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Three's a Pack

Here's a print I picked up for the new house. It's by a NEK artist Stephen Huneck, who founded Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury, up by Thiem Cabin.

I'm not usually one for Folk Art, but all his pieces just make you smile. And along with your print choice, you can pick a yellow, black, or chocolate lab.    

Short Sale Adventure Update

Due to the Title Trouble, we may be stretching out this adventure a little longer. This is a (rather glaring) problem (they most likely knew about) on the seller's end.  That said, all parties are confident this deal will go through - eventually.  Just another roadblock along said Short Sale Adventure.  We are now waiting on a satisfactory agreement as to who (not us!) will address this issue.

Pictures as Promised

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Roofer Madness

On Sunday, a ragtag group assembled at the new (old) house to tackle the roof. We could not have done it without this amazing group of good-spirited hard workers who lent their free labor for the day. Leading the crew was Ryan’s dad Rick. Alongside him were Ryan and his brother Sean, reliving the old days of McBuilders, Rick’s framing crew they both worked on. Former McBuilder and good friend Timmy Chorey joined the fracas, as did cousin Jess (fresh from 7 months in Hawaii and 28 days in the jungle), Sean’s better-half Tara, Tela-the-dog (providing ground support and infrequent encouragement), and myself. After our initial hopes of two-layers only of roof shingles were dashed, we called in Frank-the-Tank Wardley who generously lent us his vintage – but fully functional – International dump truck for the day. Kind man that he is, Frank also brought along some freshies from Mercury Brewing Company. What a guy. Our new neighbor to the left came over to introduce himself. A plumber, EMT, and volunteer fireman to boot, he was a wonderfully welcoming fellow, offered up access to a substantial collection of tools and by days end, we’d taken advantage of the offer – twice.

I will leave the blow-by-blow details of the roof job to Ryan, should he wish to elaborate in a subsequent post. I will conclude my entry with the promise of photos to follow shortly and one more heartfelt thanks to our friends and family who helped out yesterday. Getting this roof done was absolutely necessary and required so that we can close on our new (old) house. You guys have made buying our house possible – thank you! Houses are all about family and friends and it is so special that we made our first memory in Ipswich with some of our nearest and dearest. Words aren’t enough – thank you, thank you, thank you.