Sep 24
We have a wood burning Kitchen Cook Stove! We are the proud new owners of a 1932 Kalamazoo Kitchen Cook Stove.
Entries Tagged as 'House'
Jun 18
We visited friends of ours last night. They are completely off the grid and self-sufficient. Pretty awesome setup. It got me re-thinking my plan of action here, and got me to juggling some goals. All that aside, I have devised a way to get virtually free hot water, using sunshine and/or our woodstove. I'm hoping to land a side project or 2 which will enable me to purchase a kitchen cookstove and the stove pipe needed for it and our woodstove. Here's how that all fits together...
Jun 15
So we've come to the final chapter in this saga. On June 29, 2005, we closed on this building lot which had a foundation. We started the process by sitting at the closing table and being utterly shocked by some hidden fees, then "losing" a huge chunk of cash because we had to use part of our equity to pay down our lot loan - totally unexpected!
After nearly four long years, we've closed out on our lot loan and wrapped all the crap into a 30 year loan. But, it came at a price.
Jun 11
So about a year ago, as part of the house I built a 44'x16' structure resembling a deck. I say resembling because there are no railings on the deck, and with money so tight with building the house, the sole purpose of the structure was make "permanent scaffolding." The deck was to get us 10' off the ground so ladders would suffice for getting the siding up.
Well, now we're in the house and using this deck probably more than we should since it doesn't have railings. I managed to return roughly $300 worth of materials to Lowe's and received a merchandise credit card. With our number of munchkins running around, I'm sure we could fill that deck if we just put railings on it and was done with it, but I can't just do something easy...
Jun 10
Every year for father's day, my one request is to have hard, grueling labor given to me by my children. Usually it amounts to 3-4 hours of hard work, and me announcing, "It's too hot - let's do something cooler and more fun," and the work ends. But this father's day, I have my eye set on a "grand" project. With the departure of our trailer, we're left with, among other things, roughly 60 concrete blocks from the footers which supported the trailer.
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