Ed Soehnel

Here’s a summary of house projects over the past month.

Contractors Done

Below are images of the the interior of the A-frame section of the house following completion of work by the contractors. We are mostly moved in and unpacked. Work was completed in early July

July 4th Holiday Weekend Project

The main project over the July 4th weekend was digging up all the plastic that was embedded underneath lose rock. The plastic was used to help channel water runoff from the roof away from the house. Since we replaced the roof and added gutters, there was no need for this plastic. Below is some video of the work.

2009_07_04_Yard_Work from Ed Soehnel on Vimeo.

Retaining Wall

Another project this month included removing more plastic and building a small retaining wall. Video below.

2009_06_18_Home_Retainer_Wall from Ed Soehnel on Vimeo.

There are lots of other small projects and work we did, including painting and work on the driveway to control water runoff. Video and pictures on all that to come, as we are not finished.

I spent 3 days at the Sheraton Wild Horse Resort in Chandler, AZ for our semi-annual Vitamin and Adult Nutrition trade show.  Nice resort, but did not get the chance to enjoy it much, as meetings go all day and then there is evening dinner, entertainment with work associates and more work.  Temperature was over 110 degrees, so it was nice being inside, although I enjoy hot weather.  First night there we encountered a lightening storm at 11 pm and it knocked out power to the entire hotel.  I was getting to sleep anyway.  It came back on at some point in the night.  Images below of the hotel and our suite where we had retailer meetings.