My Feet Are Tired!

[Trek420]

May I whine a bit in this thread? Please?

..... And it looks gorgeous. Smooth plaster walls in a 95 year old house are amazing!

Please whine!

That's what remodeling is all about

Aren't old houses the greatest? I'm bored with brand new houses, gimme a house with some history. 'cept it is a lot more work.

Good for you helping out your aunt Brphffpt to the other family members.

Maillopoits, yes, Mae's a cutey, she's smart and a very good dog.

She's a rescue and she does have some issues especially with other dogs. Friday my carpenter brought someone in half a day to help her with the floor. I was at work.

I told her that my neighbor would come over and get Mae for the day because I thought the excitement of 2 new people and construction and one of 'em a guy (she does not do as well with guys) would be too much.

So I call on my break. I hear a very happy woof in the background. H. tells me Mae and her helper are best friends. She walked over, gave him a lick and is sitting in his lap while he works. Of course he'd been making her do tricks and rewarding her with Trader Joes Peanut Butter filled pretzels first.

My turn to whine. I bought this place after a break up and even worse that was the year my Dad died. I suppose if I had concentrated on nesting and turned this joint which I bought waaaaaaaaaaaaay below market I'd be sitting pretty financialy. I would have turned it at the top of the market.

Instead of turning the house I turned to cycling and did back to back to back to .... CA Lifecycle rides.

But I have no regrets.

I met people, saw sights and parts of CA, had experiences that will last a lifetime. I got to spend a week with my neice on her first ALC. And we did a lot of good. And even given recent injury I'm now in better shape than I've been in years. Plus I met Knott whom I probably would not have met if I'd been walking the aisles of HomeDepot instead of riding and reading about riding.

Recently my 85 year old Mom said that the week she, Duck on Wheels and Mr. Duck on Wheels spent going down the coast following ALC, seeing UK Eliphant on the ride, meeting up with us in camp and the closing ceremony was one of the best experiences she's had in years.

So I'm remodeling now, when nobody's buying. No regrets.

Well, back upstairs I just tore out the carpet strips in another room and have to clean up.