by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 24, 2001
Autumn arrived a few days ago and the days are getting shorter and shorter. Working until 8 p.m. is a thing of the past now and by 7 p.m. it’s getting rather dark. Yesterday I had hoped to finish wall # 17, but it just got too dark to work. This week was another...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 14, 2001
Over the last three days I haven’t gotten much work done on the house. The terrorist attacks on America have made working a bit difficult. Every hour or so, I dial up the Internet to find out the latest news and listen to the radio while I work. It’s a...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 2, 2001
This title is a bit obscure, but for anyone who is a fan of the Moody Blues, you’ll get this pun. Anyway… The fifteenth wall was completed this week. Only one more wall and I’ll be a quarter of the way done or if you want to look at it from an...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 26, 2001
One of the recent questions asked on the forum was how I was able to secure the window frames by myself. Installing the first floor window frames have been quite painless (or is it pane-less?). The rusty, trusty Bobcat has been a big help as usual. Although the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 19, 2001
Now that the house has been slowly taking shape, so has the hill in front of the house. Earlier in the summer the hill in front of the house was shaped using a bulldozer. This did a great job of leveling things out, but not good enough for seeding a lawn. I did try...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 12, 2001
In the last journal entry I complained about the heat. I really didn’t think it could get any worse, but without any wind and a prolonged period of 90 to 100 degree heat, it did. Just attempting to cut wood in the shade with the fan blowing on me at full speed...
