Bill & Sara Nielson: 2006

Sunday, December 03, 2006

My Ride Along

As part of my beginning training for my job, I was required to do a ride along. So I got to spend an entire 10 hours hanging out with Bill at the station. I went along to the calls - very few of them - and just hung out. It was a lot of fun to see him working. No good calls though. Oh well. The guy in the middle picture is Leroy Brown, the engineer for the ladder truck and he can sure drive that thing. He is the funny guy of the group always throwing in jokes here or there. Leroy's son, an exact replica of Leroy, is my supervisor at work.

Current Project

Bill started right in on the Master so we are now living out of the newest improved guest room. He is adding a closet and sitting area to the big room and has done all the framing himself. Impressive!

The animals

We have plenty of beds and yet they always choose to sleep together. If Sam gets in bed first Riley will sit and bark at him so we have to get out of bed, kick Sam out so Riley can get in. Sam always comes back later to squash Riley. Pretty cute though.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful thanksgiving this year. Bill got off Thanksgiving morning so we actually got to spend a holiday together. Dad and Mom also came down and we had a wonderful time. I even had a 5 day weekend!! That probably won't happen again anytime soon. :)

Recent Remodel

Bill finished the second guest room. This is the firefighter room. The hat in the center is the actual helmet his great grandfather wore during his years on the department back east. We have some really cool firefighter pictures we will be adding to the room at a later date. Bill even built the closet system as well.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Finished Product

So the finished product is a bit different than we started with. We chose to stain the closet doors a dark color to match the windowsill Bill made. We will be doing each room one at a time.

Remodel Project

We forgot to take pictures before we started but this is a picture of the guest room after Bill retextured the walls and ceiling. Still a huge work in progress.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The Flood

This is the Rillito Wash that runs through most of Tucson. The water here is about 15-20 feet deep! We definitely didn't expect this much rain. The other picture is a closeup of this one showing the firefighters, including Bill, on the bridge.

On the Job

Only a few months on the job and Bill is already making the news! With all of the late summer rains, many of the roads like this one here were closed for fear of the bridge caving in. Bill is suited up and all ready for rescue!