Wednesday, February 23, 2005
These days I'm in awe of strong men. Looking out the kitchen window I'll see a pile of lumber or rebar arrive, and just as quickly it lands in a pile, then the pile moves clear across the lot next time I look. It's so cool. Also, I'm in awe of people not scared of heights. This morning I saw that a couple of Norm's concrete guys were clinging to the formwork of the second floor "fin" on Galusha, gaily chatting in the sunshine and casually discussing their building plan.
It was all I could do to climb up the ladder that led to the second floor sill of Galusha and hang out there a while last week. It's not like I didn't want to: It was awesome going up there to have a look around and realizing that not only might Galusha have the Mount Hood view, it definitely has a Mount St. Helens view. Mom said to expect some surprises, and there's a sweet one.
Meanwhile, I made the deadline to apply for a grant from the city's Office of Sustainable Development for all the "green" features in the house. When you add them up -- radiant heat systems, vegetated swale, wheatboard everywhere -- it's quite an investment. Given that the city required the swale, and I reduce the burden on city services by taking the runoff problem for myself, it's only fair it might help pay for it.
Now that Galusha is born and still edging up into the sky, it's Mabel's turn. I noticed the guys were walking all over the footings yesterday and promising piles of metal and wood have started to appear there.
P.S. The concrete job can be patched!
It was all I could do to climb up the ladder that led to the second floor sill of Galusha and hang out there a while last week. It's not like I didn't want to: It was awesome going up there to have a look around and realizing that not only might Galusha have the Mount Hood view, it definitely has a Mount St. Helens view. Mom said to expect some surprises, and there's a sweet one.
Meanwhile, I made the deadline to apply for a grant from the city's Office of Sustainable Development for all the "green" features in the house. When you add them up -- radiant heat systems, vegetated swale, wheatboard everywhere -- it's quite an investment. Given that the city required the swale, and I reduce the burden on city services by taking the runoff problem for myself, it's only fair it might help pay for it.
Now that Galusha is born and still edging up into the sky, it's Mabel's turn. I noticed the guys were walking all over the footings yesterday and promising piles of metal and wood have started to appear there.
P.S. The concrete job can be patched!
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