December 8, 2008
The kitchen counter tops are finally done!. You may remember that we started way back in
February. We tried two different colors and a several finishes but ended up where we started.
Total cost:
- 13 1 cubic foot Pro-formula Mix Charcoal $351
- 20 bags 5000 psi Quickcrete $100
- Polishing kit $261
- 2 bottles of Sealer $51
- 2 boxes Slurry Mix $40
- 7 Sheets of Melamine for forms $224
- Miscellaneous supplies $200
- Wet Grinder from ebay $200
Our total cost is $1527 for 67 sq ft of counter tops or about $21.30 per sq ft.
Countertop
Sink
October 18, 2008
The last load of firewood is in. I don’t mind working in the wood pile, good clean fun! I sure do miss the kids though. Cost this year: $550 for the wood, $434 for a new saw, $82 for a splitter, about $15 for gas- Total $1081 for a little more than 6 cords. Plus the 26 hours it took Patti and I to cut, split and stack.
Now we are ready for Winter!
Full load
October 12, 2008
Looks like the weather is clearing….. our last walk on the beach for a few months. We decided to come back in the Spring, maybe late March or earliy April. 2 years between trips is much too long.
Sunday morning sunrise
October 11, 2008
Today is our last full day here. Our routine has become pretty much set in this short week. Get up, go for a long walk on the beach, come back and have a latte or 2. Then, finally we can relax. Rosco will have a hard time adjusting.
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October 10, 2008
We are enjoying our morning walks on the beach. There is nothing like the sound of the waves first thing in the morning, and the sand under your feet.Â
Today was the first rainy day we’ve had this week! We didn’t seem to notice the rain until we turned around to walk back to the beach house! Here we are … a little damp!!
Love this life !
Morning walk
October 9, 2008
Technical difficulties prevented me from making yesterday’s post so I’ll include 2 pictures today. We drove down to Hatteras Light. The beach there is beautiful although the water is colder there. Rosco had a good time. The second picture is of the Sound side sunset a couple of roads down from us. No one is renting the houses, so we can walk right out to the water.
Hatteras Light
Sunset
October 7, 2008
Kinnakeeter- A resident of Kinnakeet township, North Carolina. Historically named Kinnakeet, the town was renamed Avon by the U.S. Postal Service when a post office was established there in 1883.
Also happens to the the name of our rental home for this week. This is the first home we have rented that has a views of both the ocean and the sound.
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October 6, 2008
One of the best things about coming to the Outer Banks in the Fall is that we don’t need to get up until 6:30 to see the sunrise!!
Stayed tuned for a picture of the day.
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Sunrise- Avon,N.C.
September 24, 2008
Not elected by any citizen Secretary Paulson will soon be running this country and there won’t be anything we can do about it based on “Section 8″
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
What?
September 22, 2008
