The First Family

It's time to meet the first family. Judge George Hall was a soldier in the Union Army. He was an attorney in Trenton and later a Judge. His wife is Rachel.

 

They had two sons, Frank (left) and Homer (right). Both became attorneys. Homer moved to St. Louis and Frank moved to California.

 

They also had two daughters, Hallie (left) and Byrd (right).

This doorknocker looks like a minute-man from the Revolutionary War.

Where oh where will I find a locksmith to duplicate these?

Our future kitchen. It sure looks good on paper. Oh, it is paper!! (Chris made this model of the kitchen with appliances and cabinets).

I'm running out of pictures. We plan on returning to Trenton this month to continue working on the house. Should have some more progress pictures then.

Destruction time

Okay, the temperature was -7 degrees on Wednesday the 19th, the day we traveled home. However, we did get some construction (or destruction) work done while in Trenton. See, I can prove it, I'm ready to start. Actually I had already started. (Just so you know, we do not have action pictures of the plaster falling on my head).

Oh, by the way, if you need to insulate I would suggest straw or hay, that's what I found when I took down the lathe in the bay window area. We thought it might have been a nest. For as much straw as there was, it would have been a Condor's nest.

The house had it's revenge, We had to clean up the mess.

I purchased a wheel-barrow from Lowe's in Chillicothe (20 miles south of Trenton). Since the assembled one would not fit in the Toyota Matrix that we rented, I purchased a disassembled one. The clerk at Lowe's gave me the wrong handles, so when I attempted to put it together the holes did not match. Steve of Ishmael Construction to the rescue. With new holes drilled all was well, Not! Some of the carriage bolts were too short. A quick trip to the local hardware store solved the problem. To avoid any further issues, I purchased extra-long bolts. Then on with the cleanup. Many thanks to Chris and Camille for their help with the debris hauling.

Chris and Camille had the tedious task of removing the baseboard.

Comfort at last

On a morning like this when two degress outside feels warmer than fifteen degrees inside, all I can say is "Nothing is better for thee than Kerosene (and a small jet engine), and here is the engine.

This bad boy heats 3500 sq feet, but only if you are standing in front of it.

Bird's eye view on the way to MO

Sure is cold out there. That's ice on the lake.