Lake Update

We met the contractor today at the cottage ( Eddie has another name for it). Progress is being made in a big way. They have ripped the back porch and steps off and have started repairing the foundation. I guess who ever built the proch and steps meant it to be there for eternity.... rebar was placed every six inches and a jackhammer was needed to remove the porch and steps. Two trees that look bad were pointed out and may need to come down sooner than later.THEY ARE HUGE TREES! On the good side we won't have to buy firewood for a very...very... long time once they are cut down. They walls are down and new wiring, insulation and pocket doors will be going in soon. the floors in the bedrooms are hardwood and can be refinished.The found water in the the livingroom and will be letting us know if the roof is going to need to be replaced.The floor in the livingroom has tile over the wood floors and they are not sure if the tile can be taken off without damaging the floors.

I LOVE Diamond Cellar!!!!

We have been shopping at Diamond Cellar since we got my engngement ring and our wedding bands. Then went back when Eddie redesigned my engagement and wedding ring into one ring which I had been wanting done for quite some time. They sent an email out a few weeks ago that showed some new products I had to see.....so today we stopped by after lunch. I wanted the ring for sure and Eddie insisted on the bracelet too. They are so comfortable and not all that expensive.

The wealthy on the island

When we were at the cottage yesterday we were amazed by the house that is replacing one that was demoed late last year......this house already had an inground pool. We are still very happy with what we are doing...........just planning the addition we want to do in about 5 years..........

Lake Update

Well we just got back from the cottage.....roads were clear amazingly!The front door is in...the bathroom is rounghed in.....YEAH! If the weather permits the will be ripping off the back porch and stairs that are shifting daily and messing with the foundation. Once they have that gone and the foundation problems fixed the will move back in and start ripping down walls, insulationg,drywalling and finishing which includes several electrical projects.

BOring Tuesday

The SOTU is on and I am watching Dirtiest Jobs...... some similarity???? I thought I would post a picture of the wall paper that was up in the bathroom in the cottage......redoing the bathroom is also a dirty job................ glad we have a contractor for that job. Threee months until we should be "opening" the cottage.

Some Layouts

So I uploaded some pictures to my new laptop and saw a couple of LOs that I did. One is from some pictures from cross country my junior year in high school which would be fall of 1980.The other is a LO of Eddie from our trip to Maui. He bought a sun visor that had a piece of fake hair sewn in it so it looked like a "surfer dude". He had to have the hat........

Imagine

So last summer I was involved in a focus group for Provo Craft for a new product coming out later in the year and that product is the Cricut Imagine. Eddie kept nudging me to get it once it came out. I finally found it for a good price right before Christmas and bought one. I finally took the time to set it up ...calibrate it and make some initial cuts. I will post more later but here are two pics of simple things it can do. One is just printing and cutting ( Beautiful). The second is five layers printed, cut and then assembled ( Good Times). Both of these are from the cartridge that came with the Imagine.