<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372</id><updated>2009-10-17T08:54:40.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>creative soup</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default?orderby=updated'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;orderby=updated'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>417</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-6029793876054658745</id><published>2009-05-29T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T06:00:05.228-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; . . . and this is where we moved the bathroom door (it is in the area where yesterdays photo was taken from)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5mH53mCkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/jH-vHVQ7Rhk/s1600-h/bathroom-door2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5mH53mCkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/jH-vHVQ7Rhk/s320/bathroom-door2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331811294832364098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-6029793876054658745?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/6029793876054658745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=6029793876054658745&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6029793876054658745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6029793876054658745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_29.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5mH53mCkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/jH-vHVQ7Rhk/s72-c/bathroom-door2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-4986025061744840746</id><published>2009-05-28T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T06:00:07.074-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Here is the bathroom again. You can see the old door in the top/right of this photo. . . which went into the kitchen. Yeah, didn't make a lot of sense to us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lfMG_TZI/AAAAAAAAAMg/2x-wCxqnX4c/s1600-h/bathroom-door-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lfMG_TZI/AAAAAAAAAMg/2x-wCxqnX4c/s320/bathroom-door-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331810595354135954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-4986025061744840746?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/4986025061744840746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=4986025061744840746&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4986025061744840746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4986025061744840746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_28.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lfMG_TZI/AAAAAAAAAMg/2x-wCxqnX4c/s72-c/bathroom-door-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-6933733695671745374</id><published>2009-05-26T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T06:00:05.277-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt; . . . still working on it but we are getting close&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lC3j4oKI/AAAAAAAAAMY/3Daxia5nB_8/s1600-h/fence2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lC3j4oKI/AAAAAAAAAMY/3Daxia5nB_8/s320/fence2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331810108801851554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-6933733695671745374?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/6933733695671745374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=6933733695671745374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6933733695671745374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6933733695671745374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_26.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5lC3j4oKI/AAAAAAAAAMY/3Daxia5nB_8/s72-c/fence2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-6770978395504299544</id><published>2009-05-25T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T06:00:05.258-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;the front yard . . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ksFzfQOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Un3tvndZJSw/s1600-h/fence1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ksFzfQOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Un3tvndZJSw/s320/fence1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331809717488402658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-6770978395504299544?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/6770978395504299544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=6770978395504299544&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6770978395504299544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6770978395504299544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_25.html' title='before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ksFzfQOI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Un3tvndZJSw/s72-c/fence1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-3626244363274522666</id><published>2009-05-23T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T17:43:58.281-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and the real before</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I just opened the blog and grossed myself out. I scheduled that post (below) a while ago, sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. I deleted the phot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;. . . WARNING: Don't look at the picture below if you . . . sorry, I'm at a loss of words. Anyway, my finger got in a fight with the drill.  I think Brooke posted this picture a while ago, but I like grossing people out, sorry. . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-3626244363274522666?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/3626244363274522666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=3626244363274522666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/3626244363274522666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/3626244363274522666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-real-before.html' title='. . . and the real before'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-7830541067538213286</id><published>2009-05-22T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T06:00:05.511-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Actually this is the "after" I wanted to show this first to GIVE WARNING THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO SEE THE "BEFORE" PICTURE ENTRY THAT WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW. . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;What a miracle it is that the body can heal so well . . . If only our house could "heal" as quickly as my thumb!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hxh74PMI/AAAAAAAAAMA/QDH4InzgE7Y/s1600-h/finger2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hxh74PMI/AAAAAAAAAMA/QDH4InzgE7Y/s320/finger2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331806512404249794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-7830541067538213286?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/7830541067538213286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=7830541067538213286&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/7830541067538213286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/7830541067538213286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_22.html' title='before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hxh74PMI/AAAAAAAAAMA/QDH4InzgE7Y/s72-c/finger2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-2975587292628681998</id><published>2009-05-20T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T06:00:05.091-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. . . so my Dad helped me dig a 3-4 foot deep curtain drain around the whole septic tank and field&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hOwlsUNI/AAAAAAAAAL4/uquoTLH3oMA/s1600-h/septic-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hOwlsUNI/AAAAAAAAAL4/uquoTLH3oMA/s320/septic-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331805915042304210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-2975587292628681998?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/2975587292628681998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=2975587292628681998&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2975587292628681998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2975587292628681998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_20.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5hOwlsUNI/AAAAAAAAAL4/uquoTLH3oMA/s72-c/septic-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-224926892275881578</id><published>2009-05-19T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T06:00:31.638-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Last year the septic filled with water runoff from the hill . . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5gUKjpIQI/AAAAAAAAALw/FfzBHgBuQ8w/s1600-h/septic-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5gUKjpIQI/AAAAAAAAALw/FfzBHgBuQ8w/s320/septic-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331804908400746754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-224926892275881578?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/224926892275881578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=224926892275881578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/224926892275881578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/224926892275881578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_03.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5gUKjpIQI/AAAAAAAAALw/FfzBHgBuQ8w/s72-c/septic-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-2149006393663862028</id><published>2009-05-17T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T06:00:03.068-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after . . . again</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; . . . one more picture of the new entry way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5f2pv2awI/AAAAAAAAALo/ljJ0Y9gLkq8/s1600-h/entryway3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5f2pv2awI/AAAAAAAAALo/ljJ0Y9gLkq8/s320/entryway3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331804401377372930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-2149006393663862028?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/2149006393663862028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=2149006393663862028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2149006393663862028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2149006393663862028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after-again.html' title='. . . and after . . . again'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5f2pv2awI/AAAAAAAAALo/ljJ0Y9gLkq8/s72-c/entryway3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-2299419068881419539</id><published>2009-05-16T06:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T06:00:04.410-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;. . . and after. We made an entryway. The entryway used to be apart of our bedroom and the front door used to be where you see the clock on the left &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5eGAGSNgI/AAAAAAAAALg/iel4Wv8hZCk/s1600-h/entry-way-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5eGAGSNgI/AAAAAAAAALg/iel4Wv8hZCk/s320/entry-way-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331802466051831298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-2299419068881419539?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/2299419068881419539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=2299419068881419539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2299419068881419539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2299419068881419539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_16.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5eGAGSNgI/AAAAAAAAALg/iel4Wv8hZCk/s72-c/entry-way-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-4896052627359206215</id><published>2009-05-15T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T06:00:05.844-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;The front door used to open awkwardly into the living room . . . &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dfo8TpQI/AAAAAAAAALY/P8fwuuOrKeY/s1600-h/entry-way1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dfo8TpQI/AAAAAAAAALY/P8fwuuOrKeY/s320/entry-way1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331801807000937730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-4896052627359206215?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/4896052627359206215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=4896052627359206215&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4896052627359206215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4896052627359206215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_15.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dfo8TpQI/AAAAAAAAALY/P8fwuuOrKeY/s72-c/entry-way1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-932595789667430160</id><published>2009-05-13T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T06:02:37.867-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;. . . we chose to bury it! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dAt3aCCI/AAAAAAAAALQ/QpMYmM_HrYk/s1600-h/safe2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dAt3aCCI/AAAAAAAAALQ/QpMYmM_HrYk/s320/safe2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331801275746617378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-932595789667430160?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/932595789667430160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=932595789667430160&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/932595789667430160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/932595789667430160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_13.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5dAt3aCCI/AAAAAAAAALQ/QpMYmM_HrYk/s72-c/safe2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-2421486981455541799</id><published>2009-05-12T06:00:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:00:03.795-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;The house came with a safe, but not with the combination . . . pay $500 to have it removed? or bury it under the deck? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5cYkiiucI/AAAAAAAAALI/D4HEQf0oxDU/s1600-h/safe1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5cYkiiucI/AAAAAAAAALI/D4HEQf0oxDU/s320/safe1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331800586048420290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-2421486981455541799?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/2421486981455541799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=2421486981455541799&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2421486981455541799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2421486981455541799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_12.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5cYkiiucI/AAAAAAAAALI/D4HEQf0oxDU/s72-c/safe1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-8873265834193798397</id><published>2009-05-10T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T06:00:02.983-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before and After</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;Does anyone want to play Operation? Holland started playing before I could get the "before" picture of this one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bsh0KLNI/AAAAAAAAALA/g-bbu_T7Hcc/s1600-h/hollasnd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bsh0KLNI/AAAAAAAAALA/g-bbu_T7Hcc/s320/hollasnd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331799829402758354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-8873265834193798397?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/8873265834193798397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=8873265834193798397&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/8873265834193798397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/8873265834193798397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before-and-after.html' title='Before and After'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bsh0KLNI/AAAAAAAAALA/g-bbu_T7Hcc/s72-c/hollasnd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-9167540629123971315</id><published>2009-05-08T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T06:00:04.927-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;. . . here is the "new nook"  . . . it's not finished, but it's getting there. We need to finish the drawers on the bottom and get a cushion for the seat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bEnoFXAI/AAAAAAAAAK4/rERdy0jRrcU/s1600-h/nook-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bEnoFXAI/AAAAAAAAAK4/rERdy0jRrcU/s320/nook-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331799143767956482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-9167540629123971315?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/9167540629123971315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=9167540629123971315&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/9167540629123971315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/9167540629123971315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after_08.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5bEnoFXAI/AAAAAAAAAK4/rERdy0jRrcU/s72-c/nook-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-217677415907442481</id><published>2009-05-07T06:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T06:00:33.217-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;Under the stairs is what we are now calling "the nook"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5aJEKvHGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/C8ghyaIV9R4/s1600-h/nook1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5aJEKvHGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/C8ghyaIV9R4/s320/nook1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331798120637340770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-217677415907442481?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/217677415907442481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=217677415907442481&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/217677415907442481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/217677415907442481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5aJEKvHGI/AAAAAAAAAKw/C8ghyaIV9R4/s72-c/nook1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-808812669767946137</id><published>2009-05-05T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T06:00:03.360-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>. . . and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt; . . . and the fireplace now, well, pellet stove to be exact. Btw, we highly recommend the pellet stove, great all around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ZWTkCZVI/AAAAAAAAAKg/jq7Ddk1hrEE/s1600-h/fire22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ZWTkCZVI/AAAAAAAAAKg/jq7Ddk1hrEE/s320/fire22.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331797248596665682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-808812669767946137?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/808812669767946137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=808812669767946137&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/808812669767946137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/808812669767946137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-after.html' title='. . . and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5ZWTkCZVI/AAAAAAAAAKg/jq7Ddk1hrEE/s72-c/fire22.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-4826796539371468311</id><published>2009-05-04T06:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T06:00:06.374-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>Before . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;Here is the fireplace before . . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5YiGSMQgI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcM72rLdp44/s1600-h/fire11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5YiGSMQgI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcM72rLdp44/s320/fire11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331796351678956034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-4826796539371468311?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/4826796539371468311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=4826796539371468311&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4826796539371468311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4826796539371468311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/05/before_04.html' title='Before . . .'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/Sf5YiGSMQgI/AAAAAAAAAKY/hcM72rLdp44/s72-c/fire11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-3550707562571232995</id><published>2009-04-26T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T06:00:01.825-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. . . more of an update, but here is the deck now. No roof, a bench that borders it (which we are hiding lights under) and don't worry, we are going to replace the hay with grass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmLadc9Y5I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Zb6BGJVI3zY/s1600-h/2b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmLadc9Y5I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Zb6BGJVI3zY/s320/2b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321437721413903250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-3550707562571232995?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/3550707562571232995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=3550707562571232995&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/3550707562571232995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/3550707562571232995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_26.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmLadc9Y5I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/Zb6BGJVI3zY/s72-c/2b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-2927251481408617639</id><published>2009-04-25T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T06:00:02.430-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;You may have seen this "before" picture of us using the truck to pull down the roof that covered the deck. . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmKxkedG4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/tg0AXv4FSDw/s1600-h/2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmKxkedG4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/tg0AXv4FSDw/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321437018924587906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-2927251481408617639?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/2927251481408617639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=2927251481408617639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2927251481408617639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/2927251481408617639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_25.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmKxkedG4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/tg0AXv4FSDw/s72-c/2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-8880167213167637917</id><published>2009-04-23T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T06:00:03.356-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. . . tada, leveled, and now it's our computer room (close to done). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmJ3s2cQTI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GmSFAFg1KNE/s1600-h/5b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmJ3s2cQTI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GmSFAFg1KNE/s320/5b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321436024740266290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-8880167213167637917?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/8880167213167637917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=8880167213167637917&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/8880167213167637917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/8880167213167637917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_23.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmJ3s2cQTI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GmSFAFg1KNE/s72-c/5b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-4264089640590263626</id><published>2009-04-22T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T06:00:03.596-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;That's one way to level a floor when there's a railroad tie beneath you:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmI8xJZWoI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/bQDynuEvYnc/s1600-h/5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmI8xJZWoI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/bQDynuEvYnc/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321435012281227906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-4264089640590263626?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/4264089640590263626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=4264089640590263626&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4264089640590263626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/4264089640590263626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_9683.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmI8xJZWoI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/bQDynuEvYnc/s72-c/5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-354960581527279556</id><published>2009-04-20T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T06:00:03.744-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. . . framing (notice from yesterdays post the closet moved to another wall, as did the door):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHwl1uMWI/AAAAAAAAAJo/bN6bwfU0izY/s1600-h/1b.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHwl1uMWI/AAAAAAAAAJo/bN6bwfU0izY/s1600-h/1b.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHwl1uMWI/AAAAAAAAAJo/bN6bwfU0izY/s320/1b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321433703575859554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;. . . and almost finished&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHw7c70PI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Y6lbpjPT2bs/s320/1c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321433709377474802" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-354960581527279556?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/354960581527279556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=354960581527279556&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/354960581527279556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/354960581527279556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_20.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHwl1uMWI/AAAAAAAAAJo/bN6bwfU0izY/s72-c/1b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-1361555407984616299</id><published>2009-04-19T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T06:00:01.526-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Before (our bedroom closet) . . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHRatiIJI/AAAAAAAAAJg/iRmCq0oShdQ/s1600-h/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHRatiIJI/AAAAAAAAAJg/iRmCq0oShdQ/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321433168012779666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-1361555407984616299?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/1361555407984616299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=1361555407984616299&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/1361555407984616299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/1361555407984616299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_19.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmHRatiIJI/AAAAAAAAAJg/iRmCq0oShdQ/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208029390979076372.post-6947593877781658541</id><published>2009-04-18T06:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T06:00:02.823-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meanwhile back at the ranch'/><title type='text'>before and after</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;. . . and after. Doesn't that fake rock foundation look real! -note that the siding is not finished and the house color is yet to be determined &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmGZ0F-7vI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WGzFluVEy-c/s1600-h/4b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmGZ0F-7vI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WGzFluVEy-c/s320/4b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321432212753542898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2208029390979076372-6947593877781658541?l=creative-soup.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/feeds/6947593877781658541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2208029390979076372&amp;postID=6947593877781658541&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6947593877781658541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2208029390979076372/posts/default/6947593877781658541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creative-soup.blogspot.com/2009/04/before-and-after_1200.html' title='before and after'/><author><name>Peter Rane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02876642068782177015</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16874026620789604792'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iKysHcaYdsA/SdmGZ0F-7vI/AAAAAAAAAJY/WGzFluVEy-c/s72-c/4b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>