Sunday, January 07, 2007
Friday, November 17, 2006
Getting My Basement Framed Finally!
I have lived in my current house for over 11 years. For at least the last 2 and a half years I have been trying to get my basement finished. I have had so many estimates to finish it, but of course everyone was charging the same rate, which was at least 3 times the amount I was told that the basement should actually cost me.
I am finally realizing that the ones that tell me what it should cost always seems to be guys. Not trying to be what just came to your mind and mine, but either those people would actually be doing their own work, or there really is a different charge for men and women.
I did actually have a guy offer to do my basement for what I could actually afford, but I got nervous about letting him do it, simply because he wanted to use my basement as a guinea pig on him getting his business started. Since I would be the first basement he would do, I was pretty leary about it. I might have gone with him if I was at least a second practice run.
I ended up chosing one that was kind of high priced, but when he got here, he was pretty fast at getting the framing done, and I wasn't feeling uncomfortable letting him in my house when I wasn't home. It's just hard to drop that much money for only four days of work, LOL!
Well here are some pictures of my basement... it had a lot of junk in it, I got rid of quite a bit, but as you will see, there is still a lot more to get rid of.
I am finally realizing that the ones that tell me what it should cost always seems to be guys. Not trying to be what just came to your mind and mine, but either those people would actually be doing their own work, or there really is a different charge for men and women.
I did actually have a guy offer to do my basement for what I could actually afford, but I got nervous about letting him do it, simply because he wanted to use my basement as a guinea pig on him getting his business started. Since I would be the first basement he would do, I was pretty leary about it. I might have gone with him if I was at least a second practice run.
I ended up chosing one that was kind of high priced, but when he got here, he was pretty fast at getting the framing done, and I wasn't feeling uncomfortable letting him in my house when I wasn't home. It's just hard to drop that much money for only four days of work, LOL!
Well here are some pictures of my basement... it had a lot of junk in it, I got rid of quite a bit, but as you will see, there is still a lot more to get rid of.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Colorado Snow October 26, 2006
This is the result of the 2006 Blizzard of Colorado on Oct. 26
Dogs on the run!
Dogs having fun!
I just got a BRAND NEW Snow Blower!! Well worth the money!
Two strokes and so far this is fun!
Looking at my next door neighbor's house, He did his the old fashion way
Time to come in!
Looking at my backdoor...
River - "I need to go out and I can't!"
Looking out into my backyard from the backdoor...
That is my BBQ Grill, believe it or not!
Do you remember the tree and the rose bush?
How about the wall? Do you remember that?
Or even the stairs? If not, check out my earlier pictures of the backyard and see just how much it snowed on my trees and plants. (BTW, I looked out this morning and two of my plants were completely buried under the snow)
Dogs on the run!
Dogs having fun!
I just got a BRAND NEW Snow Blower!! Well worth the money!
Two strokes and so far this is fun!
Looking at my next door neighbor's house, He did his the old fashion way
Time to come in!
Looking at my backdoor...
River - "I need to go out and I can't!"
Looking out into my backyard from the backdoor...
That is my BBQ Grill, believe it or not!
Do you remember the tree and the rose bush?
How about the wall? Do you remember that?
Or even the stairs? If not, check out my earlier pictures of the backyard and see just how much it snowed on my trees and plants. (BTW, I looked out this morning and two of my plants were completely buried under the snow)
Monday, September 11, 2006
Yet another Spider
Found this one in the main bathroom. I guess I had better start looking for them in my personal one. Wouldn't want to get bit!
Back in the yard, again!
I went back out to my yard after I realized that I put a post up about the trees in my yard and then I only posted about the Weeping Chinese Cherry tree.
I decided to take some more shots of the trees and hopefully this time post them,
but as I did so, I made some discoveries.
The first discovery was that the Weeping Chinese Cherries had now turned red. I tasted one and decided for me personally, liked it better when they were tart. Here is a closer look at the cherries.
Red Cherries
I plucked the single apple and here it is as well ...
Green Apple
It's pretty small!
Small Green Apple
As I walked around the area taking more pictures, I noticed that I didn't get as many roses this year on my bushes. One reason that might be is that I didn't get out and prune them like I normally do, but one rose bush in particular I have, has as of yet to produce any roses on it. (Just give me one, please?)
Rosebush
I walked up on it and saw this interesting little thing ...
Hmmm, What's that?
At first I thought it was a small spider with a big egg sac. I went back in the house to get my camera and discovered that the whole thing was the spider, so I took several shots trying to get one that wasn't so blurry and hopefully you can see what I saw.
Spider - Friend or Foe?
Then I went on around the corner and took a picture of this tree. Believe it or not, it is 11 years old, but when I first planted it, so many people would go back and weed whack it when I would have people help me mow the lawn. When I finally thought it was dead, I planted the Irises there and put a ring around them. The tree finally realized it was safe from being cut down any more and have now gotten to this size.
Please ignore the weeds that have grown up around it. It has rained here so much I am glad that something is finally growing in this section of the yard!
I decided to take some more shots of the trees and hopefully this time post them,
but as I did so, I made some discoveries.
The first discovery was that the Weeping Chinese Cherries had now turned red. I tasted one and decided for me personally, liked it better when they were tart. Here is a closer look at the cherries.
Red Cherries
I plucked the single apple and here it is as well ...
Green Apple
It's pretty small!
Small Green Apple
As I walked around the area taking more pictures, I noticed that I didn't get as many roses this year on my bushes. One reason that might be is that I didn't get out and prune them like I normally do, but one rose bush in particular I have, has as of yet to produce any roses on it. (Just give me one, please?)
Rosebush
I walked up on it and saw this interesting little thing ...
Hmmm, What's that?
At first I thought it was a small spider with a big egg sac. I went back in the house to get my camera and discovered that the whole thing was the spider, so I took several shots trying to get one that wasn't so blurry and hopefully you can see what I saw.
Spider - Friend or Foe?
Then I went on around the corner and took a picture of this tree. Believe it or not, it is 11 years old, but when I first planted it, so many people would go back and weed whack it when I would have people help me mow the lawn. When I finally thought it was dead, I planted the Irises there and put a ring around them. The tree finally realized it was safe from being cut down any more and have now gotten to this size.
Please ignore the weeds that have grown up around it. It has rained here so much I am glad that something is finally growing in this section of the yard!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Old Poetry Time
I have been wanting to document some poems that I had written several years ago. One is already on this site, and since I am not as organized as I used to be, I will be finding them as I begin tossing stuff out from time to time. This first one is kind of long so I decided to do separate posts for the others... probably just using their titles.
So here goes...
Jesus IS the Same
Written - June 8, 1998
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
I wouldn't be there waiting or sitting all alone
or wanting just to talk with someone who could be on the phone
We'd pick a time to spend together and then we'd laugh and play
We would even take out special times to sit and share and pray
There wouldn't be long periods of time passing by
hoping someone will call and not just wondering why -
that overwhelming feeling that comes along and say
"They only keep you hanging while they hold you at bay
to keep themselves feeling better with what they already may"
You feel yourself a nuisance now a presence in their way
so you look for someone else to fill that empty space
a person that will say you have a special place
but the cycle starts again and now
once more -
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
and then I think of Jesus and how he must feel
when he sits there all alone waiting for me to call
wanting just to talk to share a time to pray
and even a time of play
We set a time to meet and as usual it gets postponed
now he wonders if I'm willing to meet with him alone
so he sits there by the phone hoping for my call
while he desires just to meet with me and not be in the way
No one wants to be a nuisance
but
oh for a call right out of the blue for someone just to say
you really are special I am thinking of you
Then there will be no coercing or trying to get my way
to have an effort made to make me feel the way they say
and then
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
and I realize that all along I've had the right appeal
I only had to put in place the one who would be real
He who desires me to experience the thrill fulfilled
and now
I think of Jesus relationships and from them what he feels
what would it really mean to him to have those thrills fulfilled
We'd pick a time to spend together and then we'd laugh and play
We would even take out special times to sit and share and pray
There wouldn't be long periods of time passing by
hoping someone will call and not just wondering why
Jesus is the same
So here goes...
Jesus IS the Same
Written - June 8, 1998
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
I wouldn't be there waiting or sitting all alone
or wanting just to talk with someone who could be on the phone
We'd pick a time to spend together and then we'd laugh and play
We would even take out special times to sit and share and pray
There wouldn't be long periods of time passing by
hoping someone will call and not just wondering why -
that overwhelming feeling that comes along and say
"They only keep you hanging while they hold you at bay
to keep themselves feeling better with what they already may"
You feel yourself a nuisance now a presence in their way
so you look for someone else to fill that empty space
a person that will say you have a special place
but the cycle starts again and now
once more -
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
and then I think of Jesus and how he must feel
when he sits there all alone waiting for me to call
wanting just to talk to share a time to pray
and even a time of play
We set a time to meet and as usual it gets postponed
now he wonders if I'm willing to meet with him alone
so he sits there by the phone hoping for my call
while he desires just to meet with me and not be in the way
No one wants to be a nuisance
but
oh for a call right out of the blue for someone just to say
you really are special I am thinking of you
Then there will be no coercing or trying to get my way
to have an effort made to make me feel the way they say
and then
I think about relationships and from them what I feel
what would it really mean to me to have it full of thrill
and I realize that all along I've had the right appeal
I only had to put in place the one who would be real
He who desires me to experience the thrill fulfilled
and now
I think of Jesus relationships and from them what he feels
what would it really mean to him to have those thrills fulfilled
We'd pick a time to spend together and then we'd laugh and play
We would even take out special times to sit and share and pray
There wouldn't be long periods of time passing by
hoping someone will call and not just wondering why
Jesus is the same
Friday, August 25, 2006
My backyard trees
Well this is just to take a look at the trees and plants in the backyard.
Well actually, I am trying to figure out what that bush is that takes up half the area between the house and the wall.
Right now it is completely covering a whiskey barrel that has hens and chicks in it. If you look closely, you can see a small Aspen tree trying to survive as well.
This is my Weeping Chinese Cherry tree.
I walked past it last year and discovered that a reeeaally big cherry was hanging on a lower branch. When I looked closer, I discovered it wasn't a cherry at all, it was actually a green apple. That was when I found out that I not only have an ornamental cherry tree, but I have an apple tree as well!
Hmm, it seems that this tree only produces one apple at a time. You can see it here next to the cherries.
Well actually, I am trying to figure out what that bush is that takes up half the area between the house and the wall.
Right now it is completely covering a whiskey barrel that has hens and chicks in it. If you look closely, you can see a small Aspen tree trying to survive as well.
This is my Weeping Chinese Cherry tree.
I walked past it last year and discovered that a reeeaally big cherry was hanging on a lower branch. When I looked closer, I discovered it wasn't a cherry at all, it was actually a green apple. That was when I found out that I not only have an ornamental cherry tree, but I have an apple tree as well!
Hmm, it seems that this tree only produces one apple at a time. You can see it here next to the cherries.
Monday, August 21, 2006
The House I (mostly) grew up in!
The last time I was in Detroit was two years ago. I took some pictures and lost them all when I returned home to download them, the camera puked or something and they never went down on the hdd. I was NOT happy! Well anyway, it dawned on me that every time I went home and took pictures of the neighborhood, I would be standing on our porch and we would never take a picture of our house. It isn't really all that much to look at, but at least I finally got a picture of it.
I think it is a good thing that I finally did, because it could have been a situation where we would never have been able to get one, because in February of this year, an electrical fire occurred and my mom happened to have not gone to bed, so she was able to get out of the house safely.
I am not going to post pics of the damage, but if you absolutely want to see some of them, then just ask me and I will show you. Right now, my brother is trying to get the house liveable again so that my mom can move back in. She is retired and from her quality of life and the way she lives to be happy, a senior home or apartment would not suit her. So back into the house she goes!
I think it is a good thing that I finally did, because it could have been a situation where we would never have been able to get one, because in February of this year, an electrical fire occurred and my mom happened to have not gone to bed, so she was able to get out of the house safely.
I am not going to post pics of the damage, but if you absolutely want to see some of them, then just ask me and I will show you. Right now, my brother is trying to get the house liveable again so that my mom can move back in. She is retired and from her quality of life and the way she lives to be happy, a senior home or apartment would not suit her. So back into the house she goes!
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