Living up north

A Holiday Update

adambez — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:23:54 +0000

I hope your holidays are treating you as well as mine have so far. I’ve lucked out, as my work decided to close up shop the week before new years, so I ended up with Dec. 24th – Jan. 3rd off. Those 11 days are a very welcomed break. To add to that, my brother [...]

When in doubt, put your friends to work

adambez — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:32:39 +0000

We’re almost done with painting, my mom is going to finish it up tonight. She’s too good to me. I will be sanding and finishing the floors this weekend. It’s my first time doing that, so it’s sure to be an adventure. I think I’ll be able to figure it out [...]

Please disregard the construction mess

adambez — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:50 +0000

Doing a bit of editing of my stylesheet here. I’m a bit of a novice, so it’s not there yet, but I’m getting there. In the meantime, here’s a video from yesterday of the sheetrock all hung with the initial taping done. Looking pretty good.

The poor quality pictures I promised

adambez — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:34:12 +0000

Now the fun stuff

adambez — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:44:30 +0000

As I’m sure you’ve noticed the past two weeks have been dedicated to tearing apart my house. So far we have taken the back bedroom, the kitchen and the back entry area all down to the studs. With the help of a good friend (and another guy) the decrepit deck is now a thing of [...]

Down to the Studs

adambez — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:55:54 +0000

Even though I’ve spent the first two weekends of homeownership in Iowa and Wisconsin, I have made some amazing progress towards moving in. I could really use a weekend where I can just get at it, it looks like the upcoming weekend will be it. About a week ago I was so close to painting [...]

Yep, I'm a Homeowner

adambez — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:53 +0000

It’s took 117 days from the day I made my initial offer, but it’s done. I finally closed on this place Friday, so it is officially mine. So to celebrate, like most good homeowners, I bolted and went to Iowa for the Iowa vs Michigan game Saturday night. Had a great time by the way. [...]

So yeah, standing water in the basement…great start to home ownership

adambez — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:15:41 +0000

I know I haven’t written anything here in a long time, I will explain, but it’s about to start the real fun. The reason I haven’t written here since the beginning of August, is that I was trying not to jinx myself out of this place. I have had quite a few obstacles to overcome, but [...]

Whew

adambez — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:06:38 +0000

After much tinkering over the past few days, I think I’ve got this place to the form where I wanted (for now at least). Let me know what you think of my banner. Anyways, it’s late and I’ve got a bike ride planned in the morning. Night.

The Inspection

adambez — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:34:00 +0000

Well, that was a learning experience. Nothing was too bad, but there were some things to deal with, as there always is. Mainly the place just needs a serious cleaning, my hands were sticky after leaving the place (and no, my hands were not sticky before I got there). I was lucky enough to [...]