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Very busy week this week on the job site for me – we went through a lot of decisions as Paul had me meet the Electrician and the Mason (again, I am terrible with remembering names on the first meeting and I have forgotten them – sorry) and on Friday morning I went up to ...
A bare bones update – more of a list of things that I have decided on or need to finalize with Paul tomorrow morning. New London Style Pizza is waiting – so this is going to be fast Roofing: Everlast 24 Gauge Architectural Series – color: SIERRA TAN Appliances: – all from the great folks ...
My first full weekend back in Carlisle for awhile and lot has gotten done My Mom, Dad and I went over to the job site on Saturday morning – Paul and his family were there as well as the plumber (brain lock on my part – his name has slipped my mind, despite shaking hands ...
I just got back last night from San Francisco where we had our annual Disaster Recovery exercise and our next year strategic planning offsite (sort of heel to toe on those) – however, both went really, really well so the lack of sleep was definitely worth it. I have been laying low today (plus it ...
My parents and I stopped by the construction site today after stopping off at the Transfer Station and dropping off the recycling and trash. Great day, great weather! Paul and his team are going along great – hopefully soon NStar will show up and run electrical power up to the house so they can stop ...
A brief gap in the updates on the construction front while I had some business travel to California and Paul awaited delivery of some of the roof trusses. Paul however made progress with getting NStar/Eversource rolling for running electrical power to the house – that should be happening “soon”. The contact and initial jousting over schedules ...
My brother Jeff, SiL Meghan and nephews Mason (8 yrs) and Owen (1.5 yrs) have been visiting for about 2 weeks now and we have been having a fantastic great time with some good adventures too. Yesterday it was a bit cooler so we warmed up the coal fired forge and Mason crafted his first ...
The house is starting to take shape and look like a house The Santa Rosa Fohls are enjoying their visit to Carlisle and we made a couple of stops over to see how the house is progressing. Quick & obvious progress as the framing goes up. I am sure that it will slow down again ...
This is a test post that hopefully will be swept up in the 4:00am automatic sweep for posts in the last 24 hours fingers crossed! ...
Meghan, Jeff, Mason and cowpoke Owen got in late Monday night and yesterday was their first full day in Carlisle. Very, very hot and humid yesterday and today will be worse before the predicted afternoon thunderstorms arrive – the 70+ percent dew point should drop to the 40% range and it will be awesome tomorrow. ...