CARL PUCKETT

Journeyman Joe St. Giezel

Let There Be Light In The Kitchen

I have already shown you some of the pictures of the new kitchen window. We replaced the two windows that were in the stair well and in the hidden closet behind the pantry. Here are the pictures of that window replacement from start to finish.

My friend, Carl Puckett, is a really fine brick mason. He cut the wall, put in the new window, and rebuilt the brick facing outside. As you can see, it is way more beautiful from the outside than before. I am very lucky to have his help.

Actually, Carl is doing all of the carpentry too. Truthfully, Carl is doing everything. I'm just watching and reporting and doing a little cleanup.

The Wall Removed

Here is the bedroom wall we removed. Oops, immediate problem, we took out the wall and the ceiling immediately fell about 7 inches. The roof is not supported by trusses. It has rafters supporting the roof but only some very unstable cross pieces hold up the sheet rock. The are just two lengths of 2x4 meeting in the middle and very loosely nailed together. Ouch!!

We frantically propped it back up with 2x4s.

Here is our solution:

We put up a 4x8 beam where the wall had been, then we white washed it.

The two ends are supported with 4x4s and are enclosed in the sheet rock.

As you know I'm very keen on tiffany and craftsman glass.

How do you like this overhead light?

Bedroom Remodel

For some years now I have wanted to make the two bedroom on the east end of my house into one big bedroom. This would mean cutting out the wall between the two rooms. Well, we had to change the doors and re-route the electricity too. So here goes. This is the SE corner. Remember those skinny windows. I had all the windows replaced two or three years ago. Should have opened these up, cut the brick and made a bigger window. I didn't. Too late now.

New corner with a little furniture.

Rebeccca and I went to IKEA yesterday looking for a right size, right color, right comfort sofa for the 70 inch space we had on the East wall. Here it is--blue with some cute pillows.

As we were walking through the store we saw this cool little leather chair with a foot stool. We sat down in them, Rebecca in the chair and me on the foot stool. We talked for maybe an hour. We realized we had both been very comfortable in this chair and stool so we bought them too.

2011 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

OUR JIMMER HAS WON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING

John Wooden Award

AP Player of the Year

First Team All-American

Nation's Leading Scorer

Oscar Robertson Trophy

Sporting News Player of the Year

Leading Scorer in BYU History

The Naismith Trophy

The Cousy Award

The Atlanta TipOff Club Award

Provo Tabernacle Yesterday

$15 Million Repair Estimate

Carelessness was one of the likely causes of the fire. We also know that a lighting guy with a performing group did some "modifying" of the electrical system just hours before the fire. He had installed an extra bank of lights so they could record the performance for TV.

THERE WERE BIG WARNINGS!

Seems there were alarms, fire smells, smoke smells, popping and cracking sounds, and even a circuit breaker kicked everything off during the evening rehearsal. They eventually turned that annoying alarm off.

I REALLY WANT A BRICK

See that big stack of brick on the left corner of the picture? I'd love to have just one or two of them.

THE CHURCH HASN'T SAID IF THEY WILL REPAIR THE BUILDING

So, if you have any political, personal, spiritual, or other influence with the church, beg them to save this wonderful building.