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Spent some more time in the garage and in the backyard. I decided to add a helper to the garage as the Roomba was not being utilized in the house, I rather like my robotic companion. We have an awesome neighborhood of families that we actually get along with, which is worth more than I can...

Ended up taking a couple weeks off from the garage and cars all together. We drove up to Michigan for our Nephews 2nd birthday. We enjoyed spending time with family, introducing our daughter to lake swimming (she has been taking swimming lessons for most of her life but has not had the skill to...

As the boys weekend came to a close, most of the projects that were started were not finished… starter didn’t get finished because fusible links were discovered to be fire hazards, so I took out the new positive cable setup and ordered a fusible link relocation kit and bus bar expansion to get...

While the boys were in town, we had a whirlwind of a weekend. We used the most of our time. Drank as many beers as we could stand, took care of some routine maintenance on the 226k mile cobalt to include new headlight buckets and a new cooling fan, tackled the starter for the Buick, installing a...

Up next, getting the Glastron nestled into the ******. I was nearing the end of the month and would need to pay another month of storage for the boat if I didn’t have it moved out by the first. Lucky for me, two of my best friends traveled from Massachusetts and Florida the last weekend of July...

Thanks! It definitely needs something. I think we are going to get a landscaper out and take a look at vegetation options. My wife os excited for window boxes next spring which will add a much needed element too. We have a sizable deck off of the house, but if we did a porch into a sitting area...

Thanks! It is only slick in my ridiculously worn out 15 year old crocs when they are wet. The sealant is slip resistant in nature as outlined in All Garage Floors Review, I took the excerpt below from that review. I did not add any anti slip and find it to be quite slip resistant in normal use...

Well as most of these threads go, as soon as the poster starts doing the fun stuff, the posts seem to dwindle. Got the Buick moved over and the storage unit closed up. End of an era lugging **** to the tiny 20x10 only to inevitably forget something and then getting discouraged and wasting an...

The punch list is finished, and the building inspected the day before Independence Day. We are officially “done” with the build portion of the garage and have moved to DIY and filling the space. I spent the weekend of the 12th prepping the floor to be sealed, chipping up dripped stucco...

Home Stretch! Garage doors went in at the end of last week, and the electrician finished up what he had left to do. Today, the railings were finished, the door openers installed, and the place cleaned up. The only things left are painting the man door and installing hardware, installing the...

These last two weeks really feel like some of the best progress made in a consistent manor through the whole project. GC dug the trench for electric and low voltage (Ethernet) conduits. Then our friend couple came to town and thankfully so as I had a busy day of work when the GC called and...

The week after Memorial Day made for some progress that really took the project into the next phase or at least gave the appearance of the home stretch. Siding and trim work went up and we love it. The neighbor girl and our daughter really enjoyed watching the crew work. (The door will be...

Pretty good progress being made these last couple of weeks. Shortly after the party the windows were installed and a solution for the interior stairs was decided, I’m not sure excited about the stairs as they will protrude out a good ways off the back wall into two of the three bays, but this...

Our daughter’s party went great, and not so great. My wife knocked the Bluey theme out of the park and the kids had a blast! Not so great… our daughter got her very first bee sting two minutes into the party, and worst of all it was between her toes. She was devastated and ended up missing a lot...

Just got back from a family trip to the beach in Surf City, NC on Topsail Island. We had an absolute blast soaking up the sun, enjoying Cinco De Mayo, shell hunting, and spending time with family. Upon our return, we are in full prep mode for our daughter’s birthday party happening...

Thanks, definitely looking forward to it! It’s been a long time coming.

Might have to try my hand at some plumbing!

Thursday was a big day, we had the electrician come by and upgrade the electrical meter base to handle 200 amp and also upgraded the panel inside the house to prepare for running the power to the garage in the coming weeks. They also took care of some things that needed addressing from previous...

Our friends visited us from Florida to run the “Toughest Road Race in America” as a relay team at the marathon distance. The Blue Ridge Marathon covers an elevation change of 7,430’ over the course of the marathon. It was a great race and we had a blast as a relay team! We enjoyed having them...

Monday came in with some severe thunderstorms so the slab pour was delayed until today, but it was a beautiful day to pour. Two trucks and a team of 5 knocked out the finish work. We decided to cut in some relief cuts and man did these guys do a hell of a job, smooth as glass. I wish I could...