Random Update 3/1/09

March 2, 2009 – 9:36 am

The last few weeks we’ve been painting up at Dad’s. Wilma, Curtis, Brian, Joe, Kate, and I have painted the entire downstairs and Stacy’s room (one coat so far).

During two weekends in January, Curtis has painted the spare bedroom and the train room.

We’ve also been taping up a bunch of stuff getting ready to paint. The downstairs is all done with the exception of the closet in the bedroom, the half bath, and the coat closet.

Spackling and patching:

Date Started: October 4, 2008
Estimated Time: 2 months
Actual Time: 4 weeks off and on
Players Involved: Uncle George, Janny, Brian, Stacy, Mom
Status Of This Project: Done

Painting:

Date Started: January 17, 2008
Estimated Time: 2 months
Actual Time: TBD
Players Involved: Curtis, Brian, Wilma, Janny, Joe, Kate
Status Of This Project: In Progress (touch ups, closets, bathrooms, Dad’s room, another coat of Stacy’s room)

The next few weekends we should be up there continuing to paint. We’re actually almost done. Another two days, maybe and we’ll be done. Just waiting for the weather to turn to get started on the garage.

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Random Update 1/6/09

January 6, 2009 – 12:02 pm

I realize I haven’t updated this in a while. Sorry about that. Life’s been pretty crazy. We haven’t been working up there in a few weekends because of the holidays and my sister being unavailable. We should start back working there probably after the playoffs.

Bri and I are also looking for a house on the weekends. I have to get my life in order again before I can start back on Dad’s.

As far as my Dad’s house goes, we completed taking down all the cameras. Uncle George disposed of all the coke bottles that were around also. He also finished patching up Dad’s ceiling. Another raccoon is also back in the garage. We have the trap baited again. Also, we finished patching the walls. Maybe needs another coat or two of spackle.

For Marie, we decided not to go any further in fixing it until we can get an exterminator out there. That chore (hopefully) will be happening soon. We did clean out the shed for my Mom’s stuff. We also made a list of things the house needs.

One side note before I start the list of things we completed, Stacy, a bunch of friends, Brian, and I shot off fireworks after New Years at my Dad’s. I think he would have been happy. It was a lot of fun!

Taking down the cameras:

Date Started: July 20, 2008
Estimated Time: 3 days
Actual Time: around 5 days total
Players Involved: Me, Brian, Seth
Status Of This Project: Completed (spackled over holes too)

Disposing of the Coke bottles:

Date Started: December 10, 2008
Estimated Time: 2 weeks
Actual Time: 4 weeks
Players Involved: Uncle George
Status Of This Project: Completed (they are recycled!)

Spackling and patching:

Date Started: October 4, 2008
Estimated Time: 2 months
Actual Time: TBD
Players Involved: Uncle George, Janny, Brian, Stacy, Mom
Status Of This Project: In Progress (need another coat at some places, other than that, all ready to paint)

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Weekend Of 12/6/08 Update

December 13, 2008 – 1:03 am

We didn’t get much done because I finally was able to sell the exercise equipment on Craigslist! Excited about that. We also were able to sell the spare truck bed my Dad had and the lamp posts we removed.

While we were waiting for the dude to get the exercise equipment, we decided to fill in the holes of the lamp posts.

Progress on exercise equipment:

Date Started: August 17, 2008
Estimated Time: 1 month
Actual Time: 5-8 weeks
Players Involved: me, Stacy
Status Of This Project: Completed

The lamp posts are 100% done now:

Date Started: Nov 29 2008
Estimated Time: 4 days
Actual Time: 4 days
Players Involved: Brian, Uncle George, Me
Status Of This Project: Completed (holes are filled in too)

Quicky on the lamp posts. They were built to last. See how far down the cement was? We had to take the tractor to drag them out.

We need to work on Marie next week. Uncle George has been putting in the extra time during the week to getting the floor worked on. The downstairs needed some hard work with the floors and new vanity. The upstairs needs less. We are going to start on the upstairs next weekend.

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Weekend Of 11/29/08 Update

December 2, 2008 – 12:00 pm

We got to Dad’s around 10 AM. Stacy was in New York this weekend so it was just Brian, Uncle George, and me.

We decided the best thing to do would be to let him go. We originally decided to let him go at Sandy Point but saw some nice woods by some water on the way. He is so cute!

Progress on racoon:

Date Started: Aug 2008
Estimated Time: 4-10 months
Actual Time: 4 months
Players Involved: Brian, Uncle George, Robbie
Status Of This Project: Completed (hopefully another racoon won’t get in the garage)

After we got back we decided to take down the lamp posts leading up to the house. Uncle George has a friend who wants to buy them so we had to be careful taking them down. The original plan was, of course, taking them down by force. Uncle George and Brian decided to use heat to melt the medal and take them down carefully.

The realtor we’re working with called around 1 after we got finished taking all the lamp posts down. We had to leave to check out some houses.

We decided to actually come down that Sunday to help with the pool room. Uncle George wanted to clean out the pool room and move the stuff so it would be easier to take to the dump. We also destroyed some tables and stuff for fire wood.

*pic before*

After we rearranged stuff in the pool room, we decided to tackle the remaining stuff in the basement. There was a big pile of stuff we had collected that goes with the house. Some of it wasn’t useable to we decided to ditch it. We also went through the big pile/room of car parts Dad had.

We got it to a decent pile size now. The rest is junk. We were very happy because we found some 1970 Barracuda parts like a dash board! We also have a lot of spare parts for my 1969 Camero Pace Car! There was also some parts for Stacy’s Corvette.

Next week, I believe, we’re going to be finishing up Marie. We’re going to install the new vanity for the basement apartment bathroom and do her kitchen floor. After that, we’ll tackle upstairs.

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Weekend Of 11/22/08 Update

November 26, 2008 – 10:57 am

Early Saturday morning someone set fire to my blue Toyota Prius. Needless to say, we didn’t get much done as far as Dad’s goes.

Uncle George and a friend got the shed moved back in the back yard over Marie Ave. That’s it.

Progress on shed:

Date Started: Aug 9, 2008
Estimated Time: 2 days
Actual Time: 3 months
Players Involved: Brian, Uncle George, Curtis, Wild Bill
Status Of This Project: Completed (just need to nail in a piece of ply wood but it’s done & gone)

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