January 7 2008

Happy 86th birthday Pop! New deck pictures from last week's work

New Year's Eve 2007
Had the Highs down for two nights at the Billie Bee; lots of good food, fun and fellowship for the extended weekend. The weather cooperated, woke up this morning to a millpond slick sunrise. Enjoy the pictures

Post Christmas building

We had a lot of visitors during Christmas, it was mighty good to see nephew Kevin and his friend Heather, and Kristi and Lance. We won't get to see much of them for a couple of years and we truly treasured our time together
The building crew got a lot done this week, and we found a new Gi-Tarrrrrrrrr hero

Here's a shot of the exterior, the sun room will be on the right and a small dining area to the left

A window, or possibly three windows will go here

On this shot you can see the A-frame (suitable for Terri's nine foot Christmas tree next year) and the shed roof which diverts water properly

We're getting more and more excited as we see progress daily. Happy New Year!

Pre-Christmas Building

This week we saw some framing, and the disappearance of the barn roof. That was put in place to divert water from the house during the predicted rain of last weekend. It was taken down early in the week and framing began.

Then today (Friday 12/21), the barn roof reappeared! Had some more rain come in, so here come the framers in the morning, and up goes half the roof. Really looks funny now, but it will keep the water out of the house (I hope!). The framers use nailguns which use braided nails made by a company called (and I'm not making this up) Amigo fasteners.
Kevin is home! Merry Christmas!

Last fishing trip, some house pics

I was able to go out Sunday afternoon which will probably be my last fishing trip for quite a while. The water was slick and gin-clear, only caught three little specs for supper
Nice ride in and out

This week the builder poured more concrete, added masonry, and this barn roof from which he will build our roof. Progress almost daily!

Early December

Hard to believe we're on top of Christmas. We are just starting to get ready for the holidays. Bill W and I did go fishing one more time last Sunday with very limited success. Still thinking about going this Sunday afternoon, again, just one more time.

Big news this week was groundbreaking on the addition to the house. As I was in the office this week I was able to see the destruction of the existing deck, digging for the foundation, pouring concrete, and some masonry.

Our gas was cut off which means no gas logs and grill. Got the grill hooked back up in the backyard so we're able to keep BBQ-ing.

We're very excited to see the progress.

Fun and Fishing

Lots of messages recently about fishing; but as you probably know the eastern NC fishing during the fall is usually excellent. Had another good couple of days this week, more trout on the dinner plates all week and weekend. It was mighty cold (37 degrees) Saturday morning:

Had one warship in port and another one coming in

Finished up in time for Jackson's second game in two days (he scored 12 Friday night against a varsity squad from Wilmington)

Dinner was a combo of grilled and fried, here's the grill work The appetizers were fried (yes, once again, we're not sophisticated people you know). Turn up the volume and enjoy........

Don't know when I'll have the time to go again this year; might be it for the season. Let me know if you want to go, maybe that will motivate me to get out there again.