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Hillside Surroundings

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Early morning June 1st, 2009 an intentionally set fire spread from our neighbor's basement to our home. Everyone was able to get out OK, but the 100-year-old "pink house" of Basin Road (along with all our belongings) was destroyed. This blog documents the process we've gone through since that night.
popular posts...
- Rebuild Slideshow posted on July 25, 2010
- Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years. posted on August 17, 2010
- Alaska Tweets hosting a bake sale for the Pink House posted on August 16, 2009
- Newspaper Article posted on June 2, 2009
- Truck Parked in Kitchen posted on March 3, 2010
the story…
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- June 2009
  - 01: A Fiery Morning
  - 02: Newspaper Article
  - 03: Insurance Introduction
  - 03: Lemon Aide
  - 04: Radio Interview
  - 07: Props to Ezra and the Awesome Neighorhood!
  - 09: Arson
  - 10: Arson Follow-Up
  - 10: See You Later, Basin Road
  - 11: Ash Sifting Day 1
  - 11: It’s Alive!
  - 12: Ash Sifting Day 2
  - 13: Ash Sifting Day 3
  - 14: Rescued Coins
  - 15: Moving Day
  - 16: New…. Home?
  - 16: Asbestos Testing Negative
  - 17: Fancy Room, Lovely Girl
  - 18: Lining up the Ducks
  - 20: Many Hands Make Light Work
  - 24: Precious Punctuation for the Pink House
- July 2009
  - 18: Kitty False Alarm
  - 20: Balancing Real Work with Fire Work
  - 20: The foundation is OK to build on
  - 27: Timing is Everything
  - 29: One list to rule them all
- August 2009
  - 16: Alaska Tweets hosting a bake sale for the Pink House
  - 16: Article on Tasty Tweets in AK Journal of Commerce
  - 21: Heads Up: The Pink House is Coming Down
  - 22: Goldilocks Visits The Pink House
  - 25: Going, Going…
  - 27: GONE.
  - 28: Excitement Brewing for Tomorrow’s Tasty Tweets Bake Sale
- September 2009
  - 01: Three Month Anniversary
  - 02: Photos of the Demolition
  - 08: Demolition of the Pink House [Video]
  - 18: Waste Management of Juneau helps out the Pink House, Big Time
  - 18: United Way of Southeast Alaska – Promotional Video 2009, Starring: Us
- November 2009
  - 27: Thankful, yet Resentful… but mostly Thankful.
- December 2009
  - 12: A Healthy Dose of Reality
  - 13: Words, Shmerds – Show me the Money Allstate
- January 2010
  - 21: Rescued by a Pal
- February 2010
  - 25: Beginning of the Beginning?
- March 2010
  - 03: Truck Parked in Kitchen
  - 26: Time is money, and so are all these damn receipts we have to collate and send in to Allstate
- April 2010
  - 01: Rental Swap Good/Bad News
  - 11: Um, Guys… Where are My Stuffed Animals?
- May 2010
  - 04: Turning the corner with a new theme for the site, and plans for a house.
  - 12: Applying for a Building Permit
  - 23: If I could put time in a bottle, I’d be drinking a LOT.
- June 2010
  - 01: One Year Anniversary of our House Burning Down
  - 05: Ready to Roll! – Building Permit in Hand
  - 17: Something has Begun (aka You Can’t Rush a Miracle)
- July 2010
  - 05: The first Contents List shuttle is Away
  - 13: Progress: Buttress Wall
  - 24: The Smell of Fresh Wood is Music to My Nose
- August 2010
  - 03: There is now the unmistakable shape of a house on our property
  - 10: Artist’s Rendition
  - 17: Hope you enjoy your new view, we sure have for the last 35 years.
- September 2010
  - 15: Approved, Unaminous
  - 19: The Original Pink House
  - 23: Chugging Right Along
- November 2010
  - 30: Progress Roundup Autumn 2010
- January 2011
  - 05: The Pink House is Hot Hot Hot
  - 07: A Muy Caliente Winter!
- February 2011
  - 27: Occupancy! (Ready or Not)
- March 2011
  - 02: Occupancy – It’s Legit
  - 29: Moving, and 5 Features of Our New House that I Love.
- May 2011
  - 09: Pink Armor
  - 29: All Sided
- June 2011
  - 01: Two-Year Anniversary
- July 2011
  - 18: Choosing New Home Insurance
- September 2011
  - 26: House Fire Insurance Advice