Category Archives: Echo Photos

Better Than I Deserve

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Helga

Friday Dave Ramsey has a frequently spoken phrase. Whenever someone phones his show and asks ‘how are you?’ he replies, ‘Better than I deserve.” I am frequently better than I deserve but today, I got the ultimate ‘better than I … Continue reading →

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The Concrete Ribs Get Lugged Up

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Helga

Thursday Today the concrete beams got lugged up the hill and into place. The longest ones are 6m long. I videoed the guys picking one of the last ones up and hauling them up the builders stairs. Ten men needed … Continue reading →

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First Glimpse of my Bedroom View

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday Today I walked around the beam box and got the first glimpse of the view from my bedroom. Of course it won’t quite be like this as there will be walls and windows, but it’s the closest I’ve got … Continue reading →

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If Someone Had Said…

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday If someone in the family had said, “let’s build a massive mansion behind little Echo cottage”, we would have said ‘NO.’ So how did we get to this point?  It boggles my mind that we are fast approaching the … Continue reading →

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Couch Before and After

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Helga

Monday The couch is happily reinstalled at Echo. This was before… And this is after… Denzio did a fine job. It’s re-covered in genuine leather so should last a lot of years. 😀 I sent Julian the before photo and … Continue reading →

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House Goes Up, Money Goes Out

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Helga

Thursday Today was a big step for the building of the house. We bought almost all the flooring for the entire house. We got a 5% discount, which doesn’t sound like a lot but it all adds up. In the … Continue reading →

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Internet Issues

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday Today has been a day of internet issues. We woke up to no internet. I used a cell phone hot spot to work and then went off to gym. On my return, I was able to connect and get … Continue reading →

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What The Surgeon Said

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Helga

Monday Today has been a varied day. I slept well last night and woke up refreshed the morning. The biggest event was visiting the surgeon. I picked up my mouth cast on the way. From this picture you can’t fully … Continue reading →

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First Look at View From Third Level

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Helga

Saturday And a relaxing day. I was able to finish the preparation for the interviews tomorrow, including three thank you post cards.. I completed the printing, packaged all the CVs, and now they are ready for putting in my car. … Continue reading →

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Ten Hour Day

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Helga

Thursday It’s been a long day – I’ve worked ten hours and if I don’t get to this blog out soon, it won’t get done before midnight. Work is really busy. We have a school from the Middle East coming … Continue reading →

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Beams

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday Today we got beams! This was yesterday… This was today… Beams… There will be more and they will have to tie into the back of the house. This was us on the second level balcony last week… And this … Continue reading →

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“Cream Soda” For The Birds

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Helga

Tuesday With red food colouring not available at my local grocery store, I decided to go green. Whether or not the birds will approve remains to be seen! It’s not really cream soda you understand? It’s water with 5 tablespoons … Continue reading →

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Columns Got Unboxed

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Helga

Monday Today the boxing came off the columns. They mustn’t dry out too quickly, so they are getting sprayed down from time to time. The other side of the second level… I took a couple of photos from up the … Continue reading →

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More Cladding

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Helga

Friday Today has been a slow but steady day. My work email has been a bit iffy. There was a problem the other day where we were not receiving any email from outside the company. It was wonderfully quiet. Now … Continue reading →

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Hard To Get My Head Around This

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday It is hard to get my head around this: the height of the house we are building! I don’t think any of us anticipated how high it would be. We really thought our level would be the height of … Continue reading →

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