106… now possibly 131 July 30, 2008

We had drinks with our neighbors to the north this past weekend, and we fund out A LOT about the history of our house… very cool.  Apparently their house was built by the son of the women whom owned our house.  As it turns out, instead of being built in 1902 it looks like the main part of the house was built by 1881 and most likely 1877!  It definitely explains a lot about the construction of the house.  Additionally we found out that the second addition was in place by 1949, so it too is older then we believed.

Overall we learned quite a bit more about our little place, and makes us prouder to know it’s trooped on for so long… and the pina coladas were very good too.

So many projects and only 23 more weekends left in 2008 July 18, 2008

So it could maybe possibly be my fault that we haven’t posted in a little while, but we have many projects to come. . . We’ve been working on our yard, rearranging our furniture at 1:30am on a school night and contemplating how to improve the bathroom on a super small budget.

We’re thinking about using rubber mulch and permeable pavers to help finish off the front yard and driveway. I was looking at Marmoleum earlier tonight for the bathroom and despite the website saying that it “is all natural and comes in a rainbow of beautiful colors,” I’m not really liking any of the fabulous colors.

We also just met with a green architect this afternoon to get a better idea of what an addition might cost and ultimately look like. The meeting was pretty interesting and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we might be able to build a little something Josh and Tanya friendly for our wee budget.

Thanks for reading and we’ll be posting yard photos very very soon. . . pwomise.