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	<description>A not so simple renovation</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:41:27 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<title>Measurements</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/06/measurements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 5, 2010 to June 4, 2011 &#8211; measuring life in the camper 1 herb and vegetable garden 1 intact marriage +1.8 inches (our son) 2 manatees +2.1 inches (our daughter) 4 nutria 4 visits from the tooth fairy -5 lbs (me) +6 lbs (me) 6 binders of documents 7 outdoor dinner parties 11 canoe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knit one, purl two&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/knit-one-purl-two/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/knit-one-purl-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 02:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eberling Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lytle Flooring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tile Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittington Plumbing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week I found myself picturing all of the subcontractors as part of my big proverbial 60s style, swingin&#8217; afghan just like my grandma used to make, not worrying so much if it wasn&#8217;t utterly perfect, just humming away and focused on putting together an item that would keep a loved one warm. Of course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire Point History</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/empire-point-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 01:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empire Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[induction cooktop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wood flooring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I spent my first day in the house &#8211; no we haven&#8217;t moved in, that&#8217;s sure to hit Twitter first &#8211; organizing the architectural plans for most of the homes in our neighborhood and searching for the plans for the Hatcher House. The history lessons have been delightful. Joseph Durkee, who owned much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galoshin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/galoshin/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/galoshin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 16:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue crab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galoshes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know children live in their own little universe and ours are mostly blissfully unaware of the home renovation stress. Thanks to the clearance section at Target, the kids have invented a new activity in conjunction with fishin&#8217; and crabbin&#8217; and twirlin&#8217;&#8230; Happy Mother&#8217;s Day and Happy Galoshing to one and all!]]></description>
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		<title>Coasting</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/coasting/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/05/coasting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 01:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot shower]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been pedaling hard uphill for the last year with no real breathers, but we finally feel like we have gotten to the top of this renovation mountain and can relax and enjoy the view. Now we just have to watch for the bumps as we careen downhill. I spent the weekend pulling up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hum sweet hum</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/04/hum-sweet-hum/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/04/hum-sweet-hum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airconditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductless hvac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mini splits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silent hvac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Against the odds, we arrived home Friday to find our four hvac units gloriously, and incredibly quietly, humming away outside the house. Then straight from a 30&#8242;s Fred Estaire movie, we swept in the front doors to have our hair and clothing softly stirred by cool, conditioned air. If a manufacturer rep from LG had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Window watchers</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/04/watchin-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/04/watchin-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glazing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee & Cates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lee &#38; Cates showed up with a big crane today, the kids are on spring break, and we watched as a big starfish-shaped metal tool with five big suction cups was attached to each of the four humongous 12&#8242; x 16&#8242; panes of glass, lifted high above the house (windy day, lots of swinging), slowly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loco-no-motion</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/loco-no-motion/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/loco-no-motion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birch ply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dandeneau Contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drywall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would think that any homeowner experiencing a massive renovation always takes some comfort in seeing movement and progress, no matter how minute. However, when you&#8217;re told by the contractor that completion is just weeks away, and even a week passes without seeing major progress, this particular homeowner goes a little crazy. Dandeneau Contracting IS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A house by any other name?</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/a-house-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/a-house-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Thorne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helicopters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Eberling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[siding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tile Market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Thorne and his team have installed the majority of the Berridge zincalume siding in super quick fashion.  Honestly, no matter how crappy I feel about the problems that are still arising, I can&#8217;t get the smile off my face upon seeing the cubic shell starting to look like a house! Patricia McQuaid, our architect, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H2Oh No!</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/h-2-oh-no/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/h-2-oh-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mullet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterproofing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WinDoors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Highs are inevitably followed by lows. Upon closer inspection of our glorious new sliding WinDoor systems, we found large gaps in some areas between the window frames and jambs that are not easily sealed, and everything has ground to a halt while the experts scratch their heads and figure out how to keep water out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting the veil</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/lifting-the-veil/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/03/lifting-the-veil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Architectural Windows & Cabinets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ditra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Eberling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schluter-Kerdi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After six months of staring at a black plastic-veiled shell, we are overcome by the sight of plywood sheathing on the exterior walls and sliding glass doors and windows in place! Normal people may not get a charge out of such a sight, but normal people don&#8217;t live in 300 square feet without proper plumbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrivederci Patricia</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/arrivederci-patricia/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/arrivederci-patricia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our most excellent architect, Patricia McQuaid, is off to globe trot with her family for the better part of a year and beyond. I must pause to thank and praise her for her efforts on our project, which I feel sure went above and beyond the usual efforts of most architects. She has been focused, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(I can&#8217;t get no) Insulation</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/i-cant-get-no-insulation/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/i-cant-get-no-insulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well we try, and we try&#8230; There is great comfort in having an insulated house. It speaks of warmth, shelter, safety, quietude. We were scheduled to have an insulated house months ago, then two weeks ago, then a week ago, and finally today the insulation guys arrived&#8230;with the wrong, i.e. el cheapo, insulation. Durwood (site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glazing over</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/glazing-over/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/glazing-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is our new goal &#8211; to have glass. Glazing. Windows. Sliding glass doors. Our own little micro-biosphere rather than a plastic-covered box. We are crossing our fingers that by the end of this month installation will have begun. For those one or two readers out there, please cross your fingers too. The electricians are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy versus Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/pregnancy-versus-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/pregnancy-versus-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Annie recently completed an extensive kitchen renovation and most aptly characterized the renovation process to be akin to the title of this post. The idea of the coming baby is exciting, filled with romantic dreams of the future, unfettered by any problems or stresses. You picture it as a beautiful, transformative experience. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Soul Affirmed</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/a-soul-affirmed/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/02/a-soul-affirmed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Dickinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hygema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hygema has removed the last bits of shoring holding up the house and deemed it sound. Glory day! Rather than attempt to express my sentiments on this event and the end of this renovation road which is swinging into sight, I shall defer to the words of Emily Dickinson: The Props assist the House Until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;ll be good when it&#8217;s done</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/01/itll-be-good-when-its-done/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/01/itll-be-good-when-its-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most oft used phrase when anyone has seen our house from pre-purchase to present. Sorta like people saying &#8220;sorry for your loss&#8221; when a beloved pet dies. Words that are meant to placate and change the subject but not really sympathize. From this point forward I favor honesty over politeness. Feel free to laugh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter of Our Discontent</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/01/winter-of-our-discontent/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2011/01/winter-of-our-discontent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dandeneau Contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ductless hvac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee & Cates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wee family happily burst out of the camper in mid-December for a long-standing Christmas holiday date with family in Australia, just in time for the apocalyptic flooding, expecting to return to a mostly done house (since the project completion was slated for January). Instead we returned to freezing weather, no electricity and a water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desperately Seeking Ghost of Henry Hudson</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/11/desperately-seeking-ghost-of-henry-hudson/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/11/desperately-seeking-ghost-of-henry-hudson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[framing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rip Van Winkle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We, or at least I, have hit a patch the last few weeks where I know empirically the project is moving forward &#8211; I see new pieces of steel bolted to the parallams, I see new framing in for the kitchen balcony, we now even have a new cantilevered roof over the entrance &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>William Hatcher 1930-2010</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/11/william-hatcher-1930-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/11/william-hatcher-1930-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just heard the news that Mr. Hatcher passed away on October 27. Our thoughts are with his family, and we are very grateful that he was so willing to share his time and memories with us about the home he built so long ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Hatcher House Halloween</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/hatcher-house-halloween/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/hatcher-house-halloween/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittington Plumbing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All Hallows&#8217; Eve is upon us but the house project is less hairy scary than a month ago and we&#8217;re ticking along again. Richard has taken charge of most of the decision-making and is doing a great job, easier after arranging his work schedule so he can attend the weekly Tuesday meetings. With architect Patricia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder Walls</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/wonder-walls/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/wonder-walls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coquina]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My outdoor coquina walls and I are developing an intimate relationship. For the past two weeks I have been slowly scrubbing, bleaching, and scrubbing some more in an attempt to restore the stone back to its original color. My nose hairs are fried, my nails are brittle from the long-term bleach and chlorine exposure, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becky and Richard, This Is Your Life!</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/becky-and-richard-this-is-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/becky-and-richard-this-is-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evaluate Your Life Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moment of Frustration Scream Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Churchill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found my online search for Columbus Day info serendipitous because I discovered (get it? discovered something on Columbus Day?) that October 12 is ALSO International Moment of Frustration Scream Day, National Face Your Fears Day, AND Free Thought Day. And I like to think that&#8217;s how my days often evolve. You&#8217;ve only got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Yourself</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/steel-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/10/steel-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hvac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[split system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So of course we&#8217;ve had some hiccups along the way. Delays and confusion about the steel package. Yeah, see, we speak Builder now. Well, not really, but we have learned that the house requires a lot of custom fabricated steel plates to hold it all together. And steel apparently costs a lot of money. Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take That, 5th Ave</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/09/take-that-5th-ave/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/09/take-that-5th-ave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5th Ave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is one of these things just like the other? Eye-catching cube, open 24/7, cost of product repairs make people want to cry. Sure the latter lacks windows and nappy sales assistants but we have a refreshing pool. Hey Steve Jobs do you have any of that unused glass lying around?]]></description>
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		<title>Roof With a View</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/09/roof-with-a-view/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/09/roof-with-a-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hygema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parallam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roof]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a green roof! Not on purpose. But there&#8217;s a few nice healthy patches of grass growing up there, tended by the bees and other fauna. LEED certification is just a tiptoe-through-the-tulips away. Now that the scaffolding company has installed scaffolding ALL THE WAY UP, Richard was able to climb up there and take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Days of August</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/08/dog-days-of-august/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/08/dog-days-of-august/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s too hot to go outside, too hot to stay inside our camper, too hot to spend any length of time marveling at how the Hatcher House goes together. Durwood, however, is patient with Richard&#8217;s and my curiosity as we all stand outside with rivulets of sweat pouring quietly down within a matter of minutes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Rot</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/08/what-rot/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/08/what-rot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterproofing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s everywhere, behind every bit of fascia, under every eave, behind the beautiful coquina that distinguishes this house. Durwood, the site superintendent, literally pokes a stick at it and the wood crumbles and nails fall out. Expected but disheartening, so many repairs to make. Now that it rains daily, Richard has carefully positioned buckets on every floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutria, Nutrition and Nothingness</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/nutria-nutrition-and-nothingness/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/nutria-nutrition-and-nothingness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Camper life can be quite Zen. We have discovered that a family of nutria live in a burrow just outside, and now a favorite dusk-time activity is to watch them eating plant roots and jumping into the river for a swim while we listen to the owls hoot from above. Mealtimes are simple and perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Beam</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/first-beam/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/first-beam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hygema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parallam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pathetic really, how elated we were to see the first parallam beam in. The thick laminated wood beam runs horizontally from next to the front door out to behind the house where it will someday support the upper floors above the workshop and one side of the new deck extension. It&#8217;s the only beam currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundations</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/foundations/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/foundations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our first expected unexpected. Even before work commenced, Baker Klein Engineering suspected we may need to reinforce the foundation, at least at one particular corner of the house where the sag was most noticeable. A core sample was taken from the area to check the soil and thickness but was inconclusive. Our contractor has now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Letter Post</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/red-letter-post/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/07/red-letter-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hygema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoring company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I rubbed my eyes, I had to be imagining things outside my little camper window. Were there PEOPLE WORKING on our property? Monday Strickland Supplies put scaffolding up, three levels high on two sides. Lee &#38; Cates, the glazing company, tried to remove one of the 20&#8242;x12&#8242; panes of glass and couldn&#8217;t &#8211; the sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deja Vu All Over Again</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/deja-vu-all-over-again/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/deja-vu-all-over-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have settled into a comfortable routine. Each week we get an update from our contractor that work will commence the following week. The following week we get an update from our contractor that work will commence the following week, and so on and so forth. We haven&#8217;t even gotten started and we&#8217;re already behind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dead ant, dead ant&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/dead-ant-dead-ant/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/dead-ant-dead-ant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are now o-fficially camper dwellers. Sort of. We have a series of house-sitting gigs lined up to delay our camper dwelling status. In the meantime, we&#8217;re working hard to get camper life as amenable as possible, starting with a visit from my favorite pest control professional Charles. Charles is the renaissance man of pest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Size Does Matter</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/size-does-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/size-does-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shore power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whittington Plumbing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know how sometimes in moments of relationship strife you say truths that are better left unsaid? I couldn&#8217;t keep it in any longer. I kept staring at the camper in disbelief that Richard would subject his family to this miniscule living space. So I said it. And I felt awful. But then &#8211; Whittington [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Diggity Dog</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/hot-diggity-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/hot-diggity-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antony Rieck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Dunbar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you cross a sunny day, a shovel, and a canine? My son&#8217;s latest riddle. It was in the 90s today, humid, my clothes were soaked through after about 15 minutes at the new house. Summer here will be interesting. Our whole rhythm of life is about to change, much more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Time</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/musings-on-time/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/06/musings-on-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antony Rieck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jorge Brunet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamara Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timeline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patricia (architect) conducted a team meeting today with our structural engineer and contractor to review our first printed project timeline. Suddenly there the project was, stretching on for three pages like reticulated building blocks measuring out the next six months of our lives. Oh, the things we will see from our little camper window. Antony Rieck (photographer) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sangriastorming</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/05/sangriastorming/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/05/sangriastorming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antony Rieck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brunet-Garcia Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sangria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More fun than brainstorming, perhaps not as productive. But a few hours into our sangria evening with friends and project colleagues Diane and Jorge Brunet, our architect Patricia McQuaid and her multi-talented husband Antony Rieck, we had a score of ideas for photo images to capture this project and to have a little fun. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well, it ain&#8217;t Ozzie and Harriet</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/05/well-it-aint-ozzie-and-harriet/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/05/well-it-aint-ozzie-and-harriet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 22:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovation loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree house]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes before you go big, you have to go small &#8211; we&#8217;ll be living in a 300 square foot camper while our 3,600 square foot house is repaired. Sure the kids are excited, they&#8217;ll have bunk beds and a pool outside the front door. Me, I vacillate between images of running screaming into the river [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¡Viva La Revolucion!</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/04/%c2%a1viva-la-revolucion/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/04/%c2%a1viva-la-revolucion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovation loan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.&#8221;&#8211; Henry Ford Mr. Ford sums up my current feelings regarding the renovation loan process. Ponder his words while I clean my gun.]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Play</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/04/easter-play/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/04/easter-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renovation loan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Easter, Architect Patricia and Engineer Tamara delivered their final permitting plans for Act One, Structural Repairs. &#8220;Woo hoo!&#8221; crowed Richard and Becky. &#8220;We&#8217;ll git r done!&#8221; drawled Contractor. &#8220;Not so fast,&#8221; announced the Money Lender, entering stage left in a holocaust cloak, &#8220;show us your papers.&#8221; &#8220;But we gave you our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Sides</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/taking-sides/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/taking-sides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrugated metal siding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Morgan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this beautiful spring afternoon, Richard, Patricia McQuaid and I met with Mr. Morgan to review Patricia&#8217;s initial plans and discuss proposed materials for the renovation. As a female, I delight in how much Bunny Morgan adds to these meetings, reminding Bill Morgan of design details and materials he has used in the past, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old black water, keep on rollin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/old-black-water-keep-on-rollin/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/old-black-water-keep-on-rollin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doobie Brothers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In between the stressful moments &#8211; another month&#8217;s delay while waiting for loan paperwork completion, a deluge of oak leaves in the pool, the snake that surprised me while weeding &#8211; there are zen moments. I&#8217;m back to outdoor work, which seems to be the only thing of consequence I can add to the house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubling Down</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/doubling-down/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/03/doubling-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blackjack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we met with our team to talk numbers &#8211; seven people in all representing architecture, structural engineering, and contracting. We felt like we had a Vegas entourage. Per Wikipedia&#8217;s definition of blackjack options: &#8220;After receiving his first two cards and before any more are dealt to him, a player has the option to &#8220;double [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calgon Take Me Away</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/calgon-take-me-away/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/calgon-take-me-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bathtub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our architect Patricia has unveiled her first set of plans, which primarily consist of returning the home to its original floor plan. The one big change is an expanded back deck &#8211; it seems that it will be more cost-effective to build a glorious back deck overlooking the pool and river rather than ripping up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Believe in Magic?</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/do-you-believe-in-magi/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/do-you-believe-in-magi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hatcherhouse.com/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unanswerable questions spring to mind&#8230;how does one replace every single outer beam and column in a four story home without it falling down like a pile of matchsticks? How does one remove and return a single pane of 12&#8242;x12&#8242; glass without it breaking? How does one just remove posts from under the corners of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Pondering</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-pondering/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/02/the-importance-of-pondering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McQuaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pondering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamara Baker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing is happening with the house on Richard&#8217;s and my end. I sat thinking about this today and wondered why I&#8217;m not bothered by that. We&#8217;re paying for a house we can&#8217;t live in, we are paying people to create plans and work on the house we can&#8217;t live in, we&#8217;re paying for a house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more pictures</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/more-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/more-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you would like to see more pictures I hear. Well visit the MobileMe gallery for more or click on the initial image on the main page to go there. We also have a tag for images in posts.]]></description>
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		<title>Six Step Program</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/six-step-program/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/six-step-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother-in-law's tongue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troll]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I cleaned six outdoor steps. It took only six hours. Well, I also did some weeding around the steps. And they&#8217;re wide steps. Sideways and lengthways. With little tiny mossy sort of plants growing on them. And they were really dirty. Now, if you only look at the steps, oh, and the pool, the place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History Schmistory</title>
		<link>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/history-schmistory/</link>
		<comments>http://hatcherhouse.com/2010/01/history-schmistory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebeccah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Permitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical designation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We need to decide whether to apply with the city, state or federal government for a historical designation. What we hear is that getting an historical designation may help in the renovation to keep property taxes down, and even provide funding sources. The downside is that it could restrict what we do now and in [...]]]></description>
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