Seasons Change
The change in seasons always excites me. Let me rephrase that, usually excites me. I am never real fond of the official beginning of winter. Yet I have to get through winter to get to spring. It is now officially summer! I wait all year for this time! Cookouts, lake trips, bonfires, lightening bugs, lazy days, the list could go…
They Mean Well – Part 3 – Electricity
I totally get this one as well. You can't power a typical American home on alternative energy unless you want to drop tens of thousands on it. AC/heat, fridges, freezers, big screens, game consoles, ect. Oh my, the list is endless!But what if you don't have all that in your tiny home? What if we decide we don't need multiple…
Happy Fathers Day!
Can I just say - I am so blessed to have this man as my husband and baby daddy (sorry, I totally couldn't resist!). I am pretty sure that like us moms, dads so do not get the credit they deserve. I know mine sure doesn't. Especially lately. I so wish I could do more to…
Slow week
Sadly, never got to go to Mr. Contractor's house, so we are on our own. Have a fairly good idea on how to do the roof, just wanted to hear "yes" from a pro. Ah well. Mr. Man has been working on the posts for the deck. He has wanted to use cypress trees as…
Not much to update on
This week has mostly been about nailing joists to rim joists and screwing hurricane straps. And dreaming. Lots of dreaming. We are getting so close to being all framed in and the fun stuff can begin!Then started thinking about the roof... and got stuck... again. Going tonight to look at Mr. Contractor's building, hope to…
Happy Birthday Bou!!
This is it. Our oldest is now officially 14 years old. My how the time has flown by!Breakfast of Champion Birthday People. And a drawing of a 3DS by Lady - so he can pretend until his comes back from Nintendo 😛
Rim Joists and Pounding Hearts
Oh be still my heart!Last one!Sorry I didn't do more photos, I was to nervous for them to think about photos. Notice I said "I". They were not nervous in the least.
They Mean Well – Part 2 – Water
Water. Its something we all need, have to have, can't live without. Right now, we purchase all of our water - potable or otherwise. Either in 3 gallon jugs or the usual 16 ounce bottles. For the house, we plan on a rather large rainwater collection system gravity fed to the various outlets. To start…
2nd Floor!!
Today was the big day! Sadly, the wood prices had gone up almost $5 per board in the last 10 days. Our 18 2x12x16 ended up being almost $26 each! Needless to say that ate through mama's contribution pretty quick. She decided we needed the OSB subfloor regardless. Needless to say I tried to talk…
Together Simply 