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Dust and Dirt

As I mentioned before, Jeremy and I love projects.  

You also may have noticed that I’m a bit anal retentive and a semi-compulsive hand washer.  Pardon me for not linking to previous posts to prove my point, that would take me all freaking day.  (Also? Try saying that 5 times, fast).

It’s interesting how all of those fun personal facts about my life come together, seeing as the projects we take on almost always involve a lot of dirt, dust, insects, and the occasional petrified rat carcass.

Jessica of Bern This asked if I could share some pictures of projects we’ve taken on and Oh!Boy! are you all in for a treat!  Just remember, you have Jessica to blame thank for what follows in the coming weeks. 

I’ll start with the projects we’re currently working on.  Wheee!

Last summer we laid a foundation for a 585 square foot addition to our house.

At the time we thought it was a quick, 6 month long project but… not so much.  We toiled away on it here and there, slowly getting things done while life and work and ranch animals and everything else under the sun got in the way.

Just this week we moved into the “final” phase of construction, with the second coat of stucco on the exterior…

 <— front


 <— back

and drywall hung in the interior.



You can’t tell, but I took this picture while standing in a huge gaping hole in the wall of my existing house.

<—- dust!

I said good-bye to my special little nook, but, eh, small price to pay.



In the next few weeks we’ll get the addition textured and painted, and install the flooring.  Then we’ll move Blythe into her new bedroom, and move Alison into Blythe’s old bedroom so we can demo the rest of the wall and finish making our house whole again.

We hope to be done by Christmas.  HA!

In the meantime, I will try not to go crazy from all of the dust being tracked through my home.

Also, as if this post were not already long and boring enough, I’d love to show you the interior of the crack house rental I posted about last week.  You all didn’t think we’d manage to clean that place up, did you?

Behold, the talent of my husband:







No more rotting floor!  No more falling down walls and ceiling!  We’ve still got a long way to go, but if we spend a few more date nights working on it, we’ll get it done. 

As long as I’ve got an ample supply of soap.  And alcohol!

32 replies on “Dust and Dirt”

Hi, I’m new to your site, but love the way you write and your incredible attitude to things. You house improvements look amazing and you are obviously incredibly industrious – I’m afraid I’m not, well in the house-fixing department anyway. Hope to read more soon. Good luck with getting it all finished up – it’ll be worth it! 🙂

Great job on your home as well as the crack house…or rental. Can you come live with me for awhile, so I can buy a fixer upper and you can fix it for me =)Just sayin (askin)

Wow, you guys made quite a bid of progress. I always feel like my home is in a state of flex. I’m either in the middle of packing or unpacking. There are always boxes. I can’t imagine how exciting it must be to be so close to having things back together. 🙂 Good luck. How are you feeling, by the way? 🙂

You guys are c.r.a.z.y. But I love before and after shots!! We are moving out of our house this weekend in order to remodel it. We won’t be doing any of the work ourselves though. 🙂 You guys are brave.

I want to see it all step by step. It is not boring. It’s amazing . I love that before and after stuff, especially when it does not involve me doing anything

Sigh. I love to watch people work. I wish I could spend more time on DIY projects, I would be happy as one of those very fat pigs rolling on its back in the mud.

That is some very impressive work you have done there.

One question: with all that on your plate, when do you actually get time to drink the alcohol? Or do you have some slightly crooked walls?

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