I was awakened by a wet nose and a puppy French kiss this morning. Zig has learned that is the key to him going out for a quick(or a very long) pee. He would go out late last night because the local coyote pack was shrieking for about 10 minutes. He always gets a good patting for waking me up to do his bidness though. And he is back to snoozing.
Zig isn’t allowed on the bed(yet). He has already gotten my wife to cave on getting up on the couch because he snuggles up like a pro.
Nice to have a good LL that works to make a nice environment for you both.Good Morn to all the fine old farts
Drizzly and cool this a.m.
Had hoped to get into the apt. downstairs to do some more 'detailing'.
The fella doing the flooring is working though so... my plans changed.
I am kinda the clean up after and detail before (esp. prepping for paint).
My LL's 'paint' guy isn't really a painter and he preps nothing. Painting
over 16 yrs. of cig smoke, cobwebs, etc., etc. The kitchen is soooo
greasy and dusty that I just can't let him do it in there haha.
My LL let me choose the wall color, flooring style and I am in charge
of choosing kitchen and bath hardware + installation. Also chose the
updated ceiling light fixtures and the vanity/ above the mirror in bath
fixture.
I have also been pulling the toe kicks around the floor/ base boards
as If I do not, the flooring gets laid just up to it. Can't have that either
I've worked on all the old windows to get them unstuck and freely opening.
Just all the small things that the guys won't bother with sadly enough.
LL told me yesterday that the apt. is going to be BEAUTIFUL due to
my assistance and eye for details
Neighbor asked me the other day, why I was doing all of this work for him.
What do I get out of it?
I LOVE fixing things to make them work/ look good. I keep myself busy
doing what I like to do. Keeps my skill set active so I don't atrophy in
that area. The sense of accomplishment is very satisfying for me.
Also folks... my rent has remained way, way below current fair market rents
since I moved in nearly 15yrs. ago. I fix things, he pays for materials
Improves my environment and gives me a sense of 'home' rather than
just a place I'm occupying.
He has stated that "we make a great team" and... we do.
Was all juiced up to get downstairs but...
guess I'll do some laundry instead (boring) haha
First though... another cup... or two
We bought new furniture a few months ago. Before going on vacation(before we adopted Zig), I bought furniture covers because our cats are arseholes and will vomit hairballs on any cloth covered surface instead of a hard surface where it is easily clean.
The covers don’t look too bad so we left them on.
Our MBR floor has been covered in sheets for almost a year now. Need to start looking at flooring.We bought new furniture a few months ago. Before going on vacation(before we adopted Zig), I bought furniture covers because our cats are arseholes and will vomit hairballs on any cloth covered surface instead of a hard surface where it is easily clean.
The vomiter-in-chief, Goo, is on the left.
You are a landlords dream tenant. Mine were mostly all nightmares which is why I got out of owning a rental property. The final straw was a $20,000+ flood in the basement apt because the tenant was flushing cat litter down his toilet(he was not supposed to have pets but I am a softie for animals and would never want someone to be forced to choose between housing and taking their pet to a shelter). He said garbage bags were too expensive! Fkr…Good Morn to all the fine old farts
Drizzly and cool this a.m.
Had hoped to get into the apt. downstairs to do some more 'detailing'.
The fella doing the flooring is working though so... my plans changed.
I am kinda the clean up after and detail before (esp. prepping for paint).
My LL's 'paint' guy isn't really a painter and he preps nothing. Painting
over 16 yrs. of cig smoke, cobwebs, etc., etc. The kitchen is soooo
greasy and dusty that I just can't let him do it in there haha.
My LL let me choose the wall color, flooring style and I am in charge
of choosing kitchen and bath hardware + installation. Also chose the
updated ceiling light fixtures and the vanity/ above the mirror in bath
fixture.
I have also been pulling the toe kicks around the floor/ base boards
as If I do not, the flooring gets laid just up to it. Can't have that either
I've worked on all the old windows to get them unstuck and freely opening.
Just all the small things that the guys won't bother with sadly enough.
LL told me yesterday that the apt. is going to be BEAUTIFUL due to
my assistance and eye for details
Neighbor asked me the other day, why I was doing all of this work for him.
What do I get out of it?
I LOVE fixing things to make them work/ look good. I keep myself busy
doing what I like to do. Keeps my skill set active so I don't atrophy in
that area. The sense of accomplishment is very satisfying for me.
Also folks... my rent has remained way, way below current fair market rents
since I moved in nearly 15yrs. ago. I fix things, he pays for materials
Improves my environment and gives me a sense of 'home' rather than
just a place I'm occupying.
He has stated that "we make a great team" and... we do.
Was all juiced up to get downstairs but...
guess I'll do some laundry instead (boring) haha
First though... another cup... or two
The meeting will undoubtedly be a great experience for the whole family. I met my biological mother for the first time when I was 32. Never having met anyone genetically related to me was a trip. Turns out mannerisms and quirks are genetic. I see a lot of that in my half brothers who are both nearly young enough to be my kids(and oddly remind me of my two sons ). Have fun and good luck with drop shots with plenty of backspin.
My cats are hard on the furniture......I don't care. The both sleep with us every night.We bought new furniture a few months ago. Before going on vacation(before we adopted Zig), I bought furniture covers because our cats are arseholes and will vomit hairballs on any cloth covered surface instead of a hard surface where it is easily clean.
The vomiter-in-chief, Goo, is on the left.
All of our furniture is udderly destroyed.........
I try to refrain from political stuff here. It is hard though so sometimes I feel the need to just put a laughing emoji on a post that is filled with the CNN checklist of talking points. As big pointed out above(and others have said here), politicians all have the same goal and it isn’t doing their constituents bidding. Maybe that is political.Why you guys make the liberal brain melt like you do?
I am on a couple forums for some other hobbies that are pretty left leaning and I don't feelt the need to correct,chastise or attempt to counterpoint their political comments I just ignore them.........prevents rage quitting.
RABBLE,RABBLE,RABBLE!
That is the privilege of being a animal lover.
Goo(in the pic) sleeps in our bed. We have quite the hierarchy in the cat kingdom here. Goo will defend the bed from the other cats.
). Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Act accordingly. 
