Rock and Roller

Concrete and paint. Last week I finally got that stinking hole filled in the garage floor that has been taunting me for a year. Sometimes it's amazing how much it can take before I can take care of the thing that annoyed me from the first. To fill this hole in the garage? I had to pour a footer, build a wall, wire, insulate, drywall, tape, texture, paint, move the electrical/phone/cableTV and gas, and totally replace a sewer line. All that to reclaim a 4 X 9 foot section of the garage where I will now put a heating system. Goodness gracious but I find following what other people did to a good house annoying at times. These people built this garage onto the back of the house on PURPOSE. Why the hell did they not fix the sewer and move the gas and electric when they did it? It would have never been easier to do than it was then. AND they would have avoided a number of annoying problems from the git go. It's like this bathroom they built. It's totally in the way, It interrupts a logical intelligent flow through the house and they did it badly to boot. At this point the bathroom is my next task. I'm moving it to a different corner of the house, where it will fit, take up less space and function so much better over all. It's going to take a LOT of work. But this beautiful 100 year old house DESERVES to be treated with respect.

So this Saturday I find myself sitting happily in my chair. The painting is all done. The concrete is all poured. Almost all the electrical is done in the garage. Tomorrow Poly and I go to Pueblo to get ceiling (paddle) fans, some breakers, a few outside lights, and a cover plate or two for some 240 outlets. (There is no such thing as 220, unless you live in Europe or your voltage is totally screwed up in which case you need to call your power company). We'll also check on stairway spindles for the staircase in the living room which we'll need when we get into the main house.

This project is taking a lot longer than I want it to. But since I reckon I need my job to afford the fix up........ it'll just take a while! :)