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On the Road Again
Well, the time has finally come to head up to Portland. Tomorrow, me and obscene amount of computer equipment head out in the Mini Cooper. I plan to spread the 1,400 mile drive across three days so it shouldn’t be too bad. Especially since my iPhone is loaded up with audiobooks I haven’t had time to get to.
The current plan is to be up in Portland until the end of April working on the kitchen, repairing/installing drywall, and painting. I’ll return to Albuquerque the beginning of May to visit with Charlie and bring Rumi back up with me.
Unfortunately, my cat finds painting walls fascinating and he likes to help. So he gets to stay safely tucked in New Mexico until the painting is done and I also have sonic fences installed over both doors to the outside.
I’ve both excited to finally be able to live in my tiny place full time and a little bit nervous.
There’s been a lot of renovations done to my place already. However, until now I simply threw money at the problem and had other people do the work. Now that balance is shifting more toward do-it-yourself. And with Charlie’s work schedule this summer I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to enlist his help.
Expect a lot of entries this summer on things like stripping wallpaper, laying wood floors, and trying to figure out how to install a new shower. I’m just crossing my fingers and praying that I have my mother and brother’s aptitude for power tools.
Well, the time has finally come to head up to Portland. Tomorrow, me and obscene amount of computer equipment head out in the Mini Cooper. I plan to spread the 1,400 mile drive across three days so it shouldn’t be too bad. Especially since my iPhone is loaded up with audiobooks I haven’t had time to get to.
The current plan is to be up in Portland until the end of April working on the kitchen, repairing/installing drywall, and painting. I’ll return to Albuquerque the beginning of May to visit with Charlie and bring Rumi back up with me.
Unfortunately, my cat finds painting walls fascinating and he likes to help. So he gets to stay safely tucked in New Mexico until the painting is done and I also have sonic fences installed over both doors to the outside.
I’ve both excited to finally be able to live in my tiny place full time and a little bit nervous.
There’s been a lot of renovations done to my place already. However, until now I simply threw money at the problem and had other people do the work. Now that balance is shifting more toward do-it-yourself. And with Charlie’s work schedule this summer I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to enlist his help.
Expect a lot of entries this summer on things like stripping wallpaper, laying wood floors, and trying to figure out how to install a new shower. I’m just crossing my fingers and praying that I have my mother and brother’s aptitude for power tools.
Enjoy the trip! You’ll do fine. If you need help, just read back to earlier posts to see how they upgraded things like the boat garage or the floats, and it’ll make painting seem like no big deal.
Don’t forget to breathe…
Have fun on the road! You will do great fixing up the house. It’s too bad you can’t bring the kitten with you. But I’m sure you don’t want paw prints on your walls.
Yeah, it’s the longest I will have been away from him. I’m going to be in serious withdrawal by the time I can bring him up in May.