Wow I’ve been really terrible about keeping this site up-to-date, especially as of late. Well let me get everyone up to speed!

Working to get bids to finish everything off on the second floor took quite a bit longer than I was anticipating (there seems to be a common theme here…). I finally had everything pulled together by the end of March, so we were able to get started with construction again in the middle of April (my move-in plans are going to push out a little bit it seems). The new construction crew was able to get out there pretty much right away and get the stud walls stood up for me.

Along with that I had them open up a new back exit on the first floor in the bar room. Soon the original “pop shed” door will be closed up and this will be the access to the stairs and out the back of the building. (Unfortunately I forgot to take a good picture of this, but I’m posting the crummy one at least)

The plumbers have been in the last couple of weeks working on the plumbing and they’ll also be working on the hot water heat and ductwork for the Air Conditioning. I haven’t made their job terribly easy with the several levels of flooring they have to cut through and work around to get their pipes in the right place, but they’re doing a great job. I’ll have the electricians in pretty quickly here to do their thing.

Also, some the family and I have been hard at work starting to refinish some of the old trim to be reused (somewhere upstairs). I’ve made a few trips back and forth from North Minneapolis with the truck hauling home some radiators that I’ll sandblast and repaint to use for my hot water heat upstairs.

Now you’re up-to-date! Now that things are rolling again, I’ll make sure to get back on a regular cadence of posts.

One last thing, I want to take a second to thank everyone who came to Grandma’s funeral, and especially anyone who stopped by for a beer at The Store afterward. It was really special for the whole family to have so many people come to celebrate her life, and spend time reminiscing about her, how she’d impacted everyone that walked through the door, and the many games of euchre she played sitting behind that bar. It was exactly the send-off she would have wanted.