Muchacho Polaco

Sunsets are always so nice in the backyard because it faces west. That giant saguaro there also adds to the view.

Yun woke this morning and put on her sandals. She felt something, shook it out, then put her sandals on. By no small miracle, she stepped on it (though never realizing it at the time) and killed it. This is the 2nd scorpion in our room. If she hadn’t inadvertently stepped on it, we would have never known. Which leads me to believe we probably have a lot more in the house. I need to fumigate the house this weekend.

 

Since we re-textured all walls and ceilings in the living and dining area, it made sense to take the opportunity to run a new fixture into the living room. Our 70s home has very few fixtures in the ceiling – so I suspect that wasn’t part of the original design. I didn’t have to wire the switch (which would have been a job) because it has a remote and can also be controlled by our phones. We have the plan to move the fan from our master into the guest room and then install a new fan in our master later today. I have big plans for the day, but everything always takes longer than what is planned. This is the hot water closet next to the front door (in the hallway). It has a junction box for what looks like a voltage reducer for the low voltage landscape lights out front and a timer on top of that. Since our switches are all connected to WiFi, there’s no need to use that anymore. I can program the lights from the switch.

We took the dogs to the park yesterday. Scout is mostly deaf and going blind, but still seems to enjoy life. We try not to take him off his leash because he has a hard time finding us even when we are short distance away.

We celebrated 16 years today. Those have been the best years. We went out to Sullivans for some great steaks.

Traditions continue. The load bearing wall in the background was removed and that beam in the ceiling took its place.

What a project. We are mostly done now with this side of the house. We finished the kitchen first and then moved on to living and dining. A few small items remain and then we can work out way to the hallway and bedrooms.

We love the new neighborhood and so do the dogs.

We had a company come out yesterday to do a survey of our property’s boundary. As it turns our, much of our neighbor’s landscaping is actually our property. Also, much of their driveway is also on my land.

It was brought to my attention today that the contractor I was paying more than 3 times what I am paying the current contractor, made a number of dumb mistakes. I am sure he would have remedied those things, but it would have been at my expense.

That’s annoying but I am glad I discovered it sooner than later. Very happy with our current guy and hes doing a great job.

I hope to have him for at least 3 more days next week. I have many months more of work for him but that will also depend upon his availability.

He made good progress in the kitchen today. It’s nice to see coming a long.