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I'm on vacation. My husband, with my assistant's help, is keeping everything together. I'm on an Alaskan cruise. The weather is terrible, which is fine with me. There's a storm raging outside of my cabin and this big ship is rocking and rolling with 4 to 6-foot swells. I'm sleeping a bunch and eating what the cruise line is serving. I don't have to cook, make decisions, or answer my phone for a few days.<br />
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While I'm gone:<br />
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1. I have a bathroom floor being replaced in a rental that the tenant moved out of this last week. As soon as it's ready, I'll have it rented. I have a waiting list.<br />
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2. At our off-site rehab project I have a concrete pad being poured for a double carport, a porch, and a back stoop for a back door. I hired a man we know and his 2 brothers to do that work. When the concrete is cured, we can start on the roof work on the house and the carport roof.<br />
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3. Same project -- we have a toilet set up and working with the septic tank. Right now it's taking a bucket of water to flush. BUT, my guy who is staying on-site and my workers have a working toilet!<br />
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The water line trench is dug from the well to the basement. The pitless seal in the well is just about finished. (We finally found all the parts we needed before I left.) The pitless seal and the water line to the house must be connected. Then we can install the pressure tank in the basement and hook the well up to the water plumbing in the house. I hope I have good news on all of that by the time I get home. <br />
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Then we can finish up the natural gas lines to have heat and hot water this winter for finishing the interior. <br />
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Last week we got the new gravel driveway built from the street up to the carport pad area. That had to be done to pour the concrete slab this week. That took 4 huge truckloads of pit run gravel on top of Tipar, a fabric material that goes under the gravel. I wrote the check for the gravel on my way out the door for this trip.<br />
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4. At our on-site rehab project, the water lines and sewer lines under the mobile home are finished. The natural gas lines are just about ready to hook up. Then we can put the tie-downs in place. We're in a high-wind area just off of the Pacific Ocean, so public housing requires tie-downs with anchors in the ground. I'm hoping to have water and gas on soon, so we can button up the skirting around the bottom of the unit. <br />
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We still need to build a handicapped ramp, an Arctic entry (front porch), and a shed roof with a carport over the whole thing. That's more outside work. My husband has been working on our sawmill to get the wood ready for that roof.<br />
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The inside is just about painted and ready for the floor coverings. We completely stripped the inside and built a new kitchen, two bathrooms, and all of the insides. That includes the plumbing, wiring, insulation, subflooring, windows, and walls. It will be a really nice handicapped-accessible rental when it is finished. I will be able to rent it in a heartbeat.<br />
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Our summer is just about over and the storms are starting to come in. The leaves will be starting to turn soon. I should be able to rent that unit by winter. <br />
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5. I had to tell a guy to move out with his wife and baby this last week. He's misbehaving. But, one of my other couples with their young daughter wants to move into that one since It qualifies for public housing and they got their voucher. I already have a couple for the unit they are currently renting. The guy who must move could be a problem. We'll see. One day at a time.<br />
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And I'm supposed to be retired...
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</blockquote>Enjoy the rock-n-roll, and that well earned break!</div>
