Remodeling projects.

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea thanks. Actually my wife loves to assist when I am doing stuff like that, and she is great at cleaning up behind me as I move along. BUT one of us has to work and pay the bills. Plus I can move a lot faster and get more done most of the time when I work on my own. While I was on this adventure I got up every single morning around 0700 and jumped right in with the next project. I worked pretty much none stop throughout the day and most nights colapsed into bed around midnight or later.

I took one day off during the entire 6 weeks to take one of our son's to the local Six Flags amuesment park there in Vallejo. It was a nice break in the action getting to ride the coasters and have some fun, and after I took him back over to his grandparents house I got right back to work that evening. The experience was exhausting, but I had goals to meet, and the overall meaning of this whole project was to improve this house and create an environment that would allow us to get the house rented out for a reasonable monthly amount to help pay the mortgage. So I had an internal pride that would not allow me to fail. There were friends and family members who stopped in from time to time to lend a hand for a few hours here and there, but the overall responsibility lay with me to get it all done. People were amazed at how much I was able to accomplish every time they would show up and see a completely new house. I kept going no matter what came up or what obstacles got in my way. My personal goal was to complete at least one major project every day, as well as working on little items along the way to break the manotiny.

So thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to look through my adventure. I never really worked in construction, but always wanted to. I took a Vo-tech class in high school "Building Trades" and learned enough to help me have the confidence to take on just about any task, and find my way to a resolution. I do love doing stuff like this so that is my ace in the hole so to speak, and I am passionate about creating things that show great quality and will last forever. So this was a fun process to go through. It is challening, but nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. The only true limits we have are those which we set in our own minds. Life is good.