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I have been wanting a deck on the back of the house now for about 5 years and have been actually in a position[1] to build one but putting it off for one busy reason or another for 2 years. I finally realized that I wasn’t going to be be able to build it myself […]

Finally pics from the work on did on the garage lights that was mentioned in this blog entry http://blog.joeware.net/2006/08/10/517/   Before:   After: Rating 3.00 out of 5

If you have 10 or more acres in Macomb or Oakland county (SE Michigan) that has trees and grass and maybe a stream or a pond drop me an email with info on the location and what you want for it. I am poking around but is seems hard to find a comprehensive list. I […]

The task for the last couple of nights was to change out the crappy looking fake gold old fashioned “porch lights” on either side of the large garage door the cars go through (contrasted with the small side garage door that persons go through). I had some nice newer motion sensor 100 watt halogen light fixtures that I wanted […]

So the 10 yards of dirt I had previously gotten turned into 20 yards of dirt and when it was all said and done i probably could have used yet another 20 yards. After using shovels and wheelbarrows for a couple of yards I said this isn’t going to work and ran down and rented […]

Previously I mentioned I was looking at the Deltech homes which are these prefab Round houses. I got their literature and a video from them and am even more interested. The more I think about it though, the more I think I want to move most of the house underground to take advantage of the […]

I have been thinking a lot about what my next house should look like as well as where it should be, etc… My main requirements are lots of space, I can’t actually see (nor hear) a neighbor, high speed / broadband (preferably 4Mbs+), natural gas (but also have wood burning capability), “on the grid” (but […]

And here is the view of the house after its facelift from the backyard. Yeah, not much you can see from there. I love my backyard. The pile of concrete blocks is rearranged when I need a fire pit. Upright they are easier to mow around. Oh yeah, note I added a new category for […]

After some of the previous blog entries and comments I have also gotten some offline comments basically saying “Are you rebuilding your house?”. Well kind of, yeah, I have been. I will try to post some pics occasionally of some of the work. One of the larger transformations occurred when I had the peak of […]