Day 45 - Hanukkah and Happy Hour

 Ah what a relief, the happy hour view is much better then I anticipated. I may be short in real life, but this is god's way of giving back... the happy hour porch is way tall! This is the view from the kitchen balcoy.

 

Today's Horoscope: Your sense of happiness has been associated with someone or something through the force of habit. You will be absolutely surprised when you find that you CAN live quite comfortably without that thing or person in your life. This is a cycle of renewed self respect. quite fitting.  

Day 37- Floor joist in

Floor joist installed right before the rain. Thank you Leise Lumber in Belleville, IL for your complimentary boom-truck usage... these guys installed the steel cross beams in the basement as they delivered the lumber.
I love good customer service, especially from the free- range home grown lumber guys.

Tim, its lucky to have an irish guy on your crew

Kirk at the office

Day 31- concrete

Concrete has been poured, walls are curing.
It is snowing.

I just got another RFP for $31k.......14% completion! Time to order lumber.....

Day 28: Wailing Wall Installed

This was the land that he worked by hand
The was the dream of an upright man
This was the room that was filled with love
This was a love that I was proud of
This was a life of a love I planned
Of a love and a life we loved
Of the house that Jack built.
Remember this house!

Day 26- Footings

today marked the first day of inspection rounds. Although the great Oz at the City of Maplewood refuses to come out behind the curtain and shake my hand; he at least gets to the jobsite at the request of the architect, and signs off on the footings. We are ready for concrete.

Day 15- slab gone

 

Note to self: the crew really enjoyed the Amighetti's 27" sub.... whistle while we work boys!

Starting Over from scratch

Day 13- My first change order

Mom, put it in the baby book... I have just issued my first change order.
This pretty little Cisterne is changing the foundation from limestone to concrete, total rebuild from the bottom up.