We walked through the house today and it's really shaping up. I was really surprised how big the "2 bedrooms into 1" turned out. It's just amazing. I am also pretty pleased with the kitchen/dining area. I got rid of the little "work desk" that was there originally and I think the room is going to feel a lot more "open" because of it.
I'm gonna just link to the album from here - there are preliminary pictures for all the rooms, but my photo-skillz aren't so hot, so you have to kind of imagine most of the place.
http://picasaweb.google.com/douglikespatti/NewTownhome
Monday, October 19, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Another picture of the townhome
All the windows are in now and they are putting on siding/shingles. Wewt!
In the "how is the inside going" department, I'm going to get the wall taken out of the upstairs room, making my 3-bedroom into a 2 bedroom which is sweet. They WILL be giving me a gas range (thankfully), but I'm still waiting on the status of the refrigerator.
I've finished picking out cabinets, flooring, countertops, and tile so basically all I have next to do is wait until the first wiring/bare frame walkthrough - which should happen later this month or earlier next month.
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| From New Townhome |
In the "how is the inside going" department, I'm going to get the wall taken out of the upstairs room, making my 3-bedroom into a 2 bedroom which is sweet. They WILL be giving me a gas range (thankfully), but I'm still waiting on the status of the refrigerator.
I've finished picking out cabinets, flooring, countertops, and tile so basically all I have next to do is wait until the first wiring/bare frame walkthrough - which should happen later this month or earlier next month.
Friday, September 25, 2009
First pictures of the new townhome!
Well, it looks like they've got the foundation poured already.
Here's a picture of the "garage view" - it's a neighboring townhome, but they are all similar. Mine is going to have a 2 car garage (the larger one in this photo).
The model I'm getting is the "Imperial" (3 bedroom, but we are going to try to convert it into 2). They have floorplans and the location here:
http://www.todayshomes.com/dublin_terrace.html
For all you stalkers out there, you can clearly see the house number in the photo above, but the street is "Saint Patrick View"
Edit:
Here's the latest satelite photo (from Bing surprisingly)
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qgn3pw685nzz&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=20366881&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
My townhome will be the one closest to the corner of Balsam St and Dublin Blvd.
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| From New Townhome |
Here's a picture of the "garage view" - it's a neighboring townhome, but they are all similar. Mine is going to have a 2 car garage (the larger one in this photo).
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| From New Townhome |
The model I'm getting is the "Imperial" (3 bedroom, but we are going to try to convert it into 2). They have floorplans and the location here:
http://www.todayshomes.com/dublin_terrace.html
For all you stalkers out there, you can clearly see the house number in the photo above, but the street is "Saint Patrick View"
Edit:
Here's the latest satelite photo (from Bing surprisingly)
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qgn3pw685nzz&style=b&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=20366881&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
My townhome will be the one closest to the corner of Balsam St and Dublin Blvd.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The trip is (mostly) over
Well, the long ride is about over. We decided to hightail it back home via the Interstate (80) and we've got 1 day of "hard riding" left. Well, Pete has 2 (sorry Pete). We had a nice ride out of Placerville to Carson City through the Lake Tahoe area, but it was I-80 from then on out. Today was cold and wet, and tomorrow looks like more of the same. *sigh*
On the upside I will have a full weekend to "recover" from vacation. No, I'm not talking about the normal recovery people seem to have a problem with at the end of a vacation. That I don't understand. My "recovery" amounts to steeling myself to go back to work. Man, I could vacation for the rest of my life and I don't think I would ever get bored.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Day 8, Navigation Fail.
Today was another great day - we made a quick trip to San Francisco to check out Fisherman's Wharf and eat some sourdough. We spent about an hour wandering around and decided to head out. I'm not much of a shopper and I didn't have a lot of room even if I was. We had to drive down the famous block of Lombard Street and then across the Golden Gate bridge (which was much larger than I had imagined).
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After the bridge I made my first (of many) navigation errors. I turned off too quickly and we went on a quick detour before we got back to the main road. We finally got on the right track and headed up the coast for the last time. Everything went well until we got onto 80 East where we met our first real section of heavy traffic. It was a pretty brutal 40 miles and then I made my big mistake. I noticed I was supposed to turn off at the next exit with about a block of freeway - and we were in the left hand lane. I made a dive for the exit, for some reason thinking Pete would follow me to my doom. Well, fortunately he didn't. I did make it without killing anyone and he had to keep going up the Interstate. I quickly got back on, but he had already turned around and came back to where I turned off.
As I was waiting (at the next exit) I noticed that I had gone too far North anyway, so it was a good thing we had that "break" to figure out where to actually go. Of course, because of my navigational prowess, we had to endure about a half hour of "stop and go" rush hour traffic in Sacramento. We finally made it to the hotel though and hopefully tomorrow will be better... We will be doing the last bit of "fun driving" to Carson City, NV and then we will be sticking to I-80 for the duration of the trip. It's been a long drive and my butt is ready for a motorcycle break. 8*D
Today's trip:
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Days 6 and 7, bring on the pain...
Friday started poorly, with rain and cold. We tried to keep off the major highways, but that was probably a mistake. It took until around noon to get out of the rain, and we never really managed to get out of the cold. Other than that it was pretty uneventful. Here's the trip:
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Saturday was gorgeous. We started with a tour in Hearst castle which was pretty cool. I'm not really into all of the artwork, but the architecture was pretty neat - I especially liked all the tile and stonework, so I spent most of my time taking pictures of the ground... LOL. I didn't know this, but they ended construction early and Hearst said it was only "50% done." I wonder what it would have been like if it were complete.
The ride up Highway 1 was really scenic. It's a great road, but all this time on the bike has really taken its toll. When I started I could get off for a few minutes, and be ready to go for another hour. Not any more. It hurts to get back on the bike even after a night in a bed. Here's the route for the best riding of the trip so far:
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We are going to just relax on Sunday. It's been a long trip and we are going to check out the Computer History Museum, and I know that I will want to spend at least an hour or so there - probably more.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Day 5, Made it through the tough part...
Well, we are finally on the coast. Ventura, CA to be precise. Next couple of days we will take it easy up the PCH and hit Hearst Castle. Nice!
I replaced my rear tire today. It was worn to the wear indicator, and while I could have pushed it another couple of hundred miles I just felt that was a bad idea.
Not much else to report. Other than I'm not taking many pictures. Sorry folks. Pete has been uploading his pictures to Flickr - you can see them here:
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