2011
- It’s Wednesday. Where’s Mac OS X Lion?
- Downloading Lion…
- Starting Lion install…
- MacBook Air is now running Lion. Upgrade was fine.
- The old exterior wall was knocked out in the new mudroom which gave us the first sense for what that intersection will be like. We think it will be great.
- The egress windows are framed in and the windows will be installed this week! We will be able to see what the light will be like in the family room.
- Holes have been knocked in the cinder block on the basement wall and rebar put in that goes down the entire length. This week they will pour cement in those channels for additional wall strength.
- We got our air conditioning working again with the new furnace and condenser on Friday! Just in time for a miserably hot spell!
Remodel Update Week 7
The update last week felt really significant with the new floors in and all. This week felt like an even bigger advance! All of the walls in the basement are now framed in and the windows are in the mudroom and the family room. We can now see just how the light will be in the family room and get a sense for how the flow will be in the main level with the mudroom there. We also got most of our side lawn back this week. Tammy and I are both feeling really good about the layout.
The week the project also broke into the rest of the house. A temporary barrier is in place in the office to keep dust out and the exterior wall has already been taken out to make room for the new pocket doors.
This week we do the electrical walk-through as well as mapping out all the low voltage work. We are right around the half-way point now.
The pictures of all the framing are probably hard to make out without an idea of what direction things are.
Tammy put up a blog post about how much Tyler loves to play with shoes. This was one of the pictures that I thought was just great.
U2 at TCF Stadium
Tip for tonight’s U2 show: Bring a Ziploc bag to put your phone in, just in case.
Pre-U2 blackberry mojito at Cafe Maude before catching #4 bus.
My coordinates for tonight’s U2 show: Section 215 Row 17
This could be straight out of War of the Worlds!
App I most want full screen support for in Lion that doesn’t have it now? OmniFocus I’m sure it will come soon.
App I least need full screen mode in but has it? Twitterific 😀
Tomorrow is officially Mac OS X Lion day! Looks like the Internet will be busy sending bits around.
Trying to buy a doorbell online. Surprising that very few websites let you listen to the chime. 🙁
Next year will mark our return to the Winnipeg Folk Festival! 353 days to go.
Soggy Outside
Inside: 76 °F with air conditioning.
Outside: 91 °F and 75% humidity with a dew point of 81 °F.
Remodel Update Week 6
Week six was a big one! The difference between last week and now is really fun. Last week we had a dirt floor in the basement, now there is cement. Last week you had to take a ladder down the last half of the steps, now there are now steps. Last week they framed the mudroom, now it is enclosed (sort of).
I’ve been amazed at all the structural engineering that has gone into lowering the floor. The extra 7" will be worth it though. This week windows get put in and most of the framing happens.
