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Survived First Week of January
This first week of January 2013 has come and gone with relatively little happening. Not surprisingly, work was slow and not much was happening around the house. It was a good week. On Thursday, we went out to eat for our usual family night out. Rich and I decided we need margaritas and we headed […]
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Our holiday season 2012
The holidays are winding down. We had a great Christmas, twice. New Year’s Eve has come and gone. Now it is 2013. Hopefully, it’ll be another great year for us. So let’s get caught up on the holidays. Christmas is a quiet, family affair at our house. It’s just Rich, Rick, and I. Oh yeah, […]
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Garage: Ground to a halt
Why is it that the very last thing that needs to be done on any project takes forever to get done? We are waiting on the post covers to come in and get installed. That’s the very last thing that needs to be done and the garage will be done. It’s been a couple of […]
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Day 27 through Day 40: Garage is done….almost
Garage seems to be at a standstill. Talked to Pete D. and he assure us that the post covers and Leafguard will be installed this week. That will mean the end of his involvement as a contractor. It also means that Rich needs to write out the check for the final amount. Seems like a […]
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Day 20 through Day 26: Garage has taken shape
On Monday (11/26), the building supplies appeared in the driveway. Trusses for the roof are lying in the yard. It was exciting to come home on Monday and see that things are really going to happen. The waiting was over. Rick called me at the office on Tuesday (11/27). Two guys showed up first thing […]
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Day 13 through 18: Garage is the new patio
The original date for the walls to go up was on Nov 19th. When supplies weren’t delivered and no one showed up on the 19th, I put in a call to the contractor. Now the new date is Nov 27. In the meantime, the concrete pad in the backyard has become the new patio. Sascha […]
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Day 6 through Day 13 of New Garage: Build it and they will come
This has been Day 6 through Day 13 without much change in the backyard. Maybe that’s the other way around though. They will come and build it. Monday is scheduled as the first day of framing. We haven’t heard anything different, so we believe this to be so. No building supplies have been dropped off, […]
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Day 4 and Day 5 Slab awaits
Now we wait. We are in the curing stage with the slab of concrete. It looks like it made it through the day without the neighbor kids messing it up or rollerblading on it. By Day 4, it was beginning to look drier in texture, even though it did rain a bit on it. We […]
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Day 3 That’s one big slab
6:30 in the morning is way too early for someone to show up and start pouring concrete! That’s what happened this morning though. I started hearing noises in the backyard. Lo and behold, there is Dave Anderson, concrete contractor, preparing for the big trucks to arrive. My neighbors have got to hate me today. I […]
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Day 2 Garage Foundations
Pulling up to the house today, we could see that some work had been going on here. First off, there’s a bobcat in the yard! Cool! I want to drive it. But there aren’t any keys for it. Too bad. Believe it or not, I have experience driving a bobcat. I had a summer job […]