Category Archives: Historical

Originally posted on 2018-12-07 Not that I am ever moving back. 10) Public Transit There is no option to travel around our house other than a car we own. Since we are resisting as long as possible the expense of a second car (we will give in eventually) there have been moments where I haveContinue reading “10 Things I Miss About The City”

Originally posted on 2018-11-30 Among other things done this week. This is not a recommendation nor a guide to make removing vermiculite a DIY project. Hiring professionals to do this can be costly, but not nearly as costly as it can be to your health if not done properly. Before deciding we were going toContinue reading “Vanquishing Villainous Vermiculite”

Originally posted on 2018-11-23 Or at least not freezing cold. As I mentioned in the last blog post, we have been finding many areas where our house allows cold air to be blown in and warm air to escape. Specifically we mentioned the access to the crawlspace for our daughter’s room. We have now coveredContinue reading “Some Like It Hot”

Originally posted on 2018-11-16 And is it ever pretty! This past week we have experienced the first snowfall that has left some snow on the ground. We will be expecting a lot more in the months to come, but winter has arrived. Most of this week has been at about freezing with the wind chillContinue reading “Winter Is Here”

Originally posted on 2018-11-09 Is basically all we did this week. By that I mean we dug. We dug a lot. Last week I mentioned that we started digging for the water line. This week we continued that digging, and almost completed it. We got the new water line in under the foundation and pulledContinue reading “Live Action MineCraft”

Originally posted on 2018-11-03 We hit a few small, but very important milestones this week. 1) We now have drinkable water! Yes, we can now use & drink the water coming out of our taps. The filtration system was installed into our plumbing closet on Monday of this week after we got the tile installed.Continue reading “Little Things Mean A Lot”

Originally posted on 2018-10-26 As October comes to an end, we are more aware of the approaching winter. As much as I am looking forward to seeing our view covered in ice and snow, the dropping temperatures and shrinking days has us a little concerned about the things we were hoping to have done beforeContinue reading “Winter Is Coming”

Originally posted on 2018-10-19 I feel this should go without saying, but I want to make sure it is 100% clear. We DO NOT support factories of children making shoes or clothes, or any of the horrible images that may come to mind when you hear the phrase “child labor”.With that out of the way,Continue reading “A Case for Child Labor”

Originally posted on 2018-10-13 We have had a very productive week in the westernmost room. At the end of Part 1, we had just discovered that our foundation was not level after discovering that most of the joists had rot issues and the sill plate & rim joist had rotted themselves out of existence. ItContinue reading “All Rotten on the Western Front Part 2”

Originally posted on 2018-10-09 As mentioned in The Interconnectedness Of All Things, one thing has been leading to another and we had to tear apart our bathroom sooner than planned. We figured that since we were running new pex plumbing for the kitchen going into the western part of the house, we should install theContinue reading “We Interrupt This Kitchen Moving for a Partial Bathroom Reno”