09/11/24

23 years ago I bought this old house ... 3 years ago I blogged about it ... I always blog about stuff.

Last week, I met with a building contractor for exterior work on this old house .. the take aways from our walkabout --- 1) "this was an expensive house to build" and "it's really well built" .. which translates in Marie speak to 2) expensive to repair.  I am so lucky to have this building it has suited my needs really well over the last 23 years .. my desk is now situated so that I look north towards my first office -- where I spent the first 15 years of my working career ... 

The contractor was impressed that Chaska brick was used to build this house evidently that is rare ... okay ... I googled Chaska Brick it is kind of a big deal ... see #2 above "expensive to repair" .. they will also be fixing soffits/facia/molding and a complete exterior repaint.  Ka Ching!  

38 years of this stuff.  I'm feeling old today -- I volunteered at produced distribution and actually lived to tell about it ... by the end of 3 hours my feet/knees were burning.  my cheeks were pink and I needed a beverage/bathroom.   I left and went home for a shower and prepped for my next meeting.  

I'm not sure I'm a Bernie fan but it's a nice pix of the building 

I need to wander with a real camera and take some new pix .. maybe tomorrow -- my feet and knees won't be burning as much