Almost There

well, we almost have the second floor done. the joists are up and finishing the decking will be tomorrow. then the 2nd floor walls and roof. the house will only be a story and 3/4 as it was too much money for us to put on a full 2nd story. but there will be 4 ft. outside walls, then the roof.
the 4 ft walls will make more usable space upstairs as the roof won't come right to the floor level. View from the front of the house into the kitchen.

View from the kitchen to the front of the house. next to the ladder are the back of the stairs.

Cooter was very talkative today. It is garble-speak, but a lot of it. when we got home he went right to the TV to turn on his Singing babies DVD. the thing is creepy. Babies mostly sitting on the floor in while superimposed backgrounds go by. oh, the creepy part, they superimpose singing mouths over the babies to make them look like they are singing the nursery rhymes. it is CREEPY, but cooter loves it. he tries to sing along and that is very CUTE. He was falling asleep while watching it. la, la, la (head bob) la, la, la, (head bob). so juju gave him a bath and a buba he fell asleep instantly. the goat has him tomorrow also. today she had cooter and her 4 year-old granddaughter JJ. the goat said she was very tired and going to bed early. Only cooter tomorrow and it is supposed to be warm outside. she can canvas the neighborhood and show him off to her friends. lol Cooter will be 18 months old this month. 1 1/2 years, boy time flies.

we finished the taxes abot 9:30 (why wait til the last minute). My bad, as i just couldn't get into it the past few years. juju took the reigns and finished them. i looked them over and then she made me efile'em. we used taxcut and i took the survey at the end and gave them a bad review. i had them subtract the cost of the efile from my refund, but they added a 30.00 charge. some kind of fee for the fee or something like that....they double dipped.........so instead of charging me 45.00 like the box said it was 75.00. what can i do? i waited til the last minute. CRAP. well, it's done. maybe since i complained they will give it back to me. ha, that is wishful thinking. i got the oil changed in the blazer today. when i got out of work my oil pressure gauge was all over. i assumed when i got the car that the guy got the oil changed with the inspection, maybe not. it is sure purring a lot quieter. now i just need to get the radiator leak fixed and i am all set.

I have this bad (or good on some cases) habit of turning off my "personal stuff" brain and turning on my "work" brain at the door at 8 am and turning off my "work" brain at 5 pm. the good part about this is i leave my job stresses at DeSign Stone Signs, the bad part is i never remember to call the garage to fix the car or do any personal stuff that need done during my lunch or any other time from 8 to 5.