Today is the baby's due date, which he obviously doesn't realize, since he's showing no signs of wanting to vacate.  Oh well.  N...

It's currently 49°F here at the Prairie Box, and I'm freezing my buns off.  I'm at that lovely stage of pregnancy (the end!!) wh...

In the final push to get the upstairs habitable (and CLEAN!) before the baby arrives, my mom is coming over today to paint the trim in the o...

We finally got some paint of the walls...  The first photo shows the color more accurately.  It's a subdued greenish-blue, which is kind...

As of Friday evening the office is officially ready for paint.  It is nearly primed (Shayne just needs to cut in around the trim), and my mo...

Finally!  Our electrician (and her electrician boyfriend) showed up last night as planned and knocked out the rest of the electrical work in...

There's been about a two week time-lapse since these were taken, but I figured I'd post them anyways.  This first one is a view into...

Because he has a family and two "real" jobs, Tony the Drywall Guy hasn't been able to come over very often or for very long.  ...

Holy. Crap. I know we're on the way to making things better, but as of right now, they just seem so much worse!! Last night, Shayne an...

This week I finally got my garden planted.  Shayne built me a raised bed from some ancient lumber my mom had up in her garage rafters, and w...

But today I decided it's been long enough...  As of this week, I am 20 weeks pregnant!!  That's one of the reasons I went on a pos...

I came home from work today to find that John had finished framing over the opening from the office into the hall closet.  While I still nee...

After spending last Sunday sanding and wire wheeling the rust off of old stove parts, I think I'm just about ready to start reassembly. ...

The Stripper Guy called me on Tuesday with the news that our doors were finished.  A 5 day turnaround time, including a weekend, is awesome....

Today I plan to start the prep work for skimcoating the office.  Last night, we made a trek to Lowes and bought 90 minute setting compound, ...

Because of our personal tragedy, I have the next 6 days off of work.  And as much as feel like sitting around and feeling sorry for myself, ...

Today I tackled a project I had been dreading. As part of our office renovation, we're closing off the opening the PPOs made that leads ...

I think at one point our chimney was trying to escape. There's a BIG crack along the entire chimney line in the office wall, and the pla...

So much for a backpacking trip... Flooding, 90°+ temps, and humidity down south; severe thunderstorms and tornado watches up north. I give...

After who-knows-how-long of little bits of work on the office, the walls are finally liberated of paneling. What this really means is that ...