Well — poker was fun, but not profitable. But Neil was as delicious as always — with his blond hair growing out, and his piercing blue eyes… ah, those straight boys — I’m a sucker for them always.
This mornings schedule (revised). Meet up with Ross, look at his house (remodel project), look at Cathy’s house, then head north to look at my house and the remodelling work done there. Then he’ll stay for dinner with Chris and Michael.
Gotta go — he’s due any minute.
First stop — Ross’ gutted rental house. Tossed out a couple of ideas — widen door from dining room into kitchen, swap out the fridge for a tall and skinny one, put a washer/dryer in the upstairs new bath, and add a wall heater for supplemental heat in the attic. Keep a large washer/dryer for all the other stuff in the house, but a small stack-able one in the upper master bedroom.
Second stop — Cathy’s house to see the work in progress, even though we couldn’t get in. Wow! Massive water and poop work to get the house up to spec. She was right about needed to spend 30K almost instantly. Massive new septic system, remove the old well — but finally drove down to see the far end of of her 1.3 acre property. BIG! I’m imagining a 3′ tall green chain link fence keeping the neighbor kids out — but that’s me. It’s long and skinny — probably 50′ wide — but very deep, unfortunately bordering a road on two sides.
Third stop — Red Robin where Ross took me to lunch. Pulled pork (no bun), garlic fries, couple of glasses of pinot grigio.
Then onto the freeway — Ross coming north to see my remodel for more ideas. Actually managed to not lose each other for the hour plus drive. What amazed me was that there were no backups from the construction on I-5 – at least to where we got off just north of the airport.
Dinner tonight for four at 7pm. Swanda, Michael, Ross, and me…. surf and turf. Steaks and salmon, salad and bread, and oh, that red stuff as well.
Markie! How nice that you actually drove by! Yes, massive septic work, completed now except for inspection and final covering up.
The parcel is 1.64 acres, 90′ wide. I may be with you on the 3′ green fence, as I saw today that somebody STOLE the fallen tree back there that I wanted to have milled for lumber. Somebody knows somebody with equipment… At least my instincts that it was usable were correct.
Once the floors are in, I expect to be moving and then putting the other place on the market. Know somebody who wants a cute fixer in a great eastside neigborhood location?