The first full project we have to do at the new house is some structural work – adding some new supports in the basement to take the wave out of the floors, there just isn’t enough support down there currently. Ryan started digging (jack hammer) the holes for new footings for some new posts we’ll …
Well it’s done! We are officially no longer using oil – the oil boiler is gone! That really saves a lot of space in the basement, opening it up a bunch. The gas line is in (they even planted grass where they tore up the lawn – and some of it is growing even without …
Well my last week off of work and Alex got a cold – then passed that cold on to Ryan and I for the weekend. Lovely. So we’ve all had very little sleep (Alex is up every 2 hours at night when she’s sick evidently and prefers to be held). Luckily she’s mostly been …
It is crazy warm out today! But just in case it gets cold again – we now have insulation in the nursery and master bathroom as well as along the sill plate in the basement 🙂 It was great getting work done on the house while I got to stay at my desk and get …
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Well this weekend was eventful but not quite productive 🙂 Ryan was away with his friends for a long weekend so after getting the house cleaned up and organized, and doing lots of baking I had a little girl party on Saturday (stitch friends). One of the treats I made was these homemade strawberry sorbet …
It’s like all the rain that didn’t come this summer waited to come today – it rained buckets! Of course I couldn’t sit still and do nothing so we decided to do some basement projects. First We moved all of the poplar wood to Ryan’s shelves which opened up the center floor of the basement …