doors and windows

i put in a couple new doors and windows which were major heat losses. i had the help of jedidiah brown for the installation a new door on the north side of the house. its much warmer as the winter comes on. sara marie stocco helped me with the window.

walk through the house

two months in and this is what the place looks like.

house repair

the first video installment of the mountain city cabin renovation. the house had reportedly 15-20 dogs living in it eating, breeding, and doing their business. i began by tearing out the kitchen and living room side of the cabin, pulling up the floor, replacing the diagonal slats, and the plywood flooring. the house was built in 2000 but the builder was an old guy and build in the 50's style with rough 2 x 4's and on raised piers like @ beach houses.

sabering champagne and new years 2009 dancing

nathan and alex, my brother and sister-in-law, came home from austria for xmas and new years. i got on one of my compulsive kicks and bought a bottle of champagne to "saber" where you strike the lip of the bottle with a blunt knife and hopefully it comes cleanly off. any glass shards are blown out by the force of the bubbly. later nathan and i performed an interpretive dance we call "dance of the legless, one-eyed swan and his degenerate, cross-eyed, adopted stepbrother from a previous marriage entangled in the lust for life and death" it was commissioned by the art institute of new jersey-scranton. enjoy!!