Friday, January 05, 2007

Spy Photos!

Vince Burlapp (if he is for real) is this guy who has an automobile blog where he shows spy photos of upcoming new automobiles. The photos usually are kind of grainy and blurry. But so it goes in the spy game.

Earlier this year, Paul's parents sold their house (built in 1927) and moved from New York to Texas. A fellow bought the house, gutted it, and is reselling it. While Michele and Sammy were back home this past week visiting family, they swung by the house and talked to the fellow renovating the house. He was kind enough let Michele and Sammy look through the house Paul grew up in and take photos. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, the photos are quite blurry...but so it goes in the spy game.


Michele and Sammy in the back of the house...
...to the left are the kitchen windows Paul would climb in late at night...
...because he never carried a key to the house...


The back entrance to the house...
...a hallway now of sorts...


The entry way is tiled now...


The downstairs bathroom...redone...


The kitchen nook...
...the windows Paul used to sneak in through late at night...
...apparently they replaced every window in the house...


Sammy and Michele in the kitchen..
...note how they made it L-shaped...
...nice granite countertop...


A fuzzy picture of the maple cabinets...


The dining room...
...they stripped and repainted all the woodwork...


The fireplace...
...you can't see it, but they put in recessed lights everywhere...


They replaced the front door and side-lights...


The sun-porch is now a 4-season room with heat...


The refinished stairs...
...with a protective covering...


The attic view into the back yard...


A view of the attic...
...we've seen clearer photos of bigfoot...
...but so it goes in the spy game...