“Old North” Food Co-op Makes Supermarket News

Congratulations to our friends in the Old North neighborhood of St. Louis.    The new food co-op was written up in Supermarket News this week.  Check out the link below.   The article gives the Old North Restoration Group kudos for setting up the store in an inner city “food desert” location where less than 40% of the people have [...]

Day 104.25 – Block Paaaarty!

Tonight we had the annual Gayola block party!

Day 104.5 – Musical Interlude

Dave’s band, Barefoot Jones, setup on the front porch and entertained the neighbors at the Gayola Block Party.  This is the 7th time we’ve been able to do this. Enjoy! Paradise – by John Prine Get Out of  My Life Woman – by New Orleans songwriter/producer Alan Toussant Highway 61 Revisited - by Bob Dylan

Day 104 – “Mission Accomplished!”

Today we held a press conference on an aircraft carrier and declared an end to contractor operations in the Kitchen!   The deciding factor was that the ice maker finally started to make ice!     We knew that the ice maker was finally getting water (there was water in the internal water filter), and we heard it [...]

Day 101 – Cat’s Eye View

By popular demand, below is a “highlight” slideshow of the cats inspecting, helping, and being bored with our kitchen remodel and home renovations. The cast of characters includes: Sienna – yellow female (the inspector) Taji – yellow male (the climber) Isabeau – black female  (the lounger) Blaze – tuxedo male (the sofa surfer) Sammy – long [...]

Day 100 – Contractor Returns

The contractor came back today to finish up a few things left on the punch list: Fix the ice maker (needs a new valve in the basement where the ice maker water line taps into the cold water) Put a coat of polyurethane inside the sink base.   This is because they redid the inside of [...]

Day 99 – Knock Knock Knockin’ on Basement Door

Today I finished up work on the basement door: Sanded down the areas I had plastered the week before Since we were reusing the old basement door frame there was a skinny line of white paint all around the frame that showed when the door was shut.  It got out a putty knife and spent [...]

Day 97 – Musical Interlude

Took the day off (Saturday) from working on the house.   The band played a gig at Riddles – one of our favorite places.   About 12:30 am all these college kids came in and packed the place.  The more crowded it got, the more people wanted to come in. It was crazy!   We kept playing about [...]

Day 96 – Ordered Subway Tile

Linda called the tile store today and ordered the tile for our back splash.   We’re going with an off white 3×6 inch subway tile.  We will also have one accent row of 1×1 green recycled glass tiles.  Will take about 2 weeks to come in.   We’re hoping Brian come over and install quickly after it [...]

Day 94 – Contractor Follow Up

Called the contractor today to follow-up on the last loose ends: Ice maker not working (bad valve) Screws punching through the outside of the pantry cabinet Back panel for the extra peninsula cabinet we ended up with They will come back next Tuesday morning to finish up.