Winter is coming!

Week 32 – Joe Apparently winter is arriving a little earlier this year.  An abnormal “polar plunge” is dropping the temperatures below freezing and will continue for the foreseeable future.  I don’t mind cold weather. In fact, I normally embrace it…  but it’s too early!  We have been preparing for the inevitably of cold temps, but…

Window resolution and forward progress! (part 4)

Week 29 – Joe Amy and I are in the middle of a fall break from work.  This means we have been able to make much more progress on the house.  A couple weeks ago I finally figured out how to make the new windows match the old windows.  The amber shellac that I had…

Window Standoff – Part 3

“The windows have been an ongoing project.” I feel like I say that in every blog post.  Now that my work schedule has ramped up I don’t have time to run over to the house just for an hour here or there.  I moved the whole window project to my basement, which is great because…

Window rehab – part 2

Week 16 – Joe Window rehab has been an ongoing project all summer.  It is something I can work on in between big projects.  Realistically, it will take me months and months … and months.  My previous post about windows was all about the trials of removing, stripping paint, scraping paint, breaking windows, sanding, and…