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Welcome to my site. I will be Chronicling the construction of our new home. Here is a brief history of my experiance in this area. I moved every few years as a child. As an adult I stayed in one house for 25 years, but helped remodel it four times. From a minor bath redo to adding an entire second story to the house. Now my husband and I have moved to AZ to care for my elderly parents and are undertaking to be the owner/builders of a custom home. Some people don't like change but I guess I'm not one of them. Or perhaps it is just limited change I like. To my husband's current dismay I helped build a 4000 square foot house in Romania in 2001. We took it from slab to fully furnished in 11 days. I therefore have meager patience for the pace of building here in Arizona.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Travels in the West


The last of the Layton children has graduated!! We are in the midst of a western road trip, all connected with this event. Nicholas has been at Chico State in northern California, but this fall he will be doing an internship in Boulder, Colorado. Our trip first included a stop in Livermore, CA to attend a retirement party for one of Dave's coworkers. We got to see lots of old friends and we discovered a number of people actually still check up on us via this blog. So "Hi to all you in the Livermore, Tri-Valley area!!" Then on to Chico and the Big event (see photo). Then we tried to pack up our minimalist child, only to discover all his stuff wouldn't fit!! So we left the box spring and mattress and then, no problem getting the rest in. Off to Reno, where we drove by a grass fire, rapidly becoming a forest fire, right on the hillside above the road. Across Nevada, Utah (Salt Lake City), Wyoming, where we fould ourselves driving through snow!!! It was 100 when we left and now it was below freezing. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we turned south into Colorado. The mountain tops are covered in fresh snow-beautiful. Jon and Nick will run Monday in the Boulder Boulder 10k race. Before that we are moving both boys' stuff into storage and maybe we will get in some touristy things as well.Stay tuned for the rest of the trip.

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