Apr
28
Keepin’ On Keepin’ On
April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Been a bit remiss in updating things here, but it’s more due to a lack of exciting developments than anything else. I think I took a night off earlier this week, but other than that I’ve been plugging away every night after work at the Austin house.
I am, finally, getting pretty close to the finish […]
Apr
22
No Rest for the Wicked, err, Weary
April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In the midst of another marathon weekend of house work, trying to hit the finish line for the Austin house. Well, at least the finish line for the major stuff, as I plan on doing some finish trim painting and assorted stuff next week after work, as we still have to have the carpets cleaned, […]
Apr
19
The Myth of the Fat Plumber Butt Crack
April 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
Countertop installation went off without a hitch yesterday at the Austin house, which made me very happy. The installation crew actually showed up 15 minutes early, did their thing, and got all the details right. I was a little nervous as I had to be at work for various meetings so I basically let them […]
Apr
16
Whee, Back to Work!
April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nothing like a week-long “vacation” from the day job to make me happy to be back at the grind, as this’ll be the first day in a couple of weeks that I haven’t put in lots of hours working on a house somewhere or other.
Still much to do at the Austin house, but hopefully I […]
Apr
12
What Day is it Again?
April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment
‘Tis kind of easy for the days to mush together, what with very little changing in the routine of get up, go work on the house, come home, go to sleep, repeat. On the bright side, it feels like I’ve turned a corner of sorts, and things are slightly downhill as I actually start checking […]
Apr
11
Probably not a good sign that I’m aching and dragging after just two days of manual labor in the salt mines. It’s like going back to the gym after a long hiatus, right, as far as working through the aches and pains? It gets better, right?
One good thing about the Austin house being completely empty […]
Apr
10
Day One of “Vacation” in the Books
April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Not much to report from my first day of a weeklong “vacation” from the day job, as I pretty much spent a solid ten hours at the Austin house painting and knocking out assorted jobs. Signed a contract for the new countertops and paid them a deposit but they haven’t scheduled the installation yet, just […]
Apr
7
Texas Tax Deed Sales
April 7, 2007 | 3 Comments
Even when insanely busy, I’m pretty much always scheming. The scheming actually is probably directly proportional to general busyness, especially when doing lots of manual labor, as my mind inevitably begins to wander and ponder assorted things.
One area of real estate investment I’ve been looking into the last few months are tax deed sales. It […]
Apr
6
And Thus Begins the Epic Week of Work
April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Not a whole lot going on the last few days, but the next week or so is going to be pretty hectic, as I have all of next week off from the day job. Knock on wood, but I should be able to completely finish all of the work I want to do at the […]
Apr
3
Thanks, Yesterday, for Kicking My Ass
April 3, 2007 | 2 Comments
Dragging pretty mightily in general today, as yesterday was pretty crazy. Put in time at the day job, banged out some freelance work, and met a roofer for an estimate for the new roof at the Main St. house.
He was about an hour late showing up (surprise, surprise) but his quote of $2,000 was pretty […]