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Texas our Texas
This week they drilled the well and installed the septic tank. Plus, they finished the drywall and primed all the walls. Painting starts tomorrow and tiling starts on Monday. The screened porch is almost done. Kevin still needs to paint the fireplace frame. Here’s today’s photo. Please ignore those ratty chairs and the mess. I’m…
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100,000 in St. Louis
And 5 carpenters at our house finishing the screened porch. I took the second photo. We didn’t make it to the St Louis rally. Dave and I were lucky enough to see Senator Obama in Rolla, with only 1000 other people.
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Let’s take this inside
That view from the outside isn’t really changing much, so here are a couple of indoor shots. Things are moving along quickly. They started the taping of the drywall today. Here is the living room, from the vicinity of the front door. And the basement, from the back door. In other news, David and I…
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The Mess
They’ve almost finished the siding across the south side of the house. Check out the screened porch on the end. On the inside the dry wall continues. I hope this is the messiest I ever see this house.
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Shiitake Mushrooms
There were locally grown shiitake (she-tah-key) mushrooms at the St James farmers’ market yesterday – for only $8 a pound. (They run about $15 a pound at Whole Paycheck.) The guy I bought them from explained to me how easy they are to grow here in Missouri – once you get them started. I mainly…
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“Pancho met his match, you know,
On the deserts down in Mexico.” Why, you might ask, are the lyrics to Pancho and Lefty going through my head? Because, Kevin is in Mexico. Hopefully he’s not in the desert meeting his match. However, work goes on without him. This is speaker wire, which goes to the living room, dining room, screened porch…
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The Talent
Although it may seem that way from the blog, this house isn’t buildin’ itself. Here are the guys who are doing all the work. (I’m missing Kurt. I’ll add him when I get a good photo.) Chris, the HVAC man, next to the gazillion dollar geothermal heat pump. (This should pay back nicely when oil…