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Home improvements are such a joy. Thus my absence from posting here the past few weeks. Even though I’m paying professionals to do a lot of the work, I still have to be there to yell at them when they screw it up. It’s looking good, though.

Here’s where we started:

Nice eh? Well, that was in 2004 when the paint job still looked decent (even though the color was ugly.) However, 3 years of weather and critters poking holes in it, it was ready for a redo. Here’s some more recent shots of the house with the weather pretty evident:

See what I mean? And look at the dinky, old, disgusting air conditioner in that last picture. It was original to the house - 1985. And, it had never been serviced or cleaned. So yeah, it was ready for a makeover, too.

And look at this ugly deck! Old stain, and a hideous overhang made of 2,000 pounds of soggy lumber and fiberglass.

It was time to ditch that, too.

After we tore it down, we bought and assembled a beautiful gazebo!

Check out the beautiful new heat pump! I’m saving 7 bucks a day on electricity with that new AC! Woot!

And for the ladies, here are the guys painting the house…

And finally, here it is all done!

So, that’s what I’ve been up to. Next weekend, it’s time to rip out our carpet and put in Pergo!

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