Monthly Archives: December 2018

Today we gather with both our immediate families. At my moms for brunch with my sisters and brothers-in-love, then later at Bills brother’s home for dinner with their family and Bill’s parents. We’re learning how to cook with gas. 😁 I ruined a double batch of cranberry sauce last night, burned to 💩. So we […]

Last night… Friday Dec 21, 2018… 4.5 months to the day from when we moved out. We slept laid awake most the night on our new Endy mattress for the first time last night. The smells of the new house , the different bed, (it’s actually quite fantastic, but different again) the aches from moving, […]

We got OCCUPANCY approval today! Bill worked for 2 nights after work til quite late this week, and the Lincoln guys a full day, to frame, insulate and vapor barrier the man cave, and to cover up existing walls that had rigid insulation.  This can’t be left exposed apparently because it is highly flammable.  So […]

Siding is all installed now.. I didn’t get to see it complete before dark, but pretty close. Here’s a couple pics.. East side along road allowance: (I’m guessing there’s very little hope for my Solomon’s seal this next Spring… West side along driveway And front before it was finished this afternoon. I think they still […]

Where do i begin?? The phone rang before 730 am, the appliances were on their way.  We had come home well after midnight last night from an amazing Christmas work party.. thanks to the ever amazing Chef Brad, and John & Helena, owners of Lincoln Construction.  Here’s just a small taste of what last night’s […]

It’s such a fun thing to say.. But yes, we passed gas inspection today!! Furnace is up and running, we had a brief moment when we thought that our hot water heater had died, but Bill got it back up and running! Handy to have a husband who is an Instrumention Technologist! So we have […]

Another big day Chez Prince William…  painters were there all day doing touchups, plumber hooking up the water and our shower fixtures, and HVAC guys running ductwork.. Tomorrow gas lines finish, and we get our gas turned back on.. so that will mean HOT water, and our furnace can run for the first time since.. […]

It’s been a CRAZY busy 2 days at the house.  We just came home from 3 hours of cleaning after the trades, and wow, what a difference 2 days makes!   We had 5 stone masons at the house yesterday and today!!  Thankfully the weather has been cooperating, and they were able to work full steam […]

Today it all started sinking in.. I’ve been mostly detached about the house, what’s happening there, feeling no different than the natural ownership that I take on any of our Lincoln Construction jobsites. But today it hit me. “This is our house.. we are going to be living here, and using this soon” I don’t […]

Our cabinet maker, John V came today with all the cabinets for the kitchen and 2 bathrooms. I didn’t expect them to get as far as they did, but they got all the bases in, uppers installed, most of the doors and drawer fronts.. Now just the crown, some finishing and then handles to be […]