animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

rental

I’ve been wanting to get out of the rental business for a little while now. But, since we have continually had renters since we bought our rental house in 2011, getting out hadn’t been an option–until now. Our most recent tenant moved out at the end of last month. This …

not quite done

A couple of weeks ago we started to replace the back porch at the office. We’re making good progress, but it’s not quite done yet. All of the decking is down (including the trap door), so we can check that off the list. I finished patching the concrete in the …

fall production

The back porch decking and railing at our office has needed replaced since we bought the place in 2008. Recently Brian made the proclamation that it wasn’t going to last another winter, so I had to get it on the schedule. We started on the project today. Everything went as …

rent

Our first set of renters at our rental house moved out this weekend. They were there almost 2.5 years, which was great for us. We need to do a couple of maintenance items at the house and then we’ll put it back on the market (probably by the end of …