Well, here we go. Week no. 1 of 52 weeks until completion. the house was built in 1906 and we have chosen to refurbish and restore it rather than to tear it down. I'm an architect. The house belongs to my wife and me, although it is her money which will restore it. I basically am unemployed and have absolutely nothing to my name. I chose that I suppose, choosing architecture as a profession. I've been kicked in the teeth and had my guts ripped out on a daily basis for 30 some odd years. Thank god for my wife who loves me in spite of all that i am and am not.
Most folks don't understand what architects do. the other folks just don't care what they do and developers, well they despise what they do. You see, you need to have an architect "stamp' drawings for permits. developers hate that. what a waste of profit!
Anyway, we have decded to restore this house rather than tear it down and build a large, over designed stucco behemoth with windows and crenilations of monstrous propostion that currently grace Kirklands's architectural landscape.
But I digress. And, since no one is ever going to read this it really doesn't matter. someday someone will find this log of the construction of our house and say, 'WTF was THAT all about?'
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