Into the Mountains

As promised, the following is an update on our building project. In an attempt to catch everyone up, we will start from the beginning. Our first time seeing the property in January 2007:

Soon after the purchase in April:

October:


Early November:

Middle of November:

End of November:

Keep in mind that the plan is to have a wrap around porch and a secondary roof. The finished project should look something like this:

Special thanks to this crew (plus Ninny)...standing by our front door... for their dedication:

Although it is hard to be watching this house go up from a distance, Cameron and I are really excited to be learning so much about the building process.

So, there you have it, now you are all caught up!

Tunnel Tag

The reason for the creation of this blog is our inability to turn away from competition. Our friend Missy recently "tagged" us with "7 Things You May, Or May Not, Know About Us". Since we are the Butlers, we have upped the ante to 10. We have also changed the game to Tunnel Tag. Here it goes:

1. We both have a hunch that the first mousetrap wasn't designed to catch mice at all, but to protect little cheese "gems" from burglars.

2. We hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.

3. We would both like to see a nature film where an eagle swoops down and pulls a fish out of a lake, and then maybe he's flying along, low to the ground, and the fish pulls a worm out of the ground. Now that's a documentary!

4. We have recently taken to using the expression "on account of" prodigiously. Also, we have taken to using the word, "prodigiously."

5. We both believe that if you go through a lot of hammers each month, you are not necessarily a hard worker. It may just mean that you have a lot to learn about proper hammer maintenance.

6. Sometime we wonder if trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

7. We think that if you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, you should throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.

8. We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys us.

9. We really believe that before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

10. We think it's funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.

Oh Katie Hardeman...you are it!

Anticipation...

The anticipation is palpable...