cellphone snow-on-roof photo, but to us it is terrific proof. Because when snow sticks to your roof, its means that you are no longer heating your roof and melting the snow! Yeah to lower heating costs this season!
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kitchen
Some people pay $$$ for Halloween Decorations...
10/22/08
The crack house has them for free!!
Yes, I know that we are disgusting, but follow my logic. If we get a broom and knock down that web, then Mr. Hugest Spider Ever will be rooming free. At least now, I know where he is.
Plus, he's helping out in eliminating our gross shiny metallic green fly population.
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fun stuff
We're Back!
Into full swing on the kitchen renovation! The weather is colder, it is dark earlier in the evening so Marc is putting in a lot of hard work. Actually, I better stop slacking and go help him. Here's a rundown of what we have to do:
- put up 1/4" drywall on dining room cracked plaster wall
- put up plywood on other dining room to receive wood finish
- mud and tape dining room ceiling & wall.
- order cabinets
- sand and finish kitchen wood floor
- make custom cabinets
- order appliances & countertops
- -....
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dining room,
kitchen
KABOOM!
10/20/08
I named this post after not only our new back porch paint color, but also my Dad's favorite infomercial. :) Pretty accurate name for the paint color right?
Don't worry though, this crazy color will be 80% covered over by wood slats, ala this:
and here is a horrid 30 second photoshop rendering of the idea:
Don't worry though, this crazy color will be 80% covered over by wood slats, ala this:
and here is a horrid 30 second photoshop rendering of the idea:
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back porch
Apple Pickin'
10/19/08
For anyone in the western NC area, I recommend Skytop Orchard. Go early though, it gets busy later!
Quinn on the pumpkin house slide.... Dean and Marc feeding the goats
Out to get some apples
The lower branches were pretty picked over, so Marc and Dean combined forces!
Look at that view!
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fun stuff
Batten Down the Hatches
10/6/08
We had a couple of cold nights to motivate us to finish some other projects. We've been living with several holes in the exterior wall to the back porch for months. Including this monster hole. (Wonder if that was the opossum entry point?)
Marc put up plywood sheathing on the exterior and then used his favorite Great Stuff foam to fill all the cracks and the big holes!
Here is a bad picture of the plywood on the exterior. It is only 1/2 done because the tape measure broke. (This is the second one to break on us!) Anyway, when we are done, I'm going to prime and paint it the green color, then we have a great modern idea of slats to go over it. All in good time, all in good time.
I also finally got around to my portion of overdue kitchen work. I installed all the wall outlets, capped the other wiring and installed the electric heater and thermostat! Eventually there will be a wood bench over this centered on the windows.
I also finally got around to my portion of overdue kitchen work. I installed all the wall outlets, capped the other wiring and installed the electric heater and thermostat! Eventually there will be a wood bench over this centered on the windows.
Last winter there was no heat in the kitchen at all, so this combined with the new drywall, insulation and sealing of the cracks should make this downright cozy this winter!
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back porch,
kitchen
