Well, Dave and I fell into the depressing pit of home building. It’s been more bumps and bruises along the past 60 days than happy news. Let me break it down. We went in front of the HPC in March. It is really hard to write about how that went. I don’t want to be doom […]
Grandpa Roy
The stories about Grandpa Roy… He was a character for sure; and I’d like to think my personality and desire for trouble was learnt from him. There was the time he and his fishing buddies gave ~6th grade me a ride home to Roseau. Grandpa insisted on NO FARTING in the car; no dirty jokes; […]
Girl-oh-girl, is the house pretty.
Well, it’s been a busy few months! We have gone from our program (completed over Thanksgiving week) to our Heritage Preservation Committee pre-approval submission (submitted February 16th). I’ll try not to be too verbose and let the pictures speak for themselves, but suffice to say we are off to a nascent start. I love that the design […]
Toddlers are Adorable (Plus a House Update)
The Kid They say to put babies to sleep “drowsy, but awake.” I say do whatever the hell you need to do to get them to sleep. For us, it was rocking her until she was O-U-T and then gingerly placing her in the crib and crossing your fingers that she did not wake up […]
Programming
Apparently the first step in building a house is a thing called “programming.” At least that’s what our architect calls it. Wynne drafted a program and sent it to us right before Thanksgiving break. I’m loving the timing of everything so far. Work and life are busy busy – so getting the program before a […]
This is Tough Stuff
I love inspiring women. I love all (nice) people. I love (good) change. I love inspiring women. On the side of my client work, I’ve dedicated my stewardship agenda to internal organizational change. I remember as an analyst asking about the women’s networking group and thinking it was kind of silly we needed one (work […]
The Mullet House
An update on the Sustainable Building Project… On the lot: We closed on the lot! This was questionable as we jokingly set the closing date for November 9th, the day after the election… We chose against moving to Canada (for love of our country and the long game) 1 On the new project name, Mullet House: I […]
