Back to the Future...

Happy 4th to all! A little late, but better later than ever, right? After a nice, relaxing break with the family on the lake in Branson, it's back to work. First thing to take care of was the lawn, which couldn't be mowed until this evening with all the scattered thunderstorms and damp grass over the last few days. The mower still wasn't quite happy with me, but we got it done. As for the house work, this morning I destroyed the small wall on the stair's platform which had been ruined over the years with the water damage from the roof before we re-roofed the house years ago. I didn't completely destroy the wall :) but there is new Sheetrock now up and mudded at the top of the stairs, which I'll have sanded down tomorrow and hopefully wallpapered (if we have any of the old wallpaper left, I'm not sure and haven't looked yet).

Since I was on vaca for the last few days, I thought I'd share some old pictures taken a few years ago when we added the addition onto the back of the house, knocking out the old bathrooms and adding a breakfast nook onto the kitchen. I'm sure I'll have more to come later for those interested...


This picture was taken before the construction began - you can see the bathrooms between the two eastern/western wings. The double windows is where the entryway into the breakfast nook and dining room became...


Looking towards the back of the house, through the dining room and into where the nook will eventually be. We've already knocked out the windows and pulled down the old plaster and lathe - no fun by the way.


And here is the back of the house after the addition. We're still hoping to put a small deck on the back to connect the two back doors.

That's it for now...back to work :)