Monthly Archives: June, 2011

The second floor frame is in place but the roof isn’t. So when the forecast called for rain, our contractor put giant blue tarps over the whole house. From the inside, it looks like we live underwater; from the outside, it looks like the artist Christo came by our house to do a project.

The sun is beaming down on our rose planters. Looking at all this color, it’s hard to believe that a year ago these weren't even in place!

Another busy construction day. How do these guys get so much work done in a single day? I guess we hired the right people for the job.

Our contractor has started putting the new second floor frame up!

Yousa lovin that Joe Dimaggio muy muy bombad!

If I ever end up on death row, my last request will be to watch "Bay Coven," because the movie is so interminable it makes time slow down; my final moments on Earth will feel like an eternity.

drip drip drip on Flickr.Giant thunderstorms are no fun when you don’t really have a roof. The yellowish-brown water that dripped into most of...

Would old timey people burn effigies in effigy too? Or would they just not vote for them in the first place?

This could be a trial balloon to launch Bieber's political career. Could the small, wiry teen who once sang a song of some sort become Canada's next Prime Minister?

Demolition is officially done, and so the contractor is putting in the base of the second floor, sort of a foundation. This is more...

We should all apologize to singing star Steve Lawrence, for our society-wide crime of not thinking more about singing star Steve Lawrence.

Demolition is more or less finished, and the contractor has found some, um, interesting facets of the structure.