Posted in John and I on Sep 7th, 2009
I just posted updates on the house over at its blog. John took last week off to do a tremendous amount of work. The finish coat of paint was completed today. It looks stunning!
We are so blessed by God!
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Posted in John and I on Aug 25th, 2009
Drywalling began on August 17, 2009. They should be finished this week and the “tape and mud” team should start on Saturday. This means we (I mean John) could start painting early next week!
Exterior is nearly finished. The siding guys keep shorting the order and this is the third time they’ve ran out. Some of [...]
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Posted in John and I on Jul 28th, 2009
Our wedding invitations were delivered yesterday. Time to begin addressing!
I’ve decided to use my Grandfather’s Parker 51 with FPN’s Galileo Manuscript Brown ink. The color looks amazing on the ivory envelopes and there’s something special about using his pen. Here is a picture of the pen after it was restored.
You can read a good review [...]
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Posted in John and I on Jul 26th, 2009
Things are progressing quite nicely. We should be able to have our rough in mechanical inspection in a couple of weeks.
John is probably 95+% finished with the supply plumbing. It’s pretty wild looking since he’s using red and blue PEX tubing. It’s snaking through the joist bays like something from Alien!
The alarm system wiring is [...]
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Posted in John and I on Jun 15th, 2009
Wow – things are progressing nicely on our house. I was up there on Sunday and the joists for the first floor were down. John is going to be uploading pictures from today. The framers finished the decking and started building out the first floor.
One of my biggest concerns is the lack of broadband in [...]
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