BLOCK!

We are building a glass wall between the commode and the sink in the upstairs loft bathroom.  I have been collecting glass block from all over the place...  We found this little gem yesterday at Habitat for Humanity in Salt Lake... it was covered in muck, and dirt and looked awful.  I told Jim that I thought I could clean it up and it would be just fine.... It has a different pattern from all the other that I have collected so far... Well, it was definitely a diamond in the rough... Cleaned up beautifully - nicely yellowed and perfect for what I need it for...  Stoked!

Cheri

PS - I was just thinking... I got all excited about a block of glass...  wow...

ASSIGNMENTS!

Jim came home from work on Thursday and told me that he is going to make assignments for the cabin... My assignment was to get everything together to get the building permit...(He said that because I loved making lists and stuff, this would be right up my alley...)  so, Friday was filled with getting the actual application for the building permit from Kane County, getting the paperwork to join 2 of the 3 lots together, getting the paperwork that Jim needs to complete the Perc test and get the application for the septic system from the Kane County Health Department!  Jim's assignment was to find a soils engineer for another test that needs to be done.

Well, it took some doing, but I found out where to get all the information... These people don't see very willing to depart information... took a whole lot of telephone calls and e-mails, but finally got it.

We got the final plans from the stupid engineer that was stamping off our plans... I don't know who I dislike more... the architect or the engineer...  They make the mistakes and then want to make it look like it's our fault... I mean really... who puts a pole in the middle of the garage?   Apparently, the stupid architect thinks this is normal...  Bloodsuckers... that's the only word I have for them...

The only good thing about the architect is that he actually sent PDF copies of our plans.... that's AFTER he charged us $125.00 for a papercopy... which we didn't want...  didn't get the lot layout from him that he said was in the package deal...He said when we picked up the plans that if we wanted the layout from him, it would cost us another $150.00.... But, I am so done with him... Jim and I think we can do the layout ourselves...

So, I have all my files set up for all the different forms and such that I need...  I love doing this kind of stuff...

Cheri

MORE STUFF

Saturday was a big day in the life of our little cabin... We found a propane furnace, right size, right price - so we are totally stoked!  We also found two 6' front windows!  When we had to have the front of the cabin redesigned because of a little booboo on the part of the architect, we had to buy two windows to fit the new space... So, we're back on track again!

Happy Happy!

Cheri

TRILLIUMS SINK!

I love Trilliums!!!

Here's a little update!  Here's the sink that is going in one of  the bathroom in the cabin.  Jim and I bought the greenware and I had Steve, the guy that did my tattoo, draw me some trilliums on it... Now, we're going to paint it, and have it fired, and it'll be ready to go!

I love it!  Steve at Anchor Ink Tattoo in Salt Lake City, Utah... ROCKS!!!

PS:  We went to the ceramics shop this afternoon to pick out the colours... While looking at the sink, I realized there was a little lady bug drawn... I was even more excited!!!  If you look at the bottom picture, on the left hand side bottom.... you'll see a tiny little ladybug!

We are going to do the sink with white trilliums, green leaves,  yellow highlights, red ladybug...and all outlined in black..    I think it's going to look amazing!!!

Cheri Streeter

Here's a couple of pictures from Bryce Canyon - right next door to where we are building the cabin.

Cheri