Hearthwood Dome

I strongly dislike Splenda®. I'm eating yogurt with some oatmeal thrown in right now and at first bite sensed something wrong. Is it bad? Can yogurt go bad that fast? I take some more bites. Maybe it's the banana chips I put in...no they're fine. Honestly I'd rather eat plain yogurt than this splediferious stuff. Into the trash it goes.

The entire Phillipson Clan is in town, as it was about that time and Robert is getting deployed soon. Kip, Kate, Zander and Zeke are down for the summer (Kip went back for work) as their house is being renovated. Robert, Robert, Amy and Ryanne are in from TX. The normal slew of local folks are around, and Uncle Charlie, Aunt Jeanie, Emily and Rudy came down as well. We've been having a blast...

Day One - going well. We have three boards down and a good plan for the room...

We're about 1/3 to 1/2 through laying down hardwood in the great room...

An aside. The entrance to our driveway now has pavement. It was a surprise to us all...

Main floor nearly done...sleep now.

We've got some real super troopers working on Hearthwood this week...

Yet another marathon day. I've just wrapped up at 12:30am again...

I've just finished the first coat of varnish. It looks beautiful. I've varnished myself into our bedroom...going to sleep.

I woke up this morning at six o'clock, against my better judgement, to return the sander...

If you hadn't guessed, the wood floors are done. We had to live at Kathy and Bob's for a few days, under their gracious hosting, until the fumes cleared, but we're finally back...

Lucas and I have been on our own this weekend - Jean and Merrill have been living it up, Princess-Style, in North Carolina, with the rest of the Princessi...