If Only We Could Make Decisions As Fast As Zippy's Hair grows

It's time for another trim. Anthony's outside working on that as I write. I should mention that it's already dark out and he doesn't appear to be using a light source of any kind. Trimming a black dog in the dark of night- huh...I wonder how this haircut will come out! Hopefully, because we're spending more time on decisions like a house design and a different vehicle, they'll turn out slightly better looking than I'm expecting Zippy to look.

-J

Think Inside the 2o Foot Wide Box

How do you let someone in your head? How do you figure out the parts you can't figure out?

There are visions for how we want to live and how this house should look, and then there are the issues. We hired the architect to keep the first part of the vision, but then resolve the issues. A definite challenge. We know because we've been grappling with it ourselves for a while.

The conversations, program, drawings, pictures...

a lot of communication, and we're inching closer and closer. A lot of it is our site issues that are holding up the dream design.

For example, what side of the house (north- left as you look at the house or south- right as you look at the house) do we want to add a door in order to access the backyard from the main floor? This would be primarily for Zippy or for going out back to grill, or possibly an entrance to use after biking home without having to go all the way into the basement.

Anyone who has been to our house and knows our slanty, skinny lot- feel free to weigh in!

-J