Last Man Cave Update for 2011

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Mr. B. has declared that the Man Cave is done!  All the painting is finished and the air vents for the roof are in.  He wants to do some more stuff inside but that will wait until February of next year.  He was very excited the other night when I asked him to fix my Christmas Stocking holder.  I had broken the wooden dowel off in the center post.  He proudly took me to his shop and showed me how he drilled the broken off piece out and made the hole just a little bigger.  He was really cute about it!!  He is cute that is why I married him!

North Side

Man Cave

Yesterday, Wednesday the 23 of November the Man Cave officially passed the city builders inspection.  I don't have to to tell you that Mr. B. is very happy about this.  He had a lot of fun showing it off today to our Thanksgiving day guests. 

He started painting the trim and he still has some more of that to do. 

And the door needs more paint.  We even had guest eating out there for dinner today but I didn't get a picture, I was too busy eating.  Up since 5 AM to cook by 12 noon I was starving.  Plus smelling everything cooking all morning didn't help.  And that little yogurt I ate for breakfast was long gone.

Tomorrow he wll do some more painting.  Soon I hope to be showing pictures of the things he is making!
 

Let us not forget the Man Cave

Mr. B. has been working hard on his Man Cave. 

By Saturday the 12 he had finished all of the outside construction.  The last piece of wood is in place. All the caulking was finished and some primer paint on. 

Mr. B. has lots of vacation time to use up so he took three days off from work during the week and finished all the painting inside and outside except for the trim and door.  The color matches our house.

Painted outside

This inside picture was after the primer paint.

Painted in side

Here he is surveying his domain and looking very happy with himself.  

A man in his Cave

 He is getting things organized and in their proper place. 

This work bench was his Dad's

Getting Organized

The man cave will be hosting the overflow of Thanksgiving dinner guess on Thursday, I think it will be all the boys.

Man Cave Update

Mr. B. is getting excited to finish the man cave.  He was so excited yesterday that after work but before we went to a pot luck dinner he was adding caulking to the new wood he put up on Saturday.   It also has been raining so he wanted to get the caulking in before moisture entered behind the wood.

South side eave done

The problem with this was he was in his good going to work cloths and good outside cool weather jacket. 
Now does anyone else see a problem of being in your good work cloths besides me??
You guessed it he now has caulking on his pants and he jacket and he comes in to the house and said, "I tried to be so careful."  Really?!?!?! When does a man and caulking and careful all go in the same sentence?  

North side eave started

He wants to work on it after work this week but of course, he has something to do every evening this week. 

Man Cave Update

I am a week late posting this but I wanted to catch up.  Mr. B. finished all the siding on his man cave!!  All he needs to do is caulking and painting.  I almost forgot he needs to close in two ends of the eaves.  Getting closer to being done!


 

Man Cave is Progressing

Mr. B. is making more progress!!  He has all the siding on the South side of his Man Cave.


South Side


He is also more than half way up the East side! 


East Side

He still has to close in the underside of the roof on the North & South sides.  Of course painting will come after that and I think he has to do something on the roof.  He is a whole lot closer to being done than he was a year ago.

Here are two links to where he was a year ago, give or take a week or two. Here and here.
See he has made progress!

Man Cave Update

Guess who has been making progress on his Man Cave, you got it Mr. B.  He is working on the last two sides at the same time.

East Side

This is the East side and below is the South side.  I tried to stand in the corner but I couldn't get the full view of both pictures so you get two pictures.

South Side



Man Cave Progress

Mr. B. has been making some progress on the Man Cave.  Today I found out what is motivating him to work on it each Saturday and a little in the evening after work.  We decided we wanted a Wii Fit for Christmas this year.  And it will need a new TV, which means he needs to make a new TV stand because the one we have will not fit a new TV.  If I had known that was going to motivate him, I would have mentioned it sooner!

9/17/11 Progress

Last weekend he added some siding to the last two sides and used primer paint on all the raw wood on all four sides. 

9/24/11 Progress

This weekend he finished closing in the eave on the North side.  He also had to place the cross bean support under the eave.  This really wears him out with all the going up and down the ladder.  

Man Cave Update

Mr. B. took a five day weekend for the Labor Day weekend and did some work on his Man Cave. He only worked on it two of those five days and had the siding to the top of the windows.  This Saturday he finished the North side.  Only two more sides to go.  I hope they go faster since there are no windows on those sides.  One side does have a wall unit air conditioner.

Saturday evening we had a some rain and before it was pouring real hard, Mr. B. was standing on his ladder under the eave caulking the some of the seams.  I went to get my camera to take a picture but I was too late. Now that is dedication, no actually he was just in the mood to do the caulking. 

Man Cave Update

Yes it has been a long time since I have post on Mr. B.'s progress.  He has been working slowing and I didn't want to bore you with each little piece of wood he added.  Today he hit a milestone so I decided to post a picture. 

Today he finished enclosing the eaves on the west side of the "Man Cave". 

At the end he added some primer paint on the edges of the wood to protect it from the rain.  I am hoping he will start picking up the pace on this but it won't be until the weather starts to cool off a little. 

Man Cave Update

Yes it has been a long time! 

Mr. B. has been taking a break on his Man Cave.  Yesterday he had the urge to work on it plus he had helping hands and a new toy.  He purchased a new saw to cut wider widths.  Now he can cut the cement siding in one cut. 



I can see my reflection in the glass!



Mr. B. was so very proud of that circle cut out around the light fixture.  It was a perfect fit and lined up perfectly.  He did a great job of measuring twice and cutting once.  He wasn't too happy about the right side over the door but I suggested a notch out and he was very happy with my suggestion.  Of course I didn't know the name of it and when I described it he knew what I meant and the name.  He is so sweet and told me that is the perfect solution.  Sometimes it takes two.

Man Cave Update!

The Siding has been started.


It has been a long time since I have done a Man Cave update because the progress has been slow and not very obvious.  On Saturday, Mr. B. started working on the siding, and this is how much he was able to accomplished.  It already has primer on it so it will be ready for painting.  This is a cement board siding.   Looking good!

Updates for Man Cave and Quilting

I am not sure where the time is going but it is going fast.  I have been busy reorganizing computer files and photos as well as drawers and stuff.  Not a lot at a time but just small amounts of time here and there.  It still takes a lot of time.  The goal is to empty the download folders when I finish name the pictures.  I emptied 60 folders of pictures I took during 2010.  Most folders had a few photos in them like about 6 or so.  So once I get the couple I want to upload to this blog post I am moving them into the correct folders. 

I have also been busy catching up on my genealogy reading and trying to decide what classes I will be taking this Friday & Saturday at the Family History Expo here in Mesa.  I am a blogger of honor so I will be posting about the classes I attend and the thing I learn over on my Genealogy Blog.  It will be fun to meet some of the bloggers I have meet on-line in person. 

My Moon Santa



I did manage to find some time for sewing on last Sunday, this just past Saturday and yesterday.  I quilted my Moon Santa and I have the binding almost finished, you can see where my binding clips are on the last side of the binding.  I did more quilting on this them on the one I gave as prize.  I free motion quilted around the word Believe and I did straight stitching across the piano key trim.  If you double click on the picture you should be able to see a larger version.  I like it. 



Richard working at night



Richard has also been busy working on his man cave.  The inside is finished except for the painting.  He will wait to do that until it is all done.  He has started adding the frame on the out side for the siding.  Tonight was pretty mild so he decided to work on it this evening after work.  He has his big portable spotlight set up.  I even had to go out and help him hold that bottom board straight for him until he had it nailed down.

Happy Stitching!

Updates on Man Cave & Quilting

Walls are almost done!

 Mr. B. had five days off for Christmas last week and on Wednesday, Thursday and part of Friday he worked on his "Man Cave".   He made good progress and all the four walls are covered, except for maybe a little area by the floor.  Here is the latest picture.  It is surprising how much time it takes to measure and cut those boards to fit. 



My Moon Santa


After I finished the Believe or Moon Santa for my blog give away on Christmas morning, I started on my copy.  I still have some embroidery to do finish and trim to add.  The machine applique is all completed.









Christmas Charm quilt waiting to be basted.

 While looking and updating some of my side bar boxes the other day I realized that the Christmas Charm quilt was one of my goals to finish for this years, so I took it off the design wall and added the two side borders and the bottom triangle.  It is now spread out on my cutting table and ready to base.  I am going to work on this as soon as I finish my blog posts. 

Multiple Updates



Birds



I have been very busy with Thanksgiving and making scrapbook pages of my mother's life.  I'll save sharing those to another day and for my Genealogy Blog.  And having my blog give away.  Thanks to all those who have joined in the fun already.



Angel



For the last two weeks I have been working on a new Christmas wall hanging, and not the Moon Santa.  I might get to him today. 

 The pattern I am working on is called Christmas Charm by Mount Redoubt Designs.  I couldn't get their link to work this morning to add it to the post. 



Snowman

 There are 4 big blocks and two small blocks.  At first I was only going to fuse the pieces down and then I just had to machine applique them down.  The machine applique makes it looks more finished and give the blocks more dimension. 



Tree

 I have three blocks completely done and a fourth started.  I still need to make a Santa & Holly.  

Yes I am using some of my favorite type of fabric, Batiks.  Some of these are actually Christmas.

It will be charming when done. 

I have started decorating for Christmas, the curtains are up one quilt is up.  My youngest son is moving out today, so I can put the recliner in his room, so I can put the tree up. 

Things on the shelf

Mr. B. is making progress in the man cave and has moved all his small tools to the shelf.  He has more wood on the ceiling and the space really came in handy for Thanksgiving dinner.