My stemwalls were completed this week They look pretty good. Anthony should be back next week to add fill and pour the slab, and then the barn will be ready for framing! I’m excited! There will need to be … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
I’ve been equipping my various living quarters with energy-saving lighting since about 1997. It actually didn’t start for purposes of saving electricity, it started because the house in Chico ran hot at about 130 volts most of the time, and … Continue reading
Anthony called me this evening, he’s all set to pour the stemwalls tomorrow. I imagine that he will place and compact the fill next week and then pour the slab roughly midweek. He recommended adding felt on 2 sides of … Continue reading
Well, it looks like I’m buying this place in Boulder Creek. It needs some work but I talked the sellers down to $385,000 for it. There are no catastrophes, it just needs fixing and painting. Here’s the MLS link: http://www.mlslistings.com/PropertyDetails.aspx?id=9561637 … Continue reading
The bizarre culinary oddity you see above is a Monte Cristo burger. I saw this at the company café and I had to try it. It’s unusual. It’s consists of a beef patty cooked in the usual fashion, along … Continue reading
I saw this cute little 2/1 on my lunch break today. I really like it! I’m not sure whether I can be competitive on this one. The ask is $425,000, which is slightly over my loan limit. I can make … Continue reading
Things are moving right along with my foundation! Anthony is awesome, and almost has the forms done for my stemwalls. He called me today to get clarification on a few items which weren’t very clearly labelled on the plans. No … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about what service entrance device I’m going to choose for the barn project, and I think I’m going to go with this one: I considered a 3-phase commercial grade service, which would be really awesome, but it’s … Continue reading
Delicious Chilli Verde from the company café today! And as usual, the portion size from the taqueria is sufficient to feed a horse. Wow, I had no idea how blurry this photo was when I posted it from my … Continue reading
Looks like Anthony has wasted no time in getting started removing my tree stumps. There should be some concrete by next weekend! I didn’t really do anything at the site this weekend, but I had to go up there … Continue reading