The carpet got installed today! Yay! The installers were very polite and worked efficiently and quietly. Now those two bedrooms are done – except for shaving the closet and entry way doors to allow for the carpet and then putting them back up. Can’t seem to completely finish a room! Close enough for me to call it done though.
While the carpet installers were working I painted woodwork in the kitchen. Have the first coat on most of the kitchen now and some of the woodwork has a second coat now. It won’t take long to finish up the kitchen next time I go over. I have lots of touch ups to do on the cabinets and kitchen walls but those never take long.
I went outside for a bit and removed some of the screws that held the phone and cable lines to the house. I need to call AT&T and have them come remove their box from the side of the house. I wonder if they will do that or if we just cut the lines leading to it and leave it up. Between the phone, internet and cable lines this house is loaded with external wiring.
Once the kitchen is done I just have the woodwork in the dining room and living room and a second coat on the living room walls to paint. If I get in tomorrow I may get this inside project wrapped up this weekend.
My business partner and his wife came over to see the property in Cottonwood Falls today. It is always fun to spend some time with them. I don’t get to do that very often. Maybe with the Covid restrictions easing up for those of us that are vaccinated, I can have them out for dinner one of these days.
He shared with me what the real estate situation is in Emporia. The inventory to purchase a home is extremely limited as are rental properties to rent. Building new inventory has come to a halt due to the increased cost of lumber. Property values have really jumped and people are getting more than asking price right now. He thought I had made a good business decision to get this property in Cottonwood Falls at the price I paid for it. Even with what I am putting into it he thinks I could sell it and turn a good profit. That wasn’t my intention when I purchased it but if I can’t find a good renter I will consider selling it.
Jim surprised me and let me know he is coming home tonight instead of tomorrow night. He reached a stopping point on his work down in Stillwater and decided to come home a day early. It will be good to see him drive up the lane later tonight. He didn’t think he would get gone until at least 6:00 so it will be after 9:00 before he gets home.
I took a long nap this afternoon. I woke up at 3:00 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. It was a good day for a nap. It has been rainy off and on all day today with periods of sunshine in between the rain showers. I saw a beautiful rainbow to the southwest this morning.
Still need to get this house cleaned. Hopefully the mood to do that will strike when I get done writing this blog.
My internet company finally called me back. They are now saying their system is overtaxed from all the people that are staying home and are on-line more. They think the problem is we have too many devices using the internet and their system can’t service them all due to the demand elsewhere on their tower. He referred me to another company and they will strongly consider letting me out of our contract. I called the other company but they aren’t in our area yet. Now we get to decide if I try Hughes and sign a two-year contract or put up with what we have until IdeaTek gets out this way. One disadvantage to living in the country is the lack of internet providers.
Jim’s cat went outside last night and didn’t come back in before I went to bed. He hasn’t shown up yet today. He does this when Jim is out of town and will show up when he hears Jim’s voice later tonight. Silly cat. My cats won’t let him in the garage so he hides under the front porch.
This weekend will be another weekend spent at the rental house finishing up the painting inside and hopefully getting some painting done outside. If I get the painting done inside and it is too wet outside I will start the detail cleaning of the inside of the house.
My calendar is pretty clear for next week. I don’t think Jim is going to Stillwater next week but that may change. The screen to the south facing screen door finally came in and the guys are coming out next week to install that. It will be good to get that project crossed off my pending list.
The handyman may get started on replacing siding panels Monday if the weather is good enough for him to do that. Hoping that project proceeds with ease and speed. I ordered more panels but they haven’t shipped yet so he may get delayed waiting for them to come in. There are some other projects that need done to the outside of the house he can work on if so.
Grateful the carpet was installed today, grateful Jim is coming home a day early, and grateful for the beauty of the rainbow I saw earlier today.