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Man Tell The Mantle

 Since our new stove does nothing stove-like just yet, we decided the least we could do is give it a decent mantle.

You can be the judge whether or not it is decent or indecent.

Living In Lemon Pound Cake

(from August 9th/10th)

We spent a weekend finishing off Yuula's playhouse. I gotta tell ya, a can of paint goes a long ass way. That thing looked pretty dismal before. After we finished I was thinking of moving in.

thanks again Grandpa

She's Moving Out

 At the end of July we started FINALLY building Yuula her playhouse. Leveling the floor is always the worst part.

Naturally Grandpa was around to make sure I didn't build a structure sure to collapse on a tea party.

Man that is ugly. The unfinished project, dressed up with a red chair. Tah-da!

I Can Pee Out A Window

 The second day of construction went much slower than the first, but an end was in sight, and we were all pretty exhausted from the day before. But we started out with a great view from the bathroom.

Yuula got all dressed up to get dirty in the woods

I dunno what's going on here, but apparently Grandma lost a bet

All closed in, and just barely in time for some rains. And it was pointed out to me by numerous members of our male visitors, I can now pee out the window.

No More Ducking To The Toilet

The day had come, about a year in the making, of the first real construction on the upstairs bathroom, which is going to be great when it's all said and done, but we're just getting started so, give us some time....

Thanks Ed. Even tho I'd love to see what we would've come up with without your professional guidance, I'm glad we didn't

peek-a-bob

this was my highlight of the day

framing started

both girls had boogers

I actually got up on a ladder and swung a hammer, and pretty effectively

thanks Dad

Not Really An Improvement

BEFORE

AFTER

don't worry, there's more after to come

Stacked And Wrapped

What's this? It's our new bathing quarters. It's what we'll use to reshape our bathroom and create a whole new way of life, no doubt. Let's hope it survives the coming flood.

All Emergent

The day started off fairly intense, with a little 911 action on my behalf for the little lady in our life. Long story short, she's fine, 100%, but has some serious work to do to get rid of some thick flem that had her all choked up right out of bed this morning. A Cold. The End.

But then we got this little project moving. I think it may actually happen this time.

Aesop is not as convinced

Then I ended the day dropping my delicious dinner. I did not call 911.

Boys And Girls At Easter

Time to explore the different Easter activities of boys and girls

Boys cuddle babies

Girls peel eggs

Boys eat eggs

Girls do nails

Boys build rabbit huts

Girls ride bikes

Boys pet dogs

But girls and boys both play cupcake games

Open The Windows

Once you get past the hipster bullshit, this place is kind of cool...

We got about 9 of these. Good start.

29.375 Cubic Feet Larger

Because my father can never come up and just sit down, we dug into that hallway again and this time made some visible improvements. Since these angled walls have proven less than cooperative when it comes to maximizing our space, we have decided to takes matters into our own hands and create space where there wasn't space before.

Behold! Our new built-in.

It's not much, but not much is what we were looking for. Still took all damn day. All the real work is hidden, but maybe I can tell you about it someday.

And You Can Whale That?

putting this aside, filed under future projects

Things We Made This Weekend

Modeled off a Williams-Sonoma model selling for about $60, mine was made out of scrap materials and what I'm hoping is a lot more love than skill. Used for collecting garden vegetables and easy clean-off.

When a single zucchini makes 6 loaves of this stuff, we better like it. Oh and where's the 6th loaf you ask? Ate it. And as of the time of this post, there are only 4 left. 

a table for easy mobilization of plants needing to be watered in the yard and then shielded from woodland creatures