Aww, Labor Day weekend. Three days of camping in the San Juan islands, cooking over an open fire, playing fetch with your favorite golden retriever on the beach… Well, It would have been great. Early last week we decided to cancel our weekend travel plans and instead power through on the foundation work. In other […]
Even though the sliding barn doors were installed several months ago, we still had a few tasks to complete. First, door stops. A day or two before our big party we installed a stop inside the track above the bathroom door. This prevents the door from sliding too far in one direction, blocking access to the handle from […]
Bobcat weekend, take 2. Two weekends ago we dug out around our basement foundation to prep for new drains. A hose leak in the bobcat slowed our progress, but this weekend we were back at it, faster and stronger. Digging out around the basement was the first step, the second was to dig two trenches on each […]
Chezerbey is two! Last year, we celebrated our one-year blogiversary by talking about the things we hoped to accomplish in the upcoming year, both around the house and for the blog. Looking back, we’ve made some good progress: Aside from the obvious, we had some goals for our blog too: 1. Revamp the blog: We’re still using the […]
Back in May we talked about all the issues with our yard. Now that the deck is more or less done (still need to put the finish on it before the formal reveal), we’ve moved on to fixing our house’s drainage. And you know what that means – it’s bobcat time! So last weekend we rented […]