Yin and Yang

Yesterday should have been exciting, and some of it was. Driving toward Riverwalk and seeing a forest of 2 x 4s marking the frame of our house — that was exciting. I wanted this post to start “Admiral, there be walls here!” which would be immediately recognizable to those of you who know Star Trek […]

Update

I was sure all your minds were as inquiring as mine, so here is what Oz and I found at the lot. See if this sounds like a fun job: the two on their knees on the garage pad are chipping away all the little bits of ice and snow so they can lay sill […]

Well, That’s a Deep Subject

Yesterday Dusty called in the morning, to say Frank from Williams Drilling wanted to drill our well. Dusty was wondering if there’d be any problem with that so he tossed it to me. This is how much I know about wells: . I did express a little concern that the evergreen seedlings Lynn nurtured […]

Garage-centric

You haven’t had a house report in awhile because all that’s happened is concrete has dried, and yes, it’s every bit as exciting as you might imagine. So we have a garage floor now, uncovered and cementy-smelling, and that’s about it. There was a small sign of activity yesterday, on Saturday: while Oz and I […]

One of Those Days

On the heels of my unhappy HOA meeting experience, I walked into One of Those Days at work. I had a bunch of plans, and many things to prepare for — and it all got tossed on its head. Repeatedly. Neither Kara nor Ben was at work when I got there. Kara, sadly, had gone […]

Stemming the Size Tide of Doubt

I was deep into a discourse that was intended to be today’s blog entry, but as I was rambling (and rambling and rambling), it became clear that the topic was Bigger Than All of Us, and needs more control than I’m bringing this morning (and now I am fighting for supremacy of the computer and […]

Watchin’ and Waitin’

When I was in college, one of my professors wanted to meet individually with everyone in the class to discuss term papers we would be writing. I went to his office one day and sat with about four other students, waiting as each took their turn and the day grew longer and longer. It got […]

About This Weather: The Sequel

Neither Lynn nor I took into account the New Gunnison Winter. I know everyone mis-remembers the weather, but back in my youth it snowed, then got cold, and the snow stayed put. I also remember the snow coming up to my knees more often, but perhaps that’s because my knees used to be closer to […]

The Concrete Status of Cement

Look at what I found on the internet, compliments of the Concrete Contractors Association of Greater Chicago: “Although the terms cement and concrete often are used interchangeably, cement is actually an ingredient of concrete. Concrete is basically a mixture of aggregates and paste. The aggregates are sand and gravel or crushed stone; the paste is […]

Power to the People

If you had asked me even yesterday if I thought our house-building project was on track to get concrete today, I would have replied with an emphatic NO. And then last night this arrived in my inbox from our contractor Dusty: “Electric conduit is installed and inspected and back filled. Footers are done and inspected. […]