Sprigler Collective

We've been home now for almost 2 months, and yet, we still aren't done replacing furniture and decor, but we are well on our way.  Right now, it's just a matter of playing the insurance game, buying what we can afford, turning in receipts, waiting for reimbursement, buying what we can afford, turning in receipts, waiting for reimbursements, ...

  There's definitely more work to do (the kitchen has no plumbing, the replacement rugs have yet to show up, the house has no guttering, and most importantly, of course, my theater equipment is still all boxed away :),  but, since this past Saturday was the 8 month anniversary of the fire, and the fact that we've grown weary living ...

We realized the other day that we've been living with the Delgado's now for 7 months (and as of the revised estimates we received on Friday, if they hold true, it's going to be another 2, for a total of 9 for those too lazy to do the math) and we've never uploaded any photos of the place.  Oddly enough, we catch ourselves calling it home ...

The house has now been completely painted on the inside.  If you had seen the house after we renovated it the first time, you'll know that we enjoyed having a color for each room.  We went back with the same idea, though, now that the house is a bit more open due to the revised staircase, we decided to try and tone down the crazy (I'll ...

This is what happens when the dumpster guys don't show up and the drywall guys do and need to make space to keep working.   Needless to say, we are doing everything we can to line up a dumpster as quickly as possible (I'm sure our neighbors are ready for this whole rebuilding process to be finished almost as much as we are :) Though, if ...

After having made some good progress last week with the all of the new electrical wiring and plumbing and framing passing inspection, and insulation in the house having been completed, and all the drywall having been delivered (and currently residing inside the house where the heat is on at a toasty 65 degrees (15 degrees warmer than it would be ...

Good News We passed the framing, plumbing, and electrical inspections. (potentially) Bad News   Dr. Hess is putting his property up for sale next door. That brings the total properties for sale on our small block up to 2, which will be 3 here shortly when another one on our side of the street goes up for sale.  Add to that the ...

We definitely phoned this one in.  Take last year's holiday postcard, swap out the dogs (and even leave in the replacement Santa face), and instant 2008 holiday postcards.   Annabel has grown quite a bit over the past year.  Here's last year's card for a quick comparison.  At least she's finally grown into the ears she got ...

Work on the house has been progressing.  Fortunately, the house is now weathered in, so no more worries about having to dry out the floors every time it rains.  Now, we just have to finish the inside of the house to make it livable once again. We've been out of the house going on almost 4 months now, with an estimate of a total of 6 ...

When I read about Schwarzenegger requesting a loan to keep the state of California running, I had no idea they were going to take it from me personally. Apparently, our Discover card is being used somewhere in California.  Discover called me today to notify me of the charges, and after confirming they weren't from me, they shut down our ...