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April 2018 – Status Report or How I Hurt My Back

April Status Report When I worked in high tech, one of the most hated tasks was writing a monthly status report.  Now that I’ve been out of that job for over 10 years and am getting forgetful in my advanced age, I miss having a status report so I can remember what I did last […]

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North Topsail, NC

A friend of mine, Bob, purchased a house in North Topsail Beach, NC. It was organically built and owned by his parents.  Between the time Bob purchased it and his parents owned it, it was owned by a guy who was just interested in the rental income. He did little to upgrade it or maintain […]

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Bedroom Door Project

Bedroom Door   In January of 2014,  we started building an additional bedroom since it looked like Rita’s mom was going to stay a while. With the exception of the interior door, it was completed in April of 2014.     We lived with no door for over a year.  It was not too uncomfortable […]

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Replacing Kitchen Sink

In 2005, when we built our house, we had talked about replacing the kitchen  sink someday. The sink we put in was a double bowl stainless sink Rita had found it at her mother’s home. It was in one of the outbuildings that was full of accumulated treasures that her mother either could not face […]