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My Dad, His Church and College Football

In case you’re reading this far in the future, this is a Saturday near the end of November. The year doesn’t matter because the routine has been established for decades. The end of the college football season is in sight. The football giants in my neighborhood are Auburn and Alabama. I realize the contentious nature of the local, super loyal …

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WELCOME to HomeBuildingTimeline.com

Below, is a brief introduction to Home Building Timeline. Take a minute to browse it, or click above  to Go Directly to your Visitor’s Home Page Question : If you don’t know how to build a house, how do you know if anyone else does? This site specializes in DWELLING INDUSTRY INFORMATION for home planning, building, remodeling, flipping, and selling.

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Golden Traces

Golden Traces by Andy Bozeman To-ing and fro-ing among deep Southern shadows of frond and scented petal, Tracing cold fire through mottled leafy veil leaning against a warm blue sky, Cooling as the heat of day spends its last saved glow of sunshine, Fireflies leave golden traces, Rising up with lazy paces, Upward toward the starry places, Where waits the …

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If Plans Could Talk : “Hey! That’s Not Right!”

Homebuilding is habit-based. A routine develops, like Standard Operating Procedure, and embeds itself so deeply into the mind and muscle memory of every tradesman, that the concept of “I should look at the plans” is replaced by “I’ve done this a million times.” So, even if the millionth-and-first time is not like the others, the habit of the others wins, …

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How Much Is This Gonna Cost, Anyway?

How much will this house cost to build? I get this question several times every day. It’s all about using averages for guesswork. I even wrote a book that talks about construction cost. It’s called IF I’D KNOWN THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE, I MIGHT’VE GONE CAMPING INSTEAD. It’s on Amazom, here. The following illustrations …