Feb
26
The Ever-Expanding Nature of “I’ll Be Done in a Few Weeks”
February 26, 2008 | 4 Comments
Still not done with House #2. Although the end is definitely drawing near, and the biggest hold-up at this stage is getting the electrician back in to finish running the electrical for the new bathroom.
I hit it pretty hard the last five days or so, managing to get all the exterior painting done, all the […]
Feb
19
Poor, Poor Neglected Real Estate Blog
February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments
I know. Indeed. If this space were a house it’d have knee-high grass in the front yard, newspapers and collection letters for the last 19 occupants piled up on the porch, and tumbleweeds blowing past it down the street.
I’m still alive, still plugging away, and all that good stuff. House #2 has pretty much sucked up my […]
Feb
3
Almost…To….The…Finish…Line
February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
Things have been pretty crazy of late and it likely won’t let up anytime in the next few weeks. House #2 is getting there, although the last week felt like it was very much of the “One step forward, two steps back” variety.
I should have known that the eternal thorn in my paw — plumbing […]
Jan
27
Zoom Zoom Zoom
January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m definitely not going to be done with House #2 by January 31st, but things are definitely zooming over there now. The plumbers finished up all the venting, supply lines, and drain work for the laundry room addition, and the electrician gave me the thumbs up on everything I roughed in over there, so once […]
Jan
21
“Can We Perhaps Add a Couple of Days onto January?”
January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments
Sprinting towards the finish line on House #2 as far as trying to wrap it up by the end of the month, but it’s probably 50/50 as far as whether I’ll make it. Well, more likely 25/75. Oh, who the hell am I kidding. 10/90? 5/95?
There’s still a lot of painting ahead of me, which […]
Jan
15
Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Rolling That Old Rock Up The Dang Ol’ Hill
January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
Radio silence usually isn’t the best of signs in bloglandia, and my recent lack of posts is no exception. Nothing too terrible, though, and I’ve mainly just been insanely busy the last four or five days.
It’s looking like the deal to sell House #1 is pretty much dead in the water. Despite being “pre-approved” and […]
Jan
4
Hacking Up a Lung (or Two) and Shivering
January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
Not much progress on the REI front in the fledgling new year so far. I’ve actually been pretty sick since around the 1st, which is a rarity for me, as I tend to only get a cold/flu every 5 years or so. I drug myself over to House #2 on the 31st/1st and got some […]
Dec
27
Buh-Bye 2007
December 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
Finally back home for a bit after visiting family in Tennessee for Christmas, but we’re back on the road on Friday to visit more family in the Dallas area, so it feels more like a pit stop. I’m definitely looking forward to getting back home on Sunday, with absolutely no traveling or trips planned until […]
Dec
11
Words I Never Thought I’d Be Saying
December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments
Wonder of all wonders, plumbing work should be starting on House #2 today. Hallelujah. And the heavens open up and sunbeams come shooting through.
This is just the first stage (capping off unnecessary gas lines under the house, pulling all the gas lines in rooms, the floor furnace, and the wall heater in the bathroom, as […]
Dec
7
I Can’t Knock on the Wood Any Louder
December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Kind of a schizo day today, as far as much progress on House #2 and reverse progress on House #2. Well, not really regression, but lack of advancement.
We ran into issues today with the appraisal for House #1. Of all the potential roadblocks, this one never entered my mind, as it should easily appraise for […]
