We are in the home stretch now.  I refuse to type the actual date we hope to move

in, but we are now focused on a "bazillion" little things as we have hopefully made

most of the big decisions.  Paint, floors, counters, doors, fixtures etc. are going in

this week …

No bull.  We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and the odds are pretty good that it is not a train!

We had friends come over and write prayers, Bible verses and truth on the framing

of the house in hopes that we …

last few areas of new electrical

as the addition and new roof are going up

back side of addition going up

inside the addition as it is framed

windows starting to be framed in

can't shave until we move in... I know.  Really, I know.

patching floor boards

That …

Hey folks,

I was asking my wife yesterday if she thinks I have perfect timing. Every time I go by the new house to check on the work, one of the contractors says "...perfect time to drop by. I need to know if you want that window here or way …

People who like real estate, remodels and other people's pain,

Yesterday was driveway day. (And electrical day and plumbing day and foundation forms day and lighting day and new gas line day and 15 year old brick/junk pile haul off day and on and on). We started …

Activity at the new house has been a lot like one of the older wooden rides at Six Flags. Sometimes it is slow and steady and a bit underwhelming and then when you are not expecting it, the pace picks up so dramatically that you just grab on scream a …

Here we are folks. This is the second week of work on the house and we are making solid progress. All floors have been ripped out, almost all doors have been removed and several walls have been demolished. Ceilings have been scraped, cabinets have been destroyed (even the ones we …

My great grandfather taught my older brother and me to play checkers. You may be from a chess type family, but "Pop" taught me checkers when I was really young.

I was reminded of double jumps, kinged men and not moving backwards this week as I was (and still am …

Here we go...

Opening it up.

The old kitchen.

View from what will be the corner of the kitchen.

Ceilings are mostly scraped.

Trees were also trimmed and or removed as well as stumps ground and we are getting rolling!  You …

Complaining about a few minor delays in the process of building a beautiful home on an almost ideal piece of land that you've been dreaming about for ten plus years would be ridiculous, so that won't happen here or anywhere else for that matter. We plan to start …