Sunday, October 4, 2009



We've been waiting for this for a long time - the first fire in the Tulikivi.


You have to open one of the clean out holes and burn a couple of pieces of newspaper to get a good draft started.

Saturday, October 3, 2009


Our solar water panels are doing a pretty good job keeping us warm in the barn via a radiant floor heating system. As you can see, the floor temp is 73.2 which is giving us an air temperature around 70. It feels very comfortable for this time of the year.


Cabinets! We picked up the cabinets for the master bath, master closet, and kitchen today. Jim has already installed the cabinets in the closet.

Abby bit Ziva! So Ziva took a trip to the vet. She's getting better.

Thursday, October 1, 2009



The front porch just needs posts and railing now....and of course steps.


The concrete slab in front of the garage is complete.