First of all...
it's official.
Dean is redrawing the plans where necessary because we are really, for sure and
absolutely taking the brick down.
So, I guess you'd say that we are just building a new house on top of an old foundation.
absolutely taking the brick down.
So, I guess you'd say that we are just building a new house on top of an old foundation.
That's not exactly what we originally had in mind, but we are goin' for it.
This change in plans will definitely set us back in our schedule.
We may spend Christmas in the trailer!
It'll be a Christmas to remember.
This change in plans will definitely set us back in our schedule.
We may spend Christmas in the trailer!
It'll be a Christmas to remember.
Besides the other pros I mentioned in the last post,
(wait...did I mention them? i don't remember.)
I don't think I mentioned that we'll gain about 64 square feet.
That's because we'll be able to move the stud walls out to the outside edge of the foundation.
Right now, the brick and the air gap between the brick and stud wall take up almost 6 inches.
That may not seem like a lot, but the Bungalow is a small house,
so just that much extra is a nice bonus.
But the old brick will not be going to waste.
We came up with a really fun idea.
We will build an outdoor fireplace and hearth in the back yard with it!
That's going to be simply awesome.
We haven't done it a whole lot in our almost 31 years of marriage,
but we do not like moving.
Even if it is just across the driveway and side yard.
But move we did -
all.day.Saturday.
It was just Mr & Me with the exception of Justin,
who showed up "Justin Time" to help Dean with the treadmill and sofas.
Since we moved from Casa di Mossi,
most of our household belongings have stayed packed away in boxes
and stored in the basement here.
The two bedrooms down there were stuffed to the gills with boxes.
The storage room shelves were completely filled.
And our sofas and chairs stacked on top of each other
and our old, oak dining set was stacked with boxes and...
oh, you get the idea.
We moved it all to our secure, on location storage unit
that we had delivered and parked on the South side of the Bungalow.
It's 40 feet long by 10 feet wide by 9 feet tall and we've filled just over half way.
Mr Mossi is pro at packing things efficiently.
I will admit that I'm a little skeptical, though, about being able to
get the rest of our things in there and make it all fit.
We shall see.
We were pretty pooped out on Sunday, so Mr M suggested we just relax
and watch a movie after church.
He brought out "Back to the Future".
It had been a long time since we'd watched that one,
so the old laughs were almost new again.
PLUS...
Marty McFly goes back in time to
1955!
That's the year the Bungalow was built!
How apropos.
We hadn't remembered that little detail until watching it yesterday.
The photo above is the billboard at the entrance of Marty McFly's neighborhood
featuring the homes being built in '55.
We got a little kick out of that.
That's because we'll be able to move the stud walls out to the outside edge of the foundation.
Right now, the brick and the air gap between the brick and stud wall take up almost 6 inches.
That may not seem like a lot, but the Bungalow is a small house,
so just that much extra is a nice bonus.
But the old brick will not be going to waste.
We came up with a really fun idea.
We will build an outdoor fireplace and hearth in the back yard with it!
That's going to be simply awesome.
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but we do not like moving.
Even if it is just across the driveway and side yard.
But move we did -
all.day.Saturday.
It was just Mr & Me with the exception of Justin,
who showed up "Justin Time" to help Dean with the treadmill and sofas.
Since we moved from Casa di Mossi,
most of our household belongings have stayed packed away in boxes
and stored in the basement here.
The two bedrooms down there were stuffed to the gills with boxes.
The storage room shelves were completely filled.
And our sofas and chairs stacked on top of each other
and our old, oak dining set was stacked with boxes and...
oh, you get the idea.
We moved it all to our secure, on location storage unit
that we had delivered and parked on the South side of the Bungalow.
Mr Mossi is pro at packing things efficiently.
I will admit that I'm a little skeptical, though, about being able to
get the rest of our things in there and make it all fit.
We shall see.
We were pretty pooped out on Sunday, so Mr M suggested we just relax
and watch a movie after church.
He brought out "Back to the Future".
It had been a long time since we'd watched that one,
so the old laughs were almost new again.
PLUS...
1955!
That's the year the Bungalow was built!
How apropos.
We hadn't remembered that little detail until watching it yesterday.
The photo above is the billboard at the entrance of Marty McFly's neighborhood
featuring the homes being built in '55.
We got a little kick out of that.
