Just a quick update regarding the status on the house – The roof is on the house and shingled, the siding has been mounted on both the south and west external walls, and all of the windows have been installed! It really is starting to look great! We did modify some of the internal walls and spacing to work with the vaulted ceilings, and everyone in the immediate family thinks it really opens up the whole living space, especially the bedrooms. I think it gives us an opportunity to do some very cool and modern decorum, with the fireplace taking a much more subtle role in the front room. The plumbing will start next week, and with the framing basically complete, the wiring and heating systems are not far between on the overalls schedule.
I’ve update the location of the pictures, with a few more pictures to show the recent changes.
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Posted by SeanGephardt on June 30, 2009 15:59 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Just a quick update regarding the status of the house – reconstruction has begun! The roofers are busily finishing up installing the scissor trusses this week, and the other initial framing has also begun. It is sort of wild, as we have lived there for the last three months, and it really looks like an empty shell at this point. The last seven years have been erased completely, everything from the wall where we marked Zach’s growth every time he asked, to the lovely and very unique crayola crayon artwork of the hallway, all removed and discarded into a trailer truck size dumpster, never to be seen again. You’d think after this long, that the emotions would have subsided and I’d be ready to move forward (and I am!) but it still seems surreal, like some one needs to be able to just turn back the page to March 25, 2009 and let me just get back to “normal”. But the past is no longer…
Onto the future…
Pictures
Posted by SeanGephardt on June 17, 2009 06:56 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Coding Horror: I Just Logged In As You
An interesting tail of “open source” security, and how social media can be an utter failure.
Posted by SeanGephardt on May 4, 2009 02:48 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Non Sequitur- Free News!
Posted by SeanGephardt on May 4, 2009 02:45 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
I just wanted to update everyone (though mainly our family) with the current status of the house, and the reconstruction process. The internal demolition and cleaning of the house is scheduled to be complete by this coming Friday, and it is a bit weird, a bit sad and actually a bit awesome to see this happening. I can only look forward at this point and time, and I know when it is all wired, plumbed, heated and ready, it will be a work of art. Ok, maybe “art” is not the right word for this, but I’m just really impressed with how helpful everyone involved has been.
Hopefully, the reconstruction company, Alliance Restoration Services, won’t run into any issues with the city of Bellevue regarding all of the permits needed to make this project move forward as smoothly as possible. I mean, the rental property is fine for the time being, but it has been a month already and everyone in the family has mentioned that they’d really like to “just go home now. To the ‘real’ home, not the ‘pretend’ home”.
Anyways, I have taken a few pictures of the house, and this first batch is of the inside of the house. I’ll try to get some external shots within the next few days, as well as some internal shots – since all of the dry wall is gone and it is just framing. The pictures are quite large, so feel free to download them and view them that way if you have any issues viewing them in a web browser.
House Pictures
Peace, SG.
Posted by SeanGephardt on April 30, 2009 05:50 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Charlie Calvert's Community Blog : Silverlight Animation Part II: Sprites
Posted by SeanGephardt on April 23, 2009 14:12 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Hello All, So as many of you have probably already heard, we had a major house fire in March, that resulted in the destruction of the studio space, recording & musical equipment, and 80% of the overall structure. Friends and family have been more than supported, and have helped us in many ways. Luckily, our insurance will cover replacing the contents of the building, as well as, the building itself.
But this has also created some “down time” in the schedule for the new album, as I don’t have the resources to finish the recording, mixing and mastering at other studios. The fire has been the inspiration for some invigorated new material, and that new material will get recorded after the "Loads Sessions" album is completely finished.
In the meantime, I'm still working on a design for this website, including a embeddable Silverlight media player. I really enjoy talking directly to people via the Windows Live IM chat, so please feel free to continue to communicate directly with me using that. I'm also hoping to blog a bit more, as I stumble through the rebuilding process, and also as I get closer to finishing the album.
10-4 Good buddies – SG!
Posted by SeanGephardt on April 23, 2009 03:51 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Starting out my morning coffee and fresh fruit breakfast with this little tidbit out how to drag and drop objects in managed Silverlight code, of course start from the MSDN- How to Drag and Drop Objects
Posted by SeanGephardt on March 25, 2009 04:26 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
P.O.S.: "Why Go" (Pearl Jam Cover) (Video)
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Posted by SeanGephardt on March 24, 2009 16:04 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Newsweek digs up the classic grunge performances from YouTube- Pop Vox: Newsweek's Daily Arts and Culture Blog : Grunge Bands: Where Are They Now? and 'The Reluctant Rock Star', a current piece on Eddie Vedder.
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Posted by SeanGephardt on March 24, 2009 02:15 0 Comments Actions: E-mail | Permalink | Comment RSS
Sean Gephardt dreams digitally, and with a unique viewpoint, absorbs the synapses of the world.