Permits and Potty - We're in business now

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For the week ending 09/23/06

Highlights:

1. As you can tell from the pictures above, the palm trees got a haircut. I (Bo) was the barber using a 14" chainsaw while standing on a ladder. Man, that's hard work.

2. BIG NEWS!!! - The porta potty arrived Friday afternoon! We're official now! Whew, I don't have to go to the gas station anymore. (For those of you in California, no, this is NOT a Texas plumbing permit.) I couldn't figure out how to insert it at this place or you would have had a picture.

3. We have permits - one from the Historic Preservation Office (that any subcontractor has to have to mess with the exterior of a historical landmark) and a City of San Antonio permit for general repairs. I have listed roof, foundation, exterior repairs, and interior remodeling that includes kitchen, baths, electrical, and plumbing.

4. We finally have the multi-purpose yard/jungle cleared. After only 5 pickup truck loads of vegetation, the place is looking like someone has been there in the past decade.

5. Guests this week included Buck and Katy, Eric and Kristy Bailey from Gravitt, AR, Bill, Dale, and Rachel (Katy's family), two ladies who were looking at the house across the street, and the mailman.

6. Working like this is a great weight control program.

Next Steps.

1. Select roofing contractor - hopefully before the monsoons set in

2. Finalize foundation repairs - 20 new piers, replace some beams, level house, ...

3. "De-Duplexize" the house, i.e., demise the entry room by removing two walls that were added decades ago. This huge inprovement will make use of the natural light coming in from a bay window and a single window that are on the west side of the house.

4. Set up the Pat & Bo Historic House Restoration Foundation. I don't believe that your donations are tax deductible quite yet.