Well, we are going to try to make something else happen in the next month...graduate. No, the actual graduation will not happen until May when I finish my last class, but a bigger stumbling block is finishing and defending my thesis. There are lots of deadlines and they are coming fast. In fact the 1st one is today! I probably will not mention much about my thesis progress here in the blog, but if you want to know where I am at then here is a link to the graduation deadlines: Master's Thesis Deadlines.
-Taylor
Friday, January 25, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Water, Foundation, and Cabinets
This week saw a lot of progress on the house and land. The cabinets and all interior woodwork should be completely installed by the end of this week. After the painters, flooring, and countertops will be next.
Back in Snyder, the foundation for the house was put in place. Now the concrete must dry...being as cold as it is, it should only take about 200 years to fully harden (some sarcasm). Also, we have our water lines about 95% in place. I say only 95% because I broke one of the lines trying to clean up with a grubbing hoe, and then I cross threaded the PVC threads with the copper threads...oops! However, all of the lines are buried now.
One thing did have to be sacrificed though, the Box-Barn is back to running off extension cord power. I had to move the breaker box to align with the trenches that I dug and then my wiring did not reach, and doing exterior electrical work in 30 degree weather was not motivating. Also, the only thing that NEEDS power in the Box-Barn currently is the deep freezer...everything else will have to wait.
I will try to get some pictures for you next week.
Enjoy!
Taylor
Back in Snyder, the foundation for the house was put in place. Now the concrete must dry...being as cold as it is, it should only take about 200 years to fully harden (some sarcasm). Also, we have our water lines about 95% in place. I say only 95% because I broke one of the lines trying to clean up with a grubbing hoe, and then I cross threaded the PVC threads with the copper threads...oops! However, all of the lines are buried now.
One thing did have to be sacrificed though, the Box-Barn is back to running off extension cord power. I had to move the breaker box to align with the trenches that I dug and then my wiring did not reach, and doing exterior electrical work in 30 degree weather was not motivating. Also, the only thing that NEEDS power in the Box-Barn currently is the deep freezer...everything else will have to wait.
I will try to get some pictures for you next week.
Enjoy!
Taylor
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
And the band played on...
...but if you were there, then you might have wished us to stop!
As Alesha's family is talented in singing, much of my family chose the instrumental route. So every year we play through some Christmas music. This year was Glory's 1st year to play her own instrument...an accordion given to her by her Granny B. Alesha played the piano/keyboard. I played the harmonica and aided Levi in playing the drums.
-Taylor
P.S. - Perhaps when Alesha takes over this blog in about a month you will get more details, but for now you must accept a sketchy outline of our activities. Enjoy!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Newsletter / Christmas Card
By the way, if you did not get a newsletter from us, then please let us know so that we can add you to our address list. You may also go here to download your own copy: http://hollingsworthsonline.googlepages.com/newsletters.
Under Construction
Well, the inside is finally showing some big changes: walls, texturing, cabinets (coming soon!), etc. The exterior has been painted, but with the wrong color, but we will leave it this beige-ish color in exchange for a $500 credit from the builder to make some more cabinets for Alesha. (Exterior painting is easy, so we can do it ourselves if we do not like the color once everything is all done.
-Taylor
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