Shannon

Today a huge pile of lumber was delivered. Unfortunately, it was delivered to the street in front of the house, across the driveway. The expectation had been that it would be delivered to the back of the house, at the end of the driveway, adjacent to where the deck is being built; but that is […]

Good things: -Mark says scene 9 is “pitch-perfect.” Oh, but you say, he’s in love with you, he WOULD say that. No, I say, he can say plenty different things when he wants to, trust me. I can believe this man. -It was a rainy day, but it was also a sunny day. -Concrete got

In construction news today, a very long board was nailed to the house, the width of the house. It’s not very impressive-looking, though it’s a VERY important board, as (from what I understand) it had to be hung VERY precisely, and it was very difficult to hang, and the entire deck is going to rest

No report yesterday–too much doing and not enough writing about it. Today was quieter. Yesterday was the day of digging post-holes, for the foundation for the new deck. This involved the renting of a giant piece of machinery, as tall as a man, requiring two men to wield, with their bare arms and all their

We have no deck: just a blank space behind the house. We’ve discussed ways of making the back door inaccessible, because of COURSE someone is going to forget and wander out into space, like Wile E. Coyote. For now, I’ve got the back door and the screen locked, and boxes piled up in front of

Demolition remains faster than construction. Mark probably would have gotten the whole deck taken apart today if he hadn’t spent so much time digging out, then sawing into small, carry-able chunks, the nasty rotten waterlogged old railroad ties that line the garden beds, so that we could take advantage of the dumpster to get RID

In which tools were bought, consultations were made, and test-areas of deck-removal were achieved. And a bunch of things happened under the deck, but by the time they were finished, it was too dark for photos. But the upshot is, WOW have we been lucky this thing hasn’t collapsed under us. As for me: I

Oh, home, we are home! Oh frabjous day! Sleeping in our own bed last night was like a dream. Or, well, it was a dream. Lots of dreams. Yeah. Something like that. It was awesome. But of course, because this is what we do, it’s time to dive right into the next thing! Which is

We met with a wedding planner/supplies renter person this morning–we can’t afford actual wedding planner services (and we want to plan it ourselves anyway), but she was very helpful and we’re encouraged that we’ll be able to get the stuff we need to have a nice party. Then we packed up and left the coast,

It was a weekend of wedding planning here on the Mendocino coast–we brought Mark’s mom out to meet my whole family, and a marvelous time is being had by all. With no pre-arrangement whatsoever, his mom and my mom dressed just the same. They got along well too. 🙂 We visited a few sites, and