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| My favorite view on a gorgeous day. |
My wife Anne and I built our house from September 2006 to November 2007. We used a kit from First Day Cottage,
a company in Walpole, NH. But lest you get the idea that it was a bunch
of pre-made pieces that we snapped together, this was only a kit in the
nominal sense. We had to cut, nail, install, erect (hee hee) and finish
every element of the house ourselves. Some tasks we ended up hiring
out--the excavation and site prep, the foundation, most of the plumbing,
finishing the floors and a few other things. But we did just about
everything else, day after day, through all seasons and in all weather.
It was a defining moment in our lives and a turning point for me
personally. My life was instantly divided into pre-house and post-house
periods, and no challenge that arose post-house seemed insurmountable
anymore. Given time and some resources, we could achieve anything.
