Nov.1,2009
I actually took a whole day off and did nothing around the home front except relax, go on the computer, and watch TV all day.  I really do need a couple days off from the physical work to heal my hands more than anything.  Right now I am looking at breaking up some old cement footings from the old shed.  I have been cleaning up the area that the shed used to be in which involved pulling lots of border weeds, grass, and other miscell. stuff.  I also moved all the 4x6 and 4x4's I had staged in back of the old shed to another location in preparation for working on the back fence.  Tuesday the plumber and counter top people will be back to relocate the faucet to center position of the two sinks. Presently it is located in the overall center of the sink and it doesn't reach the right hand sink like it should.  Minor fubar, easy fix, so not an issue. 
 

Nov.4,2009
Contractor work is now completed in the kitchen and it looks and functions great.  Now onto the next and final part of the kitchen which will involve a little bit of electrical work, baseboards, and finishing up the cabinet staining.

Wife came into the room and congratulated me on our 1st year anniversary.  I did not realize it but it has now been a solid year since we retired.  It does feel great having that first year behind us especially with the thoughts of having many more years ahead to pursue our goals & dreams, which by the way will never stop.  

Did we get what we wanted to get done in the first year.  I have to say no, but I say that with very little disappointment.  I would like to have taken a bit more time for traveling.  I also gained another year on my age which is easier to deal with being retired.  Actually it just means I am a couple years away from a couple other benefits which are still yet to come my way from all the years working. 

We are actually ahead of where I thought we would be on the home remodel to date.  We will be working on it in between travels.  Not a lot to do, it is just staying in one place long enough to get it done. 
 

Nov.8,2009
I snuck by another birthday and the funny bone is still active.  I contacted the group that ok's you to dig without the worry of hitting any utility lines underground.  That is a big issue around here.  It was funny talking to the gal that answered the phone and having to answer all the questions that they have to ask you.  You would think I was a major contractor with an enormous job to do.  Now mind you all I want to do is replace all my existing fence posts which are in reality proven previous digs.  But, you still have to go through the process so, I was patient and answered all the questions.  The one that really struck my funny bone was this question, are you going to hand excavate or will you be using a vacuum?  I told her that the wife would not let me use her vacuum so I would do it by hand.  All my power, phone, and cable lines are overhead yet they sent a guy out to tell me that.  Sooooo, I politely thanked him after he filled out his report.  More to come I'm sure.  Oh ya, I almost forgot.  I had to put a stake beside each fence post to show where I am going to dig and mark each stake.  LOL and still LOL.
 

Nov.15,2009
Three hundred MPH wind fence?  Maybe just a little over engineered?  I have been very busy this past week with completing 90% of my back fence repairs by installing nine (9)  2-3/8"X 8ft. galvanized posts.  Actually all the poles are in and they are cemented in place now.  Wow! what a job that was.  I had to dig down two feet and encountered many different size rocks and tree roots.  The hardest part was breaking up the cement in front of the existing posts so I could install the pipe.  How difficult was this?   I only managed to install only 3 poles each day using a large maul, large chisel, post hole digger, hand trowel, and a crow bar.  That along with pouring two 80lb bags of cement in each hole fairly well sums up this job.  My hands are protesting, so I will give them that needed break this week.   I just have to install some lag bolts in the new brackets and new screws in each of the existing fence boards.  It was fascinating (comical & sad) to see how many braces were installed on this property, and to see all the braces in the adjoining neighbors yards that they had put up over the years.  A couple of nice parts to this whole job was I got to meet some nice neighbors, they both paid their share of the cost of the materials, and the fence looks great level and straight.
  

Nov.20,2009
Nothing new to ad except I did finish the back fence and started cleaning up the mess.  My side yard out near the garbage cans is starting to look like the house next door that you hate to live next to.  All the bags of crap and pieces of broken cement looks like hell even though I have them in buckets and stacked in uniform order.  I am slowly filling my trash cans each week but it is going to take about three more good pickups to get rid of it all.  For what we pay for garbage pick up I am not going to pay for an extra dump run.  What else have I got to do with my time.  Neighbors can look at it for another couple weeks. LOL 

I would also like to report that my hands are back to normal and feel great.  Wounds from hitting my hands with the hammer and crow bar are also healing well.  Fortunately I did not hit my head, no spiders fell down my shirt from trees above and I did not get attacked by killer worms.

As you can see my mental state is slowly being affected with all this physical work so to stay busy and mentally active for the past few days I have been building another web site.  If you don't think that won't task your brain cells again, than nothing will.  Since we have bought and sold numerous homes over the years I figured, why not share some of our knowledge with others that are trying to sell  or buy a home.  I will have a section that you can post your home for sale in.  One of the emphasis on that will be, lets help and supplement the realtor with selling our home.  It could also be a place where others could share some experience and knowledge with us all.  Sound interesting yet?
 

Nov. 29, 1969 - 2009
Now that was a good year(s).  We just celebrated our 40th Anniversary.  We spent the day together and took a nice drive through the mountains up to Lake Tahoe.  Did a little gambling at state line Nevada, ate lunch and enjoyed sightseeing in the area with all the snow that recently fell.  We made it back home later that day and went out and had a celebratory dinner at the Cattleman steak house. 

Nov. 30, 2009
I went for a bike ride today and did a little xmas shopping.  Nothing else to really to chat about today so I believe I will let this month roll on by and log back in, in December. 

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