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Weekend Progress

This past weekend was a busy and hot.  As the plumbing was in the home stretch I began to rip out my floors that were damaged with water.  This was a painful event since it was less than 3 years ago I killed myself to install and pay for these floors.  It was humbling and sad.  The image below was the floors when they were first installed. Update on the Electrical… Having family is great.  Josh was over and helped me with my lighting design.  I’m happy to mark this off my list.  Next steps are Insulation and Drywall!!!!

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Plumbing Update

We are in the process of picking out new plumbing stuff for the repair of the bath rooms and the newly added master bath room. Two words… “Holy Cow” this crap is expensive. Not to brag, but I have taste beyond my budget and its hard to settle for average stuff when I see the trendy expensive items all shiny and blingy. Thanks to another family connection we are getting some cool stuff. My Brother-In law who is doing the plumbing exposed Aimee and I to a wonderful place for Plumbing. Briggs Plumbing Supplies has the coolest stuff available today and with the family connection we are getting...

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Cold Air has never felt better!

We have air moving through the house and its cold! Thanks to my Brother Brian for the awesome selection and installation of our new Heat Pump and Furnace. One small step closer to move in ready! When the tree landed on our house it smashed our A/C. I’m kinda excited that happened, it was on its last leg!

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My awesome co-workers!!!

To the great people at Farm Credit Services of America. My family and I would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the kind thought and gifts that we received. The kids are very excited to use the passes for FunPlex, Pizza Machine, The Movies, Putt-Putt Golf, Children’s Museum and everything else. We will be documenting the events when we use the gifts. To the Systems team. The idea of Home Cooked meals is awesome. My family is excited to break bread in the hotel room instead of a restaurant. We thank you for the support.

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Roof… Done

The roof is completed and its looks great. The best part of the rebuilding process is making this suck less. Problem, we have limited space in the 2 story for bedroom home. Solution, Convert small room and a large room into a single master suite with vaulted veiling. With the help of my cousin Mark we replace all 16 rafters with 2x8’s and vaulted the bedroom, newly added master bath and walk-in closet.This is exciting stuff! The images are coming shortly

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