August 15th, 2007
Aug 14th
Well…We have been busy aound here. I took some pictures of the progress…Here is the porch…As you ccan see the columns still need to be framed, trimmed, bricked out and painted…but here is my porch. Jackie took this picture
So this is actually her view.
Note the amount of yard repair
Troy and Brooklyn built a fence on the West side of the house last weekend. It is to hide all the pool equipment and store the deck boxes and garbage cans! It is VERY very nice…and I am so gald we did this! The tile saw is John’s…I still have it and am cutting away at the slate tiles, so that if he needs it back on short notice, then i have all my big work done
Here is the entrance all painted…needs one more coat probably though. But you get the idea.
Here is the back patio with the BBQ area and the back patio. Mom…look at that one struggling goblin that decided to make a go of it during this…that is an original from the seeds you gave me.
Still no pool open
…but when we get back from Oregon…
So all those tools are Leroy’s. He is the fellow who is installing our cabinets
See that is really our news of the day, “we” are ready to start the cabinets. NOW we have some progress!! We started laying the hardwood last Sat (with the help of Doug). It is very tricky to get started. Especially when someone (that would be me) wants to do a framed tiled inlay and has a flushmount register 2 inches away from that. But none the less, we made great progress and I have been chipping away (not literally) at it Mon and Tuesday while Troy was at work.
It is amazing to see the dust in this place…It shows up the photos so much more than what we see when we just look at it (which is enough). The wood that we did on the weekend is all covered up…But you get the idea of our progress and what it looks like…
SO Russill comes tomorrow, we are so excited…but hoping he is not too shocked at what he will have to endure here…
