Pocket Knife Collection

I've had a long running competion with myself to see how many pocket knives I could collect. So far, I'm at about 40 knives. Many of these are little and very poor quality, but they are part of the collection none the less. I forget to include my newest knife, which my friend in the Air Force just brought back from Kyrgyzstan. It's not really a pocket knife, but it's definately the most unique knife in my collection.

Here's our house... pre-assembled, of course.

Basement floor is done.

Flatwork got done in the basement today. Everything is going to be ready for the framer to begin on Monday. It's amazing that all the huge piles of dirt that they dug out for the basement are gone. Once they backfill up against the basement walls and level things out and spread it all around it all just disappears.

Doesn't look like much has happened but progress is being made.

Here's the latest shot from the construction site. The groundwork for plumbing and radon mitigation has been done. The foundation has been damp-proofed so they will be back-filling and ready to poor the basement floor next week. The framing is to begin on Monday July 2nd.

Killy and Fiona inside The Devil's Punchbowl

This Just In... Oregon Coast is Still Fantastic!!!

Gorgeous view from Otter Crest Beach. How do people in the midwest go their whole lives without seeing this?

Wild Boys

Killian and Rowan just before that blessed moment when they go to bed. These boys are such a handful right now. Killian suffers from middle child syndrome, always starved for attention so he gets the attention however he can which usually involves some form of torturing his little brother. Rowan knows how to talk but has decided that he doesn't want to, so he does a lot of pointing and squealing until he get's what he wants. I hope we're not creating a couple of monsters.

Rowan Grigg caught partying again!

Reaching for the paparazzi's camera after another night on the town with Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton.

Basement Walls

Fiona's Piano Recital

Fiona did a great job at her recital. She performed The JellyBean Rag, and The Rose.

Latest Construction Pics

Here's the forms going up for the basement walls. They are supposed to be pouring the concrete today, although it's been raining heavily all morning. I asked them yesterday if they would pour in the event of rain and they said that the only thing that would stop them was lightning.

Setting Forms for Basement Walls.

Here's a better photo of the footings and a handful of busy workers laying out the forms for the basement foundation walls.