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I’ve been blogging much more over on the house site simply because it is all consuming. I have also been reading a whole lot. Not much on the fiber hobbies lately. I sit down to knit and then quickly think of something I MUST LOOK UP RIGHT THEN.  Having the reader is certainly making me [...]

So as of yesterday the house looks like this. There has not been any huge changes because they have been working on the electrical and the plumbing. However they did get the windows hung. Well most of them anyway.

I was inside yesterday and it really struck me just how much I love that floorplan. I [...]

I was hoping to have at least one FO done by now. Sad to say I’ve been all consumed with the house. I think in the future I will never ever want to build again. Unless its one of those custom homes where you pick things down to the nail.  We had a few almost [...]

Exterior

Master Bedroom

The Tub

Kitchen

Dining Room Window

Well it has been appliance week and all I can say is that it doesn’t seem to matter what you spend you still end up with crap. I keep reading these horror stories like “did 10k worth of damage to my floors and cabinets” I believe that was about a kitchen aid dishwasher. Also what [...]

Aug 20th

St. Johns Plank

The Mocha Oak.

So the first batch of MANY samples arrived on Monday. I am less than thrilled. I had such high hopes for them but they just kind of make me go blah. The middle one and the one on the right aren’t that bad but not that great either.  Anyway until the great big box of [...]

Yesterday we had to get a tough box so Justin can pack up for his overseas trip, luckily we had to go to lowes so I was able to get his take on a few items. We settled the style of Fridge (side by side). Checked out carpet and tile a bit but mostly looked [...]

So yesterday I went out to see the house so I could shoot a pic of the actual lot.

Much to my surprise they had actually *started* I was never so pleased to see concrete!

While I was out there I met two oh so very chatty kids who live somewhere in the subdivision and one of [...]

So yesterday morning I woke up and found this:

Actually what I found was the yarn stretching between two rooms with the scarf still attached. Squeak is by far the most yarn aggressive cat I have ever had. Like if she sees me knitting, she hops up in my lap to put a stop to it.  [...]