Yes, despite having a giant hole for a bathroom, I’ve been hunkered down on the couch all weekend. How’d I pull a get-out-of-work-free pass this weekend? I had 4 wisdom teeth out early Friday morning. And let me tell you, I would much rather be working on the house. The general anesthesia was great – […]

I haven’t shared much in the way of finish material plans yet, but that’s because we’re kinda winging it. I’ve been hemming and hawing, big time because I have trouble choosing finish materials when I can’t “see” the space. Once the walls and subfloor are in I’ll have a much easier time pulling the trigger. […]

The bathroom may have thought it’d have plenty of time to settle in and enjoy life as an empty shell, but it was sadly mistaken. Obviously, it doesn’t know us well enough. Teague had two days off in between construction jobs, so while I was at work sitting on my butt he was home leveling […]

They’ve been teasing us for months, but it’s finally here….. a brand new Lowe’s opened its doors yesterday, 5 minutes down the road from us! The “grand opening” is on the 7th, but they’re letting all us desperate types in early out of pity. We live in a small town of less than 5,000 people, […]

This weekend was a complete success! Maybe it’s the layer of grime that runs from one end of the house to the other, or the fact that animals have been crawling into our ceiling nightly. Or maybe it’s the breeze that blows through the cracks in the wall, letting us know we’re heating the outdoors […]

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