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My anniversary with LF too. One year today

Happy October everyone! 23 degrees at 6am and more importantly for us here - it's pfd day in Alaska! No we're not honoring personal flotation, it's the day every Alaskan (children incl) receives a check from the state's oil permanent fund dividend (pfd). This year it's a record so everyone gets a check for $2,070. I'll drink a coffee to that! Before any animosity develops over that, I'd like to remind you that it's 23 and will likely be that or lower in the mornings until late April and it's pretty expensive to live here too. :-) Still a fun day. Nice way to get the boys college funds fired up! Have a great Thursday!

Congrats to all! Big changes coming up....Garage Sale pending. Wife's grandmother has been moved to assisted living facility. Talked to her parents about helping out and they have insisted we move into her home and get it back in shape. Was built in the 30's and hasn't been properly maintained the past 15-20 years. It'll be a bit of a squeeze (it's a 4/1...about 1300sqft...we are currently in a 6/3.5 3600sqft in a "subdivision") but we'll make it work...and bring it back to life. It sits on 6.5acres so wife is happy she'll be able to have a big garden again as well as chickens and such. We're clearing it out this weekend and ripping all the carpet out...start restoring the original hard wood floors...then remodeling bathroom and kitchen....then total repaint. Hope to be in by Thanksgiving oh yeah.....rent free... So will be most likely getting rid of majority of my Reference Stuff in lieu of space.....once in the new space I'll revisit my Klipsch "wants" and be back in the market. Fairly large lifestyle change....and ready for it.....

Oh it's my anniversary today..... Me and the been married 21 years.....been together 24+ years....oh yea....and will spend the day together at the shop. MKP :-)

Hey, whatever happened to that looker next door? Funny, i cannot remember breakfast , but i recall Chuck last summer chatting about this......

Good news Dave! Jason.....I have heart pine as well. Sawed from old timbers. Finished them with satin polyurethane. Recoated once in the last 27 years. You are on a roll with help from the neighbors. How are all the innards....plumbing, electrical, foundation, roof, hvac?

Jason, with the changes you'll be going through, I'd suggest getting a portable building or renting storage space somewhere. You have no idea how much stuff you have till you try moving it. In addition, you can't renovate a room while you're using it or have things in there. It just doesn't work. Good luck in your endeavors.

That sounds exciting Jason. What wood on the floors? Funds permitting I would look into a painting crew for a couple of days and prior to the floor work. Around here painters are the most affordable subs. Good luck!

Yeah.....we rented a 15x40 unit that is literally 2 blocks from the new place.....and we are in our current place until Dec15th. Plan is to get the floors, bathroom and kitchen done before starting to move things into the new place.....painting can be done as we feel inclined, We have a TON of stuff...we never really condensed our stuff from two households to one when we got together...so we are fully aware of what we have...and what we need to get rid of....we are using this as our opportunity to do just that.....PURGE!!! Thanks for the well wishes...it'll be a whirlwind the next couple of months. Great thing is that the kids are actually really excited about it....

Happy anniversaries all around today!

Happy Anniversary to Chuck and to MKP!! Celebrate in style.

Congratulation MKP and wife

Morning all.... Not much going on.....no work on the book today....so I'll be playing with one of my Samurai's today. For the next few days it will rain rain and more rain. I had to break out the shop-vac yesterday. The shop takes on water when it rains hard...I'm sure I'll be shop-vacing water today.....yea it's a pain.... Getting ready to start 2nd cup, I should take it go....but I think I'll just enjoy it here at the house... Nice pic Chuck...... Wishing all a good day... MKP :-)

Hey, whatever happened to that looker next door?

Yeah you have it rough Steve. I've opened my house to all beautiful girls 18-25 years old if the storm gets too bad.

Well we got back last night, went well, lake house is 90% done. A little more trim and some light fixtures, the new furniture is there and looks good. I started on the log handrails. when we go back in a couple of weeks I will add some old barn wood to the side of the steps and up the connecting wall. Carl, the Cabo is very good, so good it was gone the first night. Well a lot has gone on here, anniversaries, new houses, a long term bathroom remodel and BSM getting his pic with another celebrity plus hurricanes and I know I am forgetting a lot. It's good to be back home and here.

Good to be from a small town......just got a call from the storage place (owned by a high school buddy) "Jason...just came in and saw that you guys rented and 15x45 for $200/mnth......I've got two 15x30's that are side by side that I could get you for about $175....I'll go ahead and write that up if you're ok with that...."

old heart pine floors.....funny you mentioned that....as my wife just called and said the same thing....just called a good friend of mine that owns a drywall/painting company and he's going to barter out some work for me... I've got an old Coke Machine and a kegerator that he's been eyeballing.....and was some of the things we were going to look to get rid of anyways..

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood .... early morning flashback. Hey, at least it wasn't "I love you, You love me, We're a great big happy family." My baby is now 30 and married. All the sudden I feel old.

Mark....she went off to school in another state. Rarely see her. Did see this one a while back.

You are a gentleman (pics or it didn't happen)

Good Morning Folks, Boys on the way to school, Early release and parent conferences....................Gotta go see what the monsters are up to when away Nothing else on the agenda today Happy Thursday

Afternoon Gang My one home Maint task is done for the day, Time to kill some Mo. wine. Lazy rest of the day, time to crank some tunes&Drink a little

I feel your pain Chuck and Dave...this morning i didn't have my shades and was driving directly into the sunlight. Brutal, I tell ya! They say that the sun is our friend; but, it's a ball of fire and will kill you if you get too close it, and it has been known to bring skin cancer along with it. I live in constant danger.

yes...these are the original floors that were built in 1931......not sure what kind of shape they are in until we get the carpet out.....but plan is to sand and then use satin poly as you did....as long as they are in decent shape. Majority of the Plumbing was redone about 10 years ago....as was the roof. HVAC is about 15 years old (Carrier 2ton unit) but was just serviced last year and given a clean bill of health. It's built on a cinder block crawl space foundation that's in good shape. Electrical needs some work. Will most likely install a new panel and update the outlets. The actual wiring was redone in the 90's and is in decent shape. Overall the house has solid "bones"......but bathroom needs to be gutted.....old cast iron tub leaks and has rotted the floor....so will be ripping everything out and replacing flooring (hope that the joists are OK). Kitchen...we will sand and repaint the original Oak cabinets and replace the countertops (may try my hand at concrete tops) as well as all the appliances. We have a gas GE Profile 5 burner dual oven stove that we will install that's been in storage for a few years....we are both excited to be going back to gas. Should be a fun process....and everyone is excited to help out with the projects. My current "lawn boy" (our 13yr old) is really excited about getting a riding mower (about 3 of the 6.5 acres are cleared and need mowing).

Welcome home Dtel, Happy anniversary to all, Jason the house sounds like fun Hope it all works out

Opus Alerts work!

I like watching the good looking PoA on the Weather Channel; especially when a Hurricane is comin'.

Where is Marshall with his maps and graphs? Don't need any part of it here with the saturated soil we already have. Batten down the hatches all you east coast guys.

To be honest, most home invasions in Canada are not like this particular one. http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/29/man-breaks-into-bc-home-feeds-cats-does-laundry-writes-in-diary

Nice score WEB. And a tip of the hat to OPUS Mark

The wife and i would have NO problem with that, however there would be a "Delivery" fee of $500, and a fuel surcharge of $1000 and of course trip Lodging/Pubs/Food/fireworks/winerys/Moonshine and a stop by Tims warehouse in St Louis =$1000, so let's just round up it up @$5K delivered......

Welcome back dtel! Mark,,,,$2K delivered?

deja vu

Party! Glad you liked it.

Morning Gang Well everything is "Wet" around these parts. Funny they are calling this second day of "Mist", Rain and 70. Friday the skeeters will be lovin the breeding @85. Im thinkin Cosco run, cookies/coffee/polish dog and lets just get that Duggans wile we are out. For those that may not know of the decision the wife and i made yesterday, the "Spare Pair" of Mcm 4ways, are up for sale @$2K and will be listed in Garage sale section as soon as i feel like it. Wife agrees with me as far as, if we have no where to run them, pass them on.

I miss Heather Tesch for the weather channel….she was a hotti, and a good weathergirl

I never understood how inclement weather makes people want to eat bread and drink milk either

If we have heavy wind trees will come down with the ground this wet A lot of clean up. May need a second chain for the saw

Many vintage receivers have passed thru my system, only three have remained in my possession thru out the years....HK 730, HK 630 and my trusty Marantz 2045 (champagne faceplate).

If my wife had gotten wind of him doing all those chores around here he would have been given a place at the supper table.

If I was free I wouldn't have bothered posting them. No free time until Saturday afternoon. I would think they would be long gone by then if not already gone but who knows. They would be fun for the bedroom. You can stack lots of clothes on top.

Kind of a "No Brainer" typical Norcal pricing, i have a hella time not jumping on these kind of things.

$350 for the pair, done!!! I'm in the club. Thanks for all of the info and advice.

Good morning all - (it still is over here anyway)! First snow on the ground. Sloppy drive to work probably 2-3 inches and still falling. I'm making it national coffee week! (And enjoying the view from the office window, now that I'm not driving in it anymore!) Have a great day!

I'll bet he can out swim you (and me too).

A category 2 heading this way. This after 7 days of rain. Will be pounding nails in Chuck's Ark today . All newbies will be emptying the shelves of milk and bread. Don't get that.....have a hurricane.....eat bread and drink milk I just made a large pot of chicken and vegetable soup and still have a half gallon of Evan Williams Small Batch Need to make sure Jake can swim Need to rent some movies from Red Box I'll just huddle up with LF

Elden...we are lost without you, and nobody behaved.

Stay safe brother.