February 2009
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January 2009
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you can thank me...
plumbing inspection passed. of course we had torrential rain today so the footings have to dry out because they too must be inspected. and then by the time they dry out, we’re slated to have rain. again. so i don’t know when they’re going to pour the motherfucking slab. and after they get that poured, it must cure for a minimum of three days. so maybe we’ll start...
the countdown is over! finally.
maybe off topic, but i don’t care. what a great day for our country. jill and michelle looked great. speech was wonderful on so many levels. aretha was terrible and should be stopped. bush is gone!!!
ps. things won’t always be rainbows and unicorns but it’s nice to feel proud.
them's just words
they moved a big ass pile of trees off our lot and onto dad’s field (thanks dad!). the plan is to burn it. this terrifies me. dad seems a tad too excited about this prospect. his attitude seems to be “no, we don’t need to dig a trench. no, we don’t need a burn permit.” when that man burns things, it can get a bit…terrifying. but maybe it’s just me...
completely unrelated to building a house
but there’s nothing going on today. it. is. freezing. bulldozers and dirt don’t mix in these temperatures. so i posted some pictures showing off my new camera instead.
they have the whole thing padded up. i can start to visualize how the house will sit now. they have basically created a platform that is level with the front but as you walk around the back and sides, they have raised the site 2-3 ft. so tomorrow they are bringing in a few more loads just to smooth the edges where it will gradually slope down rather than being like a plateau.
no pictures...
a non-update
nothing new. stupid rain. now that we are building our house, georgia will be out of this drought in a snap.
normally i looove the rain. not right now.
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super-secret post from matthew
so apparently with all the bills coming on the horizon, allison thinks it’s a good idea to have another one! so now we have life insurance.
i think she’s going to kill me.
HELP!
-mj
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one of those moments...
matthew and i got life insurance tonight. we figured that if something happened to one of us (knock on wood,) the other would be completely and utterly fucked and we should probably try and prevent that. i had a slight panic attack, those moments where your mortality punches you in the face really suck. my insurance agent (and neighbor) now knows more about me than i ever wanted him to.
i had...