Hello friends and family!
I know this is last minute, and you all are busy prepping gardens, and maybe packing for that rental shuffle coming up, but if you can lend us a half hour, an hour, two- we'd appreciate it! We're getting down to the crunch, we too are moving at the end of the month, and there is still lots to do!
Today David is working on the ceiling and needs some extra hands. My mom is shingling and could use some assistance. My dad and I are on various ceiling and framing projects. There is plenty to do! If you've been curious about progress, or have been itching to get that hammer out- come on over to 17 Okorwaw, off the boulevard. We'll be there until probably around 5 today!
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Our little ship
Our little ship has a figure head, and a name!
Nantucket has the tradition of naming houses. It's a nautical island with many of its original settlers finding work on the sea, and often supplies for their houses along the beaches. This closeness to ships, with a few washed up boat names thrown in, and naming your house just like a boat seems to have evolved quite naturally.
We decided to have a quarter board with 'Sweet Pea' made up, with a nod to its green roof and general cuteness. That's the name of our ship!
And this is our figure head, just installed today-
Can't wait for this ship to sail!
Nantucket has the tradition of naming houses. It's a nautical island with many of its original settlers finding work on the sea, and often supplies for their houses along the beaches. This closeness to ships, with a few washed up boat names thrown in, and naming your house just like a boat seems to have evolved quite naturally.
We decided to have a quarter board with 'Sweet Pea' made up, with a nod to its green roof and general cuteness. That's the name of our ship!
And this is our figure head, just installed today-
Can't wait for this ship to sail!
Saturday, April 5, 2014
We're building a (love) house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eru8DlHoOFM
First, go start this playing.
Ready?
Me too.
David and I are building a house. We are getting married. We are becoming us, and building the first step of our future, quite literally. Nail for nail, and board for board, we are watching our future come together.
Our kingdom.
A small one for now, with a garden and a wood stove. Lots of romance and hard work, and compromise. Lots of laughing at ourselves, a few swears and tears. Learning from each other, about ourselves, and about what we expect and need from one another to make our future work.
My man. The one who was so excited to use a saws all it made me smile, and the one who talked me so gracefully out of a meltdown that my family can't help but love him. And as much as sometimes I'd like to wave a wand and have this building done and live-able, this... this right here... this is part of it too. And part of us.
First, go start this playing.
Ready?
Me too.
David and I are building a house. We are getting married. We are becoming us, and building the first step of our future, quite literally. Nail for nail, and board for board, we are watching our future come together.
Our kingdom.
A small one for now, with a garden and a wood stove. Lots of romance and hard work, and compromise. Lots of laughing at ourselves, a few swears and tears. Learning from each other, about ourselves, and about what we expect and need from one another to make our future work.
My man. The one who was so excited to use a saws all it made me smile, and the one who talked me so gracefully out of a meltdown that my family can't help but love him. And as much as sometimes I'd like to wave a wand and have this building done and live-able, this... this right here... this is part of it too. And part of us.
That I wouldn't give up for all the mansions in the world.
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