Month: July 2006

The Joys & Struggles of Home Ownership

In almost a month of being a homeowner, my wife and I have done the following.

Replaced:  Refridgerator, Range Hood, Garbage Disposal, 3 Light Fixtures and 3 Sink Traps.

I have had to repair many other things.  And while I actually enjoy doing these sorts of things, it has really cut into time allowed for my business, and my freedom it seems.

The sad part is that we haven’t even started on the things we really wanted to change yet.¬† Don’t get me wrong, the house is very livable.¬† It just doesn’t have the “look” we want yet.

For instance, this weekend, I wanted to demo our garage and put up new coverings for the ceiling and 1 wall.¬† Well I can’t because the utility room is a disaster area.¬† I spent all night last night repairing the toilet flange.¬† Now the valve running to the toilet is leaking.¬† So when I leave work guess what I’ll be doing?

I guess it’s a good thing that I have a background in home repair, right?¬† We could be blowing thousands of dollars by calling contractors out to do a lot of this stuff.

It seems so weird, but I almost feel as if I’m living ROX 91 & 92.¬† If I only used my camcorders to actually tape stuff.

I’ve made my spheil, so until next time.

Pool No More


Deck with Pool

Originally uploaded by LML Video Services.

After a lot of thought, we have decided to get rid of the pool, as you can see part of in this picture. We have so much to do in the house that we don’t want to worry about taking care of it as well. I placed an “absolutely free” ad in the HT yesterday, by 4pm we had at least 40 calls.

As I write this a nice family from a few miles away are removing the deck and will then remove the pool.

Big Business, For Me Anyway

I have let a few things pile up due to the move.¬† I have an order to convert 8mm and Super8 films to DVD (about 15 reels in all).¬† Plus as soon as I came into work this morning my “first” customer handed me a box full of tapes he wants converted (19 to be exact).¬† I think once this simmers down, I’ll have some free time for ROX.

I hope to start working on them tonight.

The house has given me much more space than I thought of, and hopefully I can start multitasking at some of these things to be more productive.

Until next time,  be good (eg) like me!

The Move is Complete, The Work Begins…

We have successfully moved into our first home!  We only had one fatality of the move, one of our dinette set chairs fell off of my truck and broke the seat top.  That is one of my many projects around the house. 

Moving was miserable!¬† It was a scorcher over the weekend, and the A/C in the house wasn’t working properly.¬† We have done what we could thus far.¬† TEVAC came by today and did some work on our systems, and it appears to be working properly now.¬† Hopefully that means we can get to business soon.¬† Cable is coming today, as well as the roofer, a guy recommended by family.

Going back to dial-up is okay for the moment, seeing how I have so much to do, but I can’t wait to hook up that DSL.

We are very close to the airport now, so close that the planes come over our house on their landing path.  I think that will soon become a hobby, photographing different airplanes.

Until next time, have fun everyone!