Graysons birthday - Jan 28 - party on Jan 31

I was really sad that I took lots of pictures at Graysons birthday party, but the camera was acting up, because the battery doesn't hold a charge very well anymore. So most of my pictures were blurry.
Here are a couple that turned out alright.




This last picture was taken on his birthday, and I don't know why but he kept making this very silly face at me whenever I tried to take his picture. he would scrunch up his nose and open his mouth wide - this one he actually looks cute - the other ones - well, lets just say he looked more like he was screaming than smiling.

More house pics

Our kitchen cabinets!!!!! I wonder how many weeks until we can get them installed?

Grayson playing in the snow

Thomas Playing in the Snow

Week 23

we are just about to finish up week 23. I am still stressing out about getting done by April 30, which will be week 36. Can we get it all done in the 12 weeks that remain? And get that government money for the first time home buyers? I already have big plans for that cash - bbq grill, pergola, patio, patio furniture, a nice lawn, a lawnmower, a shed, more trees, more flowers etc. etc. etc......

House #1 is really cruising right along. The siding is done, they even have their shutters on. Inside they have their window sills, door trim and baseboards finished except for where they will put the laminate and vinyl flooring. They are starting on building closets.

House #2 has the window sills done and trim around the doors. They are working on the baseboards right now.

House #3 OUR HOUSE - we of course finished rocking. The window sills and door trim are done. Baseboards are next. I have been working on sketching the closets onto the walls, so that will be next after the baseboards are done.

House #4 are about as far along as house #1 - but they already have a few closets started.

House #5 are just about finished with their rock. Then they will move on to the inside trim and stuff.

House #6 is also about done with their rock, and will move on to trim work.

Several of us got our kitchen cabinets delivered today - they are sitting in our garages just waiting until we get to the painting stage - then they can be installed after.
Caulking is also a job we are all working on... we have to caulk everything... windows, doors, closets.
And then there is also the cleaning up. The drywall dust, the broken and sawed off shims from hanging doors, and sawdust from cutting the trim, baseboards, window sills, and at our house even the rock dust from cutting the stones to fit... its just a big mess. Right now I have swept stuff into piles in each room, but I don't want to waste my precious few hours each night cleaning, when I can be making more progress on the house work, so it just sits there until I can find extra time.

So we did finish up the rock on Sat. It only took us 6 days total to get it all done! Gotta love that quick stack rock!







this pic is a bit out of focus... I will get a better one next time.


the siding subcontractor should be coming back to finish up on our house next. He got all the rest of the house done, but decided to let us get the rock finished before he did the front. and after he got one of the other homes done this week, he told Norm that he was taking a week and a half off... so when he decides to get back to work, then our house will look AWESOME!!!

The Rock is nearly complete

Tonight was day 5 of rocking the house!
See how far we have come.....

All that is left is this one small section on the cold side of the garage (under the osb board). We will do that in a jiffy on Saturday.


day 3


day 4 am - we were waiting on the corner pieces to come


day 4 PM


day 5