Make a Difference Day was this past Saturday which was a mission work day on several houses in the rural Alabama area. A group of volunteers from our church sponsored work on one of the houses and everyone was blessed to be around and help a family in Hurtsboro.  According to Alabama Rural Ministries:
In all, [...]
Scott took his technician ham license exam about three weeks ago and passed without a hitch. We have been waiting for his call sign to be issued. Now I can finally introduce to you KI4WLR. He installed another antenna on the house and now we are just trying to figure out the first radio [...]
Moving In
Moving day has come and gone without much fanfare, just how we wanted it to be. We finally got the major contractors to finish up and were able to move in just in time to entertain my parent’s for the Thanksgiving holidays and Scott’s parents for Christmas.
We actually moved in the weekend before Thanksgiving, [...]
The day has finally come! Today the house was inspected and we finally have our certificate that makes it possible for us to move in. There is only one glitch though, the floors have not had their final coat of polyurethane so we can’t put anything on the hardwood floors until friday afternoon. [...]
I’ve been accused of being a very patient person…….but, my patience is wearing pretty thin these days when it comes to house construction. So, pardon me while I rant a little. This will probably be the only time you hear me complain about the house construction, but I have to let it out [...]
It has been quite a while since there has been an update on the house construction. There is a good reason for this. There has been none. The time period between the framing and any other activity has seemed like an eternity. Every time we actually get someone out to work on [...]
We now have the siding is on the house and it looks great! It seems like it has taken so long to get to this point (and it has) but the house now has something other than just insulation showing. Now we wait for the Sheetrock to arrive….. hopefully it won’t be another month [...]
The bathtub and shower have been installed in the master bathroom and the shower is in upstairs, too. Making progress….
The top floor is framed, wrapped and now has a roof. Here are some photos of what has been done in the past week and a half.
Front of the house, screened patio is on the right side.
Back of the house, screened patio is on the left side.
Front of the house again with the initial [...]
The framing for the upstairs floor was delivered and installed today. The framers intend to have the walls done on the upstairs tomorrow.