Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Progress takes time.

Years ago while Dave & I were remodeling our kitchen, I’m sure I was griping about how long it was taking, my cousin who was studying for her doctorate at the time simply said, “Progress takes time.” They were some of the best words of advice I have ever gotten.

Along with my Dad’s words of wisdom to me in my early 20’s, when I barely had enough money to put gas in my car in order to get to work each day, I was grumbling about the cost of healthy foods in the grocery store and he told me, “You can either spend your money in the grocery store or at the doctor’s office.” I thought, “By golly, he’s right.” And I probably went out and bought crap food because I still had to put gas in my car...


Dave’s been working on finishing up the insulation. He’s laying some pink fiber glass on top of the spray foam to increase the R-value in the walls. We’ve had a few days with high winds which has been helpful for finding little gaps where air was blowing in. He filled those gaps with either caulk or expanding foam depending on the size of the gap. Plus he’s taping all the seams where the fiberglass ends. He’s doing a thorough job! Stuffing a couple socks in the walls would have been an improvement over what we had previously.

This one shows it all: 
Pink fiberglass filling out already foamed cavities. 
Caulk line down inside corner and where walls meet floor. 
Special extra-sticky, all-temperature insulation tape where ceiling fiberglass meets walls.

Yes. Progress takes time. Time well spent. 

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

"Highly Desirable"

Well whaddyaknow, we’re hip!
On top of a trend!
...in some circles.


Ok, so our VW Vanagon Westfalia Camper is a 1985 and it’s not the highly prized (and priced) 4-wheel-drive Syncro but it’s close, darn close!


Besides, Dave likes our round headlights better than the square ones, which appeared on the 1986 and newer models.

ps: Remember, those prices listed at the end of the article are for the 4WD Synchros, not our little 2WD version…we’re not that hip.

Monday, October 10, 2011

I don’t know much about Astrology...

I do know that I am an Aquarius…I have no idea if that is why I am so attracted to water.
 Durand Eastman Beach

I’m pretty sure that if I lived within walking distance of a large body of water, I would have a hard time getting much accomplished.
 A very calm Lake Ontario

Or does one become jaded by simple day-to-day beauty and take it for granted?

Honestly, I could have sat there in the sand gazing out at the water all day.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

A bit of advice…

This all may look like fun and games as you sit comfortably reading these posts, enjoying your morning coffee, snug in your jammies…or perhaps while you sip your cold medicine, also, hopefully, snug in your jammies...

But may I suggest that if you have the slightest desire to remodel a room or two in your home – or perhaps knock the whole thing down and rebuild – may I suggest that you hire as many people as financially possible to do the work for you.


I’ll leave you with the wisdom of a friend’s recent fortune cookie, “Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions.”