After all the rain in October, we finally got around to cleaning our deck, in preparation to staining it, last weekend... we still haven't made it to staining it, but hopefully that will happen sooner than later and (crossing fingers) it won't be so long that we'll have to clean the deck again before we do it :-S
John put the cleaning solution on, and I rinse the whole thing off 3o minutes later :-)
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Despues de toda la lluvia en Octubre, finalmente logramos limpiar la madera de la terraza, en preparacion para pintarla, el fin de semana pasado... todavia no la pintamos, pero espero que eso suceda pronto y (haciendo changuitos) no pase tanto tiempo que la tengamos que limpiar otra vez antes de pintar :-S
John le puso la solucion para limpiarla, y yo a enjuague 30 minutos despues :-)
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Long time... No deck stain...
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Labels: Deck
Friday, August 14, 2009
Ewwwww
I guess this is the unpleasant part of being a homeowner: Last Sunday John and I were outside on the patio, when he called his sister, so we were hanging there longer than usual and I sat down on the floor... When I looked to the left I saw a wasps nest under the deck staircase!!! Yuck!!! The worse part: It wasn't the only one!!! There was a second one on one of the upper steps!!!
So today, I went to Lowes and bought some poison spray... 2 cans of it. We waited 'til around 8 PM since the wasps are less active at night (found that info online) and sprayed both nests simulteneously!!!
We're leaving the nests there until Sunday, because the cans said the poison will even kill the wasps that come back in the next few days and then I think I'm going to beat them down with a broom stick :-D
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Esta es la parte de tener tu propia casa que no es tan agradable: El domingo pasado John y yo estabamos afuera en el patio, cuando le llamo a su hermana, y como nos quedamos afuera mas rato de lo normal yo me sente en el piso... Y cuando mire a la izquierda vi que habia un nido de avispas abajo de la escalera!!! Guacala!!! Y lo peor: No era el unico!!! Habia un segundo nido en uno de los escalones de arriba!!!
Asi que hoy fui a Lowes y compre veneno en spray... 2 latas. Nos esperamos como hasta las 8 de la noche porque lei que las avispas son menos activas de noche (encontre ese dato en linea) y les echamos el veneno simultaneamente!!!
Vamos a dejar los nidos ahi hasta el Domingo, porque dice en las latas que el veneno va a matar a las avispas que regresen despues y creo que ese dia los voy a tumbar a escobazos :-D
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Holy Cow... It's coming along so fast!!!
OMG!!! The house seems almost complete!!! Of course it's still has a lot of things to go, but it looks like from now on they're mostly details, finishings, etc. The structure, dry wall and outside are ALMOST complete!!! Check out this week's pictures!!!
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No manches!!! La casa ya se ve casi completa!!! Claro que todavia le faltan muchas cosas, pero parece que ya nada mas son detalles y acabados. La estructura, las paredes y el exterior estan CASI terminados!!! Chequen las fotos de esta semana!!!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Start of the Siding
Today we went by the house and we actually got to meet our future neighbors and, curiously, they're also a bi-racial couple, which I thought was cool since I haven't seen a lot of "variety" to start with.
Another nice surprise was that they have started the siding of our house and one of the sides is almost completely done!!!
Other new things are:
- They poured the cement in the garage.
- They poured the cement for the entry way (little porch).
- Finished all the electrical wiring, including the basement.
- Put in the 2 AC units (we purchased 2 so that, hopefully, we can save some money on the power bill down the road).
- Finished the deck's railing
- Started the basement's boards to attach the dry wall to.
We have the pre-drywall meeting on Tuesday and I can't wait to see how the house looks next week!!!
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El dia de hoy fuimos a la casa de nuevo y nos toco conocer a nuestros futuros vecinos, y curiosamente tambien son una pareja de 2 razas diferentes, lo cual me parecio curada porque para empezar no hay mucha variedad aqui.
Otra sorpresa agradable fue que ya empezaron a poner el material que va a recubrir la casa (le dicen siding) y uno de los lados esta casi terminado!!!
Otras cosas nuevas son:
- Echaron el cemento en el garage.
- Echaron el cemento de la entrada de la casa (un porche chiquito).
- Terminaron el cableado electrico, incluyendo el sotano.
- Instalaron las 2 unidades para el aire acondicionado (decidimos comprar 2 para ahorrar electricidad en el futuro).
- Terminaron el barandal de la terraza.
- Empezaron a poner los "postes" para sostener el yeso de las paredes.
El martes tenemos la reunion anterior a que pongan las paredes y no puedo esperar a ver como va la casa la semana que viene!!!
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Weekend Updates
As you'll see on the 3rd picture down, there's not a lot of changes on the outside of the house this week, but they finished the deck (at least the part where you stand on), they started putting the fireplace in (it's going to be gas), they're still working on the plumbing, and they started preparing the garage and the basement to pour the cement (it seems like).
We also took a couple of pictures of our house from the side street, I guess that once the house next to ours is built you won't be able to see all of ours that much, but here's how it looks today :-)
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Como veran en la tercer foto, no hay muchos cambios en el exterior de la casa esta semana, pero terminaron la terraza (por lo menos la parte donde te paras), y empezaron a poner la chimenea (va a ser de gas), siguen trabajando en la plomeria, y ya empezaron a preparar el garage y el sotano para vaciar el cemento (parece).
Tambien tomamos algunas fotos de la casa desde una calle aledana, me imagino que una vez que construyan la casa de a un lado nuestra casa no se va a ver tanto, pero asi es como se ve el dia de hoy :-)
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Labels: Construction, Deck, Fireplace
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The roof is done!!!
The roof is done!!! The shingles are already installed!!! And so are the windows!!! Even the door is installed.
On the inside, they already started with some of the plumbing, and the upstairs bathrooms now have the tubs (regular one on the aisle bathroom and garden tub in the master's), and the shower in the master bathtoom.
We just can't wait until we get to see the finished product!!!
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Ya terminaron el techo!!! Y las tejas del techo ya estan instaladas!!! Tambien las ventanas!!! Hasta la puerta ya esta puesta.
En el interior, ya empezaron con algo de la plomeria, y los banios de arriba ahora tienen tinas (una tina regular en el banio del pasillo y una tina de "jardin" en el del nuestro cuarto), y la regadera del banio de nosotros.
No podemos esperar a ver el producto terminado!!!
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Labels: Aisle Bathroom, Deck, Door, Master Bathroom, Shingles, Tub, Windows