They uncovered the house slab Friday and it had only one small crack. Steve hasn’t looked at it yet, but he already warned us that hairline cracks are almost possible to avoid and they’re no problem. He says if there’s no flaking (there isn’t) then things should probably fine. He’s planning to go up to look at it sometime this week.
I went up with Andy this afternoon and started marking off the thickness of the walls, where the various rooms are, etc. As you can see from the first picture, it was a glorious day. (A camera can’t capture the feeling of spaciousness, but it’s better than nothing.) We still have a lot more details to decide before the plans are complete, so we’ll be going back to Santa Fe this week to look at kitchen and bathroom sinks and fixtures, etc. We’re also doing a lot of research on the internet and have found the propane refrigerator we’ll probably get. It’s just one step after another, and doing our best to enjoy the process.
What about you? Have you had to deal with any big projects lately? If not, are you glad? If so, are you enjoying the process?
Most noticeable is that the person measuring should wear a hat. Sunburn not good.
🙁 No, I’m not enjoying trying on of crates of my clothes to see what fits & I want to keep. It was fun at first. 😀
The secret to happiness is when you look like this 🙁 instead of this :D, you do something else. Go back to the other job when you feel like this :D.
bikehikebabe,
Ordinarily I would agree with you, but even I wasn’t wearing a hat most of the time we were measuring. The sun was low in the sky (notice Andy’s shadow) and it was getting cold. I put my hood up to keep my ears warm. I’m glad we went so late though, that late afternoon light is special.
If it’s a big job that I don’t really want to do, I break it down into small steps and reward myself like mad every time I take one.
I agree with the idea of switching jobs. I have a possibility list and do whatever appeals to me most. If there’s a deadline for something, eventually the pressure will rise and I want to get the darned thing done and off my list! The relief is my reward. Not that I don’t celebrate too. 🙂
I’ve been pretty happy just dealing with the day to day.
Big project is to get through one more week, thank God, only one more before the 12 week house arrest and walking on one leg gets over. That is if the Xray which I intend taking on the 20th inst shows that I can be rehabilitated! In the meanwhile, it is just cooking up something interesting every now and then and getting through each day.
are any of you apartment dwellers?
my brother, who lost his wife in september, asked me what i thought about moving. he’s thinking of selling their home next year and moving. he will get another house, because he always has projects (he loves wood working) and would need a place to do that. so he will either build or buy a house.
i love my little cottage here, but i don’t think i’d buy another house. i’m thinking more like a two bedroom apt… with fireplace and washer and dryer. the cost (i’ve checked) is only a little bit over what my house payment is, plus i wouldn’t have the upkeep. but i haven’t lived in an apt in so long, i don’t know. just wondering your thoughts on it. a lot of upkeep with a house, i discovered this year! new roof, siding, etc. then there’s the lawn upkeep… whew.
Tammy, I live in what is called a villament. It is an apartment, we call them flats here, on the ground floor with its own little garden, five verandas, one each for the drawing room, kitchen and the three bedrooms. It affords the safety and convenience of an apartment while giving the advantages of a garden and enclosed parking place. I find even this too big and hope to eventually move into an assisted living studio apartment where maintenance and food is taken care of while giving enough independence to come and go as one wishes. Before I can do that, I need to carry out my current duties of care giving and till that lasts, I can only hope that I will be able to achieve that ambition.
Jean said above “…and I want to get the darned thing done and off my list!”
Tom’s motto seems to be ‘Do it & be done with it!’ His mother taught him that.
Evan,
That’s great!
Rummuser,
I’ve been thinking of you a lot and have been keeping my fingers crossed for you. Hope the news is good. It’s about time!
tammy,
Yes, we’ve lived in this apartment for over 34 years now. It’s not very fancy, but it sure is care free. No maintenance problems.
We don’t have a washer and dryer in the apartment, but we’re very close to the laundry room. It’s in a separate building, so we do have to go out in the snow and cold in winter.
my project is ongoing…and it’s going pretty well, but on a ‘step-by-step’ programme.
today, when I was out with a great friend, we got around to the question that has been bugging me for months. When other “kind” people inform me that living alone is bad; all kinds of things they believe will befall me if I continue on this path.
my friend also lives alone as well.
I felt though she has a better family network because her son and DIL live very close, whereas my family network is zilch.
She proposed though that I have a great supportive friend network, that if I needed help for whatever reason they were a phone call away. True.
But maybe I should consider moving in say 10yrs to a smaller property with less problems – like say a ground floor place. She added of course, I would need to downsize a lot more – which what my primary project is right now 🙂
– she already knows I’ve made a lot of headway and
when we got home, I had to go into the basement tandem garage and she could see how much headway had happened!!!
We’re all thinking about downsizing. I’m still at work downsizing my wardrobe. Simplify, simplify, simplify–Henry Thoreau.
bhb: one step at a time – last year, I had a go at my wardrobe and made a lot of progress, but some things didn’t get ‘gone’ but may go that way this year!
tammy,
I just did the calculation. We’ve lived here over 37 years now. The question, of course, is “Where did the time go?”
Cathy and bikehikebabe,
I agree that when we get to a certain age we start thinking of downsizing. You’re wise to give yourself plenty of time to do it, Cathy.
Some people say they envy us about the fire. It did a lot of the downsizing/uncluttering for us. 🙂