Friday, June 26, 2009

Sorry...

Hi everyone. Um... sorry for the lack of posts... 
As you know from the daft haiku below, we moved in two weeks ago, and have been incredibly busy partially setting up the house ever since. David has finished the floors in much of the great room, but things around the house are still looking pretty chaotic since we can't REALLY unpack and organize until the floors are done. Before leaving, David made sure that the loft is finished and gorgeous with both of our offices set up, so it's possible to get work done... whew!

David left on Tuesday for his new stint off the coast of Stavanger, Norway. He's on a rig called the Thialf, and here she blows. Check this puppy out - can you believe he's living on this thing?

I wish I had more House Pics to share with you, but right now I cannot find my camera anywhere. I promise I will find it and post more House Pics toot-sweet, upon the repeated request (read: DEMAND) of my mother.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Moving Day: a Haiku

Happy moving day!
Renting U-Haul truck at noon...
Broken backs by three.

:)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Getting Things Done.


Sorry for the lack of posts recently - we're in "moving week" now, so we're very busy. After finishing the loft this weekend, we cleaned up, touched up some paint, and started prepping to lay the wood in the main floor. And since Monday, David has been working with the fantastic George of Ithaca Construction on leveling out the main floor and starting to put down wood in the hallway & great room, while I've been at our rental home, packing and preparing to move at the end of this week. No interesting photos to share right now... but in the meantime, for your viewing pleasure, here's a lovely spring sunset from the backyard of our rental the other day.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

THE LOFT HAS FLOORS!

With the exception of trim/quarter rounds, the loft is DONE!!!
Take a look at our masterpiece! 
   

Now, it's on to the rest of the house.... only two bedrooms and a great room to go!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I HEART OUR LOFT

LOOK... HOW... AWESOME...!
   

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Making Serious Progress

Some neighbors are just the best...

The Incomparable John came over to help today. What a friend!!!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Getting started on the loft...

Today, we finally got around to pulling up the last layer of linoleum from the kitchen. Now we're left with a bare floor containing thousands of little staples to pull up, which is what I'll be doing (when not hauling wood upstairs one arm-full at a time) while David works on the floor in the loft.

Speaking of which... 

We FINALLY got started with the actual floor installation today! First four rows are the hardest, people! Check it out:
    

Monday, June 1, 2009

The painting is DONE, man!

Today, we finished the detailing and the trim work in the bathroom and master bedroom, and David installed all the fixtures and and hardware. Then he made friends with his brand new pneumatic nailer! Tomorrow, we're borrowing our friend John's air compressor (which powers the nailer) , so we can actually get started on the F-L-O-O-R-S!!!  We'll keep you posted...