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 …

I was going about 84 on the way to church yesterday when my wife told me to "slow down and chill out."

Let me back up a little bit and explain. We just started a new Plano campus of Watermark Community Church yesterday. It was our first Sunday service anyway …

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 …

Could you feel it this morning?

Could you feel the collective groan of the western world as so many of us returned to life/business as usual? After a few days, or a few weeks for some of us, most folks are starting back to their routines today and many are not thrilled …

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 …

Hurry up and wait.  This is a game that we play when we have to wait on city permits, new plats, lenders, weather and our own darn excitement even though almost every ounce of our being wants to tear down the walls and get to the work of building …

By now, you may have seen my posts about the huge remodel my wife and I are doing on our new house. I have been really excited about the amount of interest folks have shown in my updates and photos of our plans. I've been humbled at the kind …