Posted in Family Things on September 19, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Nellie started eating her first food last week. Rice cereal. Yum! That’s what she thinks anyway but she’s not yet tasted a good, medium-rare steak yet. Here’s her first meal, fed by Charlie:
Apparently, the ground needed some repairing:
The blur:
Cody and the blur:
What do you mean I can’t have steak until I’m [...]
Posted in House Construction on September 19, 2005 | Comments Off
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Steve started laying the walls.
And, for the pure entertainment of it, here is The Butt:
Posted in Family Things on September 11, 2005 | Comments Off
(Pure Fluff Warning–no house stuff this time)
The birthday parties!
On September 13, 2005, Charlie will be 5 and Isaac will be 9. We had their birthday parties this weekend. We rented out a room at a hotel in town for Friday night through Sunday morning. We got there Friday night, swam, and went [...]
Posted in House Construction on September 8, 2005 | Comments Off
This is the last time I’m reworking the floor plan! Ever.
Steve said to increase it to 75′ x 40′, plus the tornado room and greenhouse. Here’s what I came up with. (I know it doesn’t come out very clearly on here because of the width of the page. There is no [...]
Posted in Family Things on September 6, 2005 | Comments Off
Just a few kid pics from today plus a current pic of the (weedy) garden.
Posted in House Construction on September 6, 2005 | Comments Off
Nothing exciting but the beginnings of the walls are started.
Holes drilled for rebar be placed into the concrete, then run up inside the blocks that will be filled with concrete.
And the electricity. Breaker box in a temporary place, covered to protect from rain.
