With the Green House Project consuming whatever portions of our lives not taken up by work or sleep, travel has been a not-to-be-discussed topic, which is extremely unhealthy for both Brandy and I. Our wanderlust is itching BAD so with the end of Phase One of the Project coming to a close soon, travel has re-entered our conversations of late.
January 13-15, 2023
This week was pretty challenging. After sustaining an injury last week, I was doubtful I’d get much done. After returning to Coralville last Sunday, I did a self-check and was pretty sure I’d given myself a hernia. That may or may not be the case, but I was able to power through and get a huge chunk of stuff done.
January 6 – 8, 2023
I went to the Green House this weekend alone and got quite a bit done! Shortly after I left to return to Coralville, the decor started coming together in the dining room and, before you know it, the Green House will be our full-time home.
2022 shaped up to be a year unlike any other. The world is a mess right now with war in Ukraine, political division is rampant, inflation is out of control, and it appears no one wants to work.
And this was a year unlike any other for me as well.
December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023
If you see my post from last week, you’ll see that we were unsure that Craig and Sue would make it up Saturday to help move our spare bedroom over to the house.
After some bitter cold, gusty winds and about 6 inches of snow on Thursday into Friday, they were still able to come up Saturday morning.
December 16-18
When the internet takes three hours to get set up, that certainly puts a damper on things.
December 9-11, 2022
You’d think that after two weeks of working on the house, my body would be accustomed to the labor and would be strengthening.
You’d think…
December 2-4, 2022
It was a short weekend at the Green House but I still got a lot done.
November 18 – 27, 2022
We closed on the house that will henceforth be known as the Green House on Monday, November 14, in Cedar Rapids. After all the documents were signed, Brandy and I made the 2 hour drive down to walk into the house for the first time as the owners.
We had some paint samples with us that we’d picked up at Menard’s over the weekend prior, as well as a handful of tools and supplies that we dropped in the house. We took down the curtains that had been left on just about every window in the house, threw them in a trash bag and painted some swatches of the sample paints on the wall, then headed over to her parents’ to drop a key before heading home.
Then, the real work began in earnest.
October 13 – 24, 2022
One last trip before all of our focus is on the house.