Friday, November 28, 2008

Preparing for the Next Project

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The next project involves getting this firebox rebuilt to accomodate the smaller opening. I bought 45 firebricks and two buckets of refracto...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

A Walk in the Woods on Thanksgiving Day

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We went to Sugercreek Metropark this afternoon for a walk in the woods. There are a couple of 500 year old oak trees in the woods there. The...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Current Tax Evaluation Update (Hint: It Still Sucks!)

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Remember a few weeks back how our real estate tax evaluation increased our property value 96% over last year? The price of everything around...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

This is a Test of the Emergency Heating System

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This is only a test. If this were a real emergency you would see cups of coffee and hot cocoa in the vicinity. I need to replace the duct pi...
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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Bulk Head Doors are Done!

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These babies lock on the inside. Later in the week when it rains I will find out if water still floods into my basement or if these do the t...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

If You Love This Blog You Need To Do This .....

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You need to go over to Dogs and Jen and post a big thank you in her comments because she IS the savior of these sites! I don't know wha...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

More Polished Concrete

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A little over two weeks ago when I had to fight with the tax appraisel folks I took this picture of our unfinished hearth in the main bathro...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

My Big Boy is Finished!

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It only took about 6 real days of work, something like 320 bricks. 8 sacks of mortar, 12 gallons of water, two chimney liner tiles and 14 ba...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Politically Incorrect for Columbus Day

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We just participated in another 17Th century re-enactment event. This one is local. We have the Sunwatch Indian Village here in Dayton. It i...

Land Contract vs. Rent to Own

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You may have heard of these two terms in the past but not understood them fully. They are both forms of owner financing a real estate sale. ...
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