Hello Seattle!

Sonora's here and she's ready to rock

introducing...

we have something new to blog about, and she is way cuter than the chickens. born September 1 at 9:26 AM and weighing in at 7 lbs, 11 oz....

Sonora from Luke on Vimeo.

something weird with the title, but oh well...

behind the scenes

while i certainly appreciate jess' positive tone and up to date reporting, there is a darker side of the bathroom remodel that may be under represented as of late. take last saturday morning for example, when i found there was a moderate leak coming from the bathtub/shower joint fixture. i found the leak in the garage where i have very limited access to the plumbing. once discovered it was something that had to be resolved asap. the leak was right behind the tile, and there was no way i was going to re-do any tile or grout. i used the window as a reference point to figure out where the problem was and grabbed the circular saw. i anticipated cutting a giant hole before actually getting access to the plumbing but it didn't end up being too bad. it was also kind of fun to just carve a hole in the side of the house. why did the leak happen? because i didn't finalize the bath exterior plumbing before finishing the tile, and i over tightened some screws when putting the 'face' on. so many lessons learned... it only took two trips to the store to fix the leak, which seemed like progress. now i just need to figure out how to patch the gaping hole in the side of the house.   

the offending leak came from the pvc on the left hand side, i probably should have just replaced it entirely

the neighbors must have loved watching me do this

not the worst case scenario at the end of the day, but not exactly rainbows and unicorns

You may be wondering...

...do these people do anything besides tile showers all day?  Why yes we do, as a matter of fact, we feed the farm animals!  Here's Dakota helping with the recycling by cleaning out a peanut butter jar.

And the chickens picked over these watermelon rinds for leftover bits after we made a salad the other night. A real chicken delicacy, apparently.

We have a bathroom again!

The upstairs bathroom is officially fully functional.  The sink works, and we both showered in the shower last night.

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Luke is a bathroom-remodeling MASTER!!

All that remains to be done is to buy a mirror, hang some trim along the floor and around the window and doors, and some other very minor touches.

Bathroom news

For those who have been breathlessly awaiting a bathroom update, here you go:

It's really looking like a bathroom now!  Still work to be done though - the shower and sink are still non-functional for the moment.

THIS is growing in our yard!

Wowie!

Tiles and yard

The shower:
Tiles are grouted, and the frame for the shower door is in (after much cursing).

Also, the yard is looking really nice.  Much in bloom...

...including the clematis.

We're down to 3 chickens

A little sequence of events after being woken up by crowing at 5:30am yesterday....

The catch

The kill

The plucking

The butchering

The coq au vin

R.I.P. Ladyhawke
4/24/12 - 7/14/12

So it turns out you were a dude.

We barely knew ye

but we hope you taste ok

The nursery!!

Tiles again

Part of the shower has been grouted.