More "Improvements"

Well, I've got a few new things that I've been working on over the past couple of weeks. It was mentioned in the last blog that I may have gove fan crazy. Well, I had actually thought about getting one more and putting it in the garage. But after I saw the fan in person, it just didn't look right, plus it was too small for what I envisioned.

Anyway! More on the garage! It's getting closer to completion finally! I've got the loft completed! This was stage one of the loft.




And here is the finished loft!


Now I just have to organize everything that is on the floor of the garage and put it on top of the loft. Then I can park cars in the garage. What a concept! =)


Of course we had to have a play area for squirt. Well dad and I built her a swingset (not as simple of a task as I had thought, but we came through in the end) This was what we had after we were finished.



Now, that's just not right. I had to have something set up for her that would be better and more fun to play on. Besides, if it rains, it's going to get pretty muddy back there! So, landscape timbers, a few drain pipes, and some playground mulch produce the following masterpiece.



Next, we have the front of the house. Pretty plain and boring, mostly your typical normal (yeah right) house. If you look closely at the front door, you'll see Jen peeking out. Oh, and this was during one of those times when the car was being worked on for something or another, I think it was the deer.




Well, I got it not so boring up front now. Take a good look. See if you can find what I did here. Go on, I'll wait. =)



Well, just to help you out a bit, here's the same shot at night.

Those I'm most happy with. Solar lights that actually work. It's amazing what they come up with as technology advances. These aren't your old school solar lights that power up a cell to run a light all night and hope that it last's through the night. No, these panels charge up an honest to goodness rechargable AA battery. That battery then powers a LED light that is inside those little plastic pieces. So, the combination of the Solar power recharging a battery that will last a good few days anyway with normal draw with the fact that it's powering a light that draws enough energy to completely run down a single AA battery in about a month of constant use makes for one awesome design! What that means is if the batteries ever die, I go buy replacement rechargables from any local store and plug them in place of the existing batteries. I'm real happy with these. =)

Next time, hopefully the garage will be cleared out and at least one car will be parked in there. And, hopefully it won't take that long to get done.

Home Improvements

No, not the Tim Allen sitcom (even though rather hysterical if I do say so myself), but actual work that I've been trying to do to the house. Right now I've got two new addition's to two rooms. They help, and they look pretty good too.

Squirt's room prior to the addition.

And here's her room after! Can you spot the addition?

Ok, the study prior to the new piece.

And after! It may be a little more difficult to see what's new here.

I also figured that I would take a shot of the fan's actually head on. Squirt like's her new fan, and I've got to say, I really like the one for the study. =)

We had another family member who is also officially another year older! Happy birthday mom! Oh, and in case you didn't know, my sister was the one who wanted more content on my blog. I guess I'm actually suppose to talk about things and stuff. ;-) Till next time!

New Installment

Ok, so since nothing bad has really happened to the car lately, and since the way I look at it is that the law of three's has already happened to me, then I should have no issues with the car for a long long time. Anyway, I had someone harping on me for not posting anything new. Some of you may know who that is, for those that don't, I'll leave you in suspense till the next post. Well April's come and is working on going. I'm officially another year older, and last month we went to America's largest house, The Biltmore! Fascinating? Somewhat. Would I go again? If I could actually spend the time there that I intended to spend instead of rushing around to get back early, then maybe.


Jen gave me her drink and then ran to the field to take a picture of me in front of the Biltmore with my hands full. How thoughtful.


As if one picture wasn't enough, she had to take another one just to make me hold her drink longer. Sheesh.


That's a big ass house!


That's us in front of the big ass house. (What a cheesy grin on that guy!)


Anyway, more to come. Doing some work around the house so I'll post a few before and after shots of what's happening. Enjoy!!