Okay, I did tell you I have a ton of stuff to share. So here it goes! 
I'll space some of it out some so it doesn't overwhelm ya'll too much. I told you I've been a very busy girl. Before I get all crafty on you, I just have to show the pictures of the construction that has been taking place. In this first photo you can see all that rebarb they reinforced the post supports with. There is some existing rebarb from the original slab that will tie into this new support. This plate on top will be removed after the cement is poured and be welded to the post that will bolt back to the support block here. BTW this hole is about four feet deep. You can't tell by the picture but it sure looked funny when they had to step down into the hole to tie the supports together. These support boxes will extend about four inches away from the original slab, for some reason when they poured this slab they made it two feet think with a moisture barrior at four inches, but ran three inches short of the needed distance acording to the city's requirements. 
So we are "fixing" their out of code mistakes as we go, we have found quite a few of these creative licenses in our ol' girl. Don't get me started on the hot water heater or the duck tape fiasko. Here's a shot of the box (for lack of a better term 
I'm calling these support boxes) with it almost full of cement at the first annual cement pouring event at our house. Just a side note, fall is cement pouring season in the Palmer family. Gotta love a dad who knows his construction. This blog wouldn't be posible if it wasn't for the help of my family and some extras, so here's a shot of the whole crew. David and Rick are working the cement mixer, Dad is suppervising the youngsters in the finner art of pouring and leveling the cement. The youngsters are my brothers stepson 
Shawn and his friend who's staying with them Alvin. Boy did Dad give them a workout to talk about. Keep in mind my Dad never does a half bummed job, so yes that is a trainer full of sand, gravel, cement mix, and the hose to add the water. He really knows his stuff. Well here's the finished product. They made three of these guys. Okay, before I get flamed because of the ciggy butts, I don't smoke but my military dad does. so we tolerate some butts now and then. He does keep them to the outside which we appreciate. Not my favorite of topic to discuss with my folks, but one that does invade our lives from time to time. When Katy was five she scolded them for smoking after getting a "teaching" about smoking and that it kills you from school. So my parents where very polite, but had a nice little set down with her about her attitude. She very concernly stated that she didn't want them to die. And then skipped away to go play. She spoke her mind and left it for them to decide. She's mentioned it only a few more times and said she wishes they wouldn't smoke. They have cut back alot, but they aren't ready to quit cold turkey. Anyway I digressed about 10 years back here, back on 
topic. And here's my Dad and David putting up a measuring beam on a make shift post. The real posts are solid steel posts with steel bolt plates you saw in the first picture. The inspector was quite impressed with the plans and all the details so far. And posts are now up and painted a deep moss green to match the windows and the shutters that are in the garage waiting to be painted. We did get the darker moss green paint we where looking for. I can't wait to get them done and up, the ol' girl looks a little bare without her shutters on. Anyway, in this last picture it was getting a little late but you can see our new windows in the back. They have a light moss green that currently looks gray against the yellow house. When we add the deep moss green shutters they will look more green and then down the road when we add the beige siding with white trim they will look even greener. They did such a wonderful job on these windows, I'm still so in love with them. Well that's a good beginning. I'll be getting some more pictures taken soon of the three posts up and the start of the rafters for our cover.
So we are "fixing" their out of code mistakes as we go, we have found quite a few of these creative licenses in our ol' girl. Don't get me started on the hot water heater or the duck tape fiasko. Here's a shot of the box (for lack of a better term 
I'm calling these support boxes) with it almost full of cement at the first annual cement pouring event at our house. Just a side note, fall is cement pouring season in the Palmer family. Gotta love a dad who knows his construction. This blog wouldn't be posible if it wasn't for the help of my family and some extras, so here's a shot of the whole crew. David and Rick are working the cement mixer, Dad is suppervising the youngsters in the finner art of pouring and leveling the cement. The youngsters are my brothers stepson 
Shawn and his friend who's staying with them Alvin. Boy did Dad give them a workout to talk about. Keep in mind my Dad never does a half bummed job, so yes that is a trainer full of sand, gravel, cement mix, and the hose to add the water. He really knows his stuff. Well here's the finished product. They made three of these guys. Okay, before I get flamed because of the ciggy butts, I don't smoke but my military dad does. so we tolerate some butts now and then. He does keep them to the outside which we appreciate. Not my favorite of topic to discuss with my folks, but one that does invade our lives from time to time. When Katy was five she scolded them for smoking after getting a "teaching" about smoking and that it kills you from school. So my parents where very polite, but had a nice little set down with her about her attitude. She very concernly stated that she didn't want them to die. And then skipped away to go play. She spoke her mind and left it for them to decide. She's mentioned it only a few more times and said she wishes they wouldn't smoke. They have cut back alot, but they aren't ready to quit cold turkey. Anyway I digressed about 10 years back here, back on 
topic. And here's my Dad and David putting up a measuring beam on a make shift post. The real posts are solid steel posts with steel bolt plates you saw in the first picture. The inspector was quite impressed with the plans and all the details so far. And posts are now up and painted a deep moss green to match the windows and the shutters that are in the garage waiting to be painted. We did get the darker moss green paint we where looking for. I can't wait to get them done and up, the ol' girl looks a little bare without her shutters on. Anyway, in this last picture it was getting a little late but you can see our new windows in the back. They have a light moss green that currently looks gray against the yellow house. When we add the deep moss green shutters they will look more green and then down the road when we add the beige siding with white trim they will look even greener. They did such a wonderful job on these windows, I'm still so in love with them. Well that's a good beginning. I'll be getting some more pictures taken soon of the three posts up and the start of the rafters for our cover. 
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