March 12, 2010

Among other things, today is my granddaughter Lauren's birthday. She is 9 years old. She received a beautiful handmade doll bed from her parents and other grandparents. Her Mommy said it was beautiful. I haven't seen it yet. I asked Lauren what she wanted from Popi and Nana for her birthday. She told her Mommy and Dad that the only thing she wanted from us was to go to Tiffany and Jordan's the next time Nana went. So guess what...Lauren and Nana are flying to Albuquerque, NM on April 8th. She is so excited. This is her first airplane ride and her first time to see Tiffany and Jordan in their home AND our first time to see BABY ELSA. We will take lots of pictures to share.

The house is moving along. They have almost got the top deck on, which has a roof. When that is up, they will be able to put up shingles over the entire house.

The plumber is scheduled to start on Monday the 15th of March. Depending on the weather, they either work inside or out. Today it rained, so some work was done on the ceiling beams in the Great Room.
Our builder Joe Hammonds is building the beams himself out of knotty pine from the property.

Phil wants to report that the man cave is moving faster, and that he and his new neighbor have wood on the walls and ceilings.

The first picture is where he put scrap cedar siding on the walls. When he ran out of that he put barn lumber and some pine, as you can see in the second picture. This second picture is the loft area of his "lair" where he hopes grandchildren will want to camp out. And as Forest Gump would say, " That's all I have to say about that."
Till next time, God bless all.