Here & There

future home of the A/C

Here & There

happy plants

Here & There

from the kitchen

Still on the grind

Still on the grind

Luna & her new home

**Mom, this post is for you**

When we first got Luna (at the end of July), we wondered how she would feel about spending lots of time at the house (the under-construction house) as a puppy. After all, there are lots of loud noises and she'd mainly be hanging by herself most of the time. The first day we brought her there, she was so small she could barely make it off the curb. The following photos were taken on her 8 week birthday! (She'll be 4 months old on Oct. 4). 

 Ken figured he would give her a tour of the house

She went straight for a pot of dirty water

She spent most of her first day hanging in the garage, keeping cool.

Too small to climb up the step! haha :)

At this point, she was wondering what in the world I was doing with the huge black thing I was aiming at her that made lots of clicking noises. (8 wks old)

(8 wks old)

 She slept A LOT back then! (8 wks old)

A few weeks later, she was a much different pup. Instead of laying around and sticking close, she began to explore and play.

It rained that day, and she continuously dug these holes! She got a well-deserved bath that day.

Overall, I'd say she has a good time here

Siding, siding, & more siding

For the past few weeks, we've hung siding on the house. 

This is what it looked like this morning, before we added more to the front and over the garage.

Ian was a big help when it came to hanging the high stuff (I took one step onto the scaffolding and said "no thanks")

Summer kitchen

Hanging siding reminds me of hanging plywood, but this is much better. It has taken a long time, but mainly because of family visits and busy schedules. We have found that when we do hit the work hard, it goes fast due to the fairly stream-lined system we have. Ken does the measures and cuts, and I stay on the ladder and measure and nail the boards when he hands them to me. 

Ken cutting

Christine nailing. The low stuff was obviously my favorite, but the ladder really ends up being good exercise!

Back side of the house

While we worked, Luna held down the fort on the cool cement:

Bamboo!

 Bee

We went through lots of nails

Having a fan made work a whole lot easier!

After being on a work hiatus for so long, we have really picked up the slack lately. In the past 12 days, we've worked 9 of them! (both solid weekends, and nights after work). It's been taxing, but it's nice to look at the house and feel so accomplished. After today, all we have left is a few boards on the back patio, and some high ones on the front porch.

In terms of the interior, not much has changed. Still waiting on electrical. The roof is 100%, and is leak free! There was some water seeping in the floor of the garage, likely due to the slab being so low back there. Today we had to dig down to the slab below the cinder blocks and patch it up with some tar stuff.  We're also attempting to transplant some of the bamboo to the other side of the backyard since it grows fast, looks good, and doesn't take too much to maintain. If it takes off in the next few days, I'll let you know :)