D-day plus 1yr

The inspiration for this is the British Seven Up series. If you've never heard about the series, producers revisit a group of people every 7yrs and see what changes have occurred in their lives. The goal is to take the same photo year after year to track the progress. Follow the link to see the slideshow

D-Day plus 1yr slideshow

International Day of Electricity Consumption

As brought to by the Sheinhart Wig Corporation, exterior lighting and microwave division.

Original Building Permits

Molly's cousin Sara works for the Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Society and did some super sleuthing on a slow work day. Sara turned up the original building permit from August, 1909 and the log of sub-permits. The house was built for C.W. Boyer and the contractor was J.S. Sweitzer; his home is still standing on the corner across the street from us. His grandson owns the house now. I wonder if they have any of the blueprints from the house? I know they found a bunch in their attic.

We bought the house from Richard Remick who was J.H Remick's son. He inherited the house from his parents and lived here from the day he was born until the day he died. He was an interesting guy. Never worked a day in his life because his parents invested in the premium stocks way back in the 40's or 50's! The house had been totally remodeled in the 30's (as the permits say!) and never touched again. Pretty cool to walk into!

LOVE THE FLOOR

Floor pt 4

All the work getting the underlayment smooth was worth it. The tile went down really easily once we got the hang of it. Spread out adhesive, let it dry until tacky, lay out tile based on the guideline snapped on the floor. Having 3 sets of hands helps too. Especially if one is a quilter to shout that you are about t lay a tile with the grain going the wrong direction.

Floor pt 3

Yeah for helper parents! My Mom and Dad, filling each nail dimple, seam and imperfection with leveling compound.

Floor pt 2

The underlayment is 1/4 inch 4'x8' plywood sheet, nailed down using a ring-shanked nail to prevent squeaking. Every sheet has to be nailed every 3 inches around the perimeter and every 6 inches in the field. That works out to ~150 nails per sheet. I used around 6lbs. of nails, and hammered my thumb more than I care to tell. My poor neighbor Dave had a migrane that weekend and either he was too polite to tell me he heard all the pounding and sawing or he's got a real quiet house. Sorry Dave, you're too polite.