Here’s today’s tasty special from the company café. Snapper with avocado salsa, rice and broccoli! Yum! I don’t know if you can see it in the picture, but I added a ton of rooster sauce. I <3 the rooster sauce! … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
My slab and stemwalls are done, and ready for framing! I took several pictures before this one, but the mottled light filtering through the trees is kind of a photographic nightmare. Either the highlights are overexposed, or the shadows are … Continue reading
My engineer left the exact details of the footings and piers for the stairs and deck a little vague, so that I could adjust them to fit the site. That works fine if it’s just me fooling around with the … Continue reading
So I was looking over my barn plans, trying to work out exactly where to tell Anthony to locate my deck post footings, and I found a problem with the framing connectors. As drawn, the plans indicate a Simpson column … Continue reading
No really, I mean it literally. 🙂 Despite continued failings in my futile effort to buy a house in San José, the barn project is coming along great! I just spoke with Anthony on the phone, and he’s finishing up … Continue reading
I went out to the Big Basin Way place to met a couple of inspectors this morning. The regular home inspection guy said it mostly looks pretty good. The electrical panel needs replacing and there are some plumbing issues, but … Continue reading
Here’s a shot of the basement under the Big Basin Way house: It’s kind of creepy, but it’s dry. If there were more than one working light bulb that would really help chase away the scary. It’s almost tall enough … Continue reading
Check out her great protective footwear! She’ll fit right in on the jobsite. 🙂 … Continue reading
My stemwalls were completed this week They look pretty good. Anthony should be back next week to add fill and pour the slab, and then the barn will be ready for framing! I’m excited! There will need to be … Continue reading
I’ve been equipping my various living quarters with energy-saving lighting since about 1997. It actually didn’t start for purposes of saving electricity, it started because the house in Chico ran hot at about 130 volts most of the time, and … Continue reading