May
31
REI Golden Nugget of Wisdom for the Day
May 31, 2007 | 3 Comments
Mowing three yards sucks.
May
26
All Quiet on the House Flipping Front
May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Not a heck of a lot going on here in the last week or so, as far as working on houses. Everything is wrapped up with the Austin house and it’s pretty much in our realtor’s hands now, with the house going on the market officially a few days ago. She bumped up the listing […]
May
22
So I strapped on the pith helmet Sunday, work boots, and unlimbered the elephant gun (err, weed eater), and braved the jungle that the backyard at the Main St. house had turned into. I’d been merrily avoiding any and all yardwork there but it was reaching the point that I had to do something or […]
May
20
Work Work Work (and More Work)
May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Reaching that blurry stage after pretty much non-stop action for the last few weeks where I’m not sure what day it is, what month it is, or what…well, I do know what year it is.
Hauling off the last of the stuff from the Austin house today, which is done and good to go. Feels nice […]
May
12
Finish Line is Inching Closer and Closer
May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Took it realtively easy this week on the house fixin’ front, but that’s become an, err, relative term. I got all the ceilings painted at the Main St. house, all the plaster repaired and sanded and ready to paint, and baseboards and moldings caulked where they needed it. Tub surround is also now ready for […]
May
8
One Down. One to Go
May 8, 2007 | 5 Comments
I’ve still got lots of little things and touch-ups to finish up, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and call the work at the Austin house done. Praise be to Jebus. On Sunday I grouted the patio stone I added to the front walkway, which was the last of the fairly […]
May
4
Plans, Plans, and More Plans
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Trying to take it a bit slower this morning and somewhat enjoy my last day of “vacation” from the day job, so I thought I’d catch up on assorted blogs and plans and schemings and what-not.
1) The property I was interested in listed in the tax deed sale for May turned out to be a […]
May
3
When Houses Attack
May 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Still working at the Austin house. Gah.
Part of it isn’t quite my fault, as my wife was sick this week and I had to spend Monday and Tuesday taking care of her. But aside from that, true to form, things continue to be much more difficult than they should be of late, as far as […]