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8.08.04 — Crickets, trains and NOAA alarms
I am sitting here typing this on our new screened-in deck. We just LOVE our new screened-in deck. It is so nice to sit outside in the evening listening to the crickets (and the train—how do we always wind up living near train tracks?) on our new screened-in deck. Did I mention we have a screened-in deck? Dinner with no bugs. Late night chats with no mosquitos. T even installed two ceiling fans for when it's hot out. Our screened-in deck ROCKS!

So does our kitchen, which is our favorite place in our house. We grilled on our cooktop this weekend with meat and fresh veggies we bought at the Farmer's Market on Saturday. (Yes, you can buy meat at the Farmer's Market. I vetoed trying emu and elk. We compromised on pork chops instead.) Most of our house extras were focused on the kitchen and the deck. (And the garage, but that's really only fabulous to T.)

We've done a good bit of unpacking in the last month and have the office and half of the living room left. Still looking for the camera, though. I know, I know. Enough with the descriptions and show you the house! We're working on it.

Since moving here we can't hear the tornado horn as well as in the last place. So we "splurged" and got this fancy radio from RadioShack. I say splurge, but tornado warnings don't go away after you go to sleep at night. You can either keep waking up to check the news all night long, which we did the first time there were severe weather warnings after we moved in here, or you can program this thing by county and it will sound an alarm for any type of severe weather. It's pretty cool.

Speaking of tornados, we went for a drive in the country recently (which starts about 1 mile south of us) and decided to check out Hallam. Two things really struck us. One was that even after seeing pictures, there isn't anything that can prepare you for seeing a town that is "gone." And it was, except for the bank and a few buildings.

The other was that it's hard to believe there are towns that are that small in America. It's smaller than any development we've ever lived in—only 271 people. I've learned some interesting facts about small towns in Nebraska, and one of which is the importance of a post office. It's a big deal to have a post office in a small town. If your town can't support a post office, it can lose it's township—along with the federal money that comes with having a post office. Living in a town like Hallam is almost worlds away from living in a city like Baltimore or DC, or even Lincoln for that matter.

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House Update
8.8 - We're in! Pics to come soon!
5.14 - Trim is finished, cabinets are stained, three walls have been painted. Driveway and walkway have been paved.
5.04 - We have brick and siding. Cabinet bases are in, trimwork is almost finished.
4.09 - We have drywall. Finishing tile, paint and carpet selections.
4.03 - Have shingles on the roof, a basement floor, plumbing, electricity and doors.
3.15 - Choosing countertops.
3.4 - We have windows.
2.29 - We have a roof.
2.26 - We have walls.
2.19 - Framing begins.
1.31 - Planning the kitchen.
1.22 - Foundation gets brick.
1.15 - Exteriors are ordered.
1.6 - We're waiting for power.
1.3 - Foundation is poured.
12.28 - Hole digging has begun.

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