Update on me...

Well my life has been going forward very  nicely. I have bought the house that I  was writing about. For the last  two months I have been remodeling and moving into my new house.  I has been an amazing journey.  A very stressful and testing journey. I  didn't know how good of a person I  would be doing everything, but I  can stand tall  today  and say I  did this.

The house that I  bought was an "as is" needing work done to it house.  That  put  the house in my price range. I  took out an extra 5, 000 loan and went to  work on the house. I pulled 2 rooms and a stairway of old 70's carpet. This opened up  the hardwood floors. I love hardwood floors. Cindy worked on peeling 3 rooms of old 70's wallpaper. 5 rooms have been re painted. Electrical work has been done. That is one thing I  am very  proud of, I  am not and electrician, but I  replaced 6 lights, rewired a plug-in, and never went to  the basement to flip a breaker.

I have selected most of the paints in the house. Only have had one glitch in the paints. I  believe in supporting local  business whenever I  can,  and so I  go to  the local lumberyard for everything that I  need.  They  sell Valspar paints. So I  went to  the Valspar website to  pick the right colors that I  wanted. Well the Valspar website supports is for Lowes or Home Depot, not  the local lumberyard. I  wrote down all  the color names and numbers so  that I  can get my  paints.  But  they  didn't match  with  anything my local  lumberyard had. So I  had to  pick the colors all over again right there. I  was wanting a light burgundy color, this  was for the living room. What I  ended up  with was a pink, and it was a Pepto pink. When the lights are off it has a wonderful purplish hue to it. When the lights are on, its pink. So I  am going to  be repainting that in the near future.

The yard was full of troubles. There was the redneck  tree fort and the rusty metal  shed. Both of them were removed in the first week of buying the property. I  have also  reopened the back porch.  The previous owner put metal  siding over a screen porch, it was ugly on the inside.  Siding and screen is gone, so  there is a back  porch that will have a utility purpose.

My  garage is still  a work in progress. I have removed all  the unwanted constructs from inside of the garage. I  have to  haul off some sheet metal  from the garage yet. In a couple weeks my dad and I  are going to  repair the roof of the garage. Then  after I  remove some saplings and retrim the garage, I  am going to  paint it a dark  blue.

Through all of this work, I  have become a better man. I have learned a little in patience, being colorful, planning everything through, commitment, and so much more. I  will be posting pictures will  later updates. Stay happy and safe.

Thinking of my future home.

     I  am in process of buying a home, as long as the bank is willing to work  with me.  The house has one thing that I am looking forward to so  eagerly. Right next to  the alley is a garage. It is a small  single car garage that I can use for anything, except for storing a car.  I  know  that  sounds silly of me, but I  want a work  area so  badly I  can taste the desire.

     I  have to  do some work on  the garage.  It  needs a good coat of paint. I  am so  tired of living in white houses and having white walls. I  am going to  paint the outside navy  blue, then I  am going to  paint the inside a pale light blue.  I  might have to  do some roof work  to  the garage, but  that is fine by me.  I  didn't walk inside the garage when I  walked the house, but  there shouldn't be any  surprises.

     Once that is done I  am going to  paint a Celtic cross on the floor of the garage. I  will  build a work  area so  that I  can be creative with  all  my  tools. I  will  finally be able to  permanently mount my heavy vise to something so  that it  can be used  properly. Along with  the work  area I  will have a table  and 2 chairs with  a small book  shelf.  I will install  proper lighting, so  that I  can do  some YouTube videos out there.  I  am also  going to  try to find an old pot belly wood burning stove and see if  I  can install it into  the garage.  Then I  would be able to  use the garage basically year around.

     The purpose of the garage is to  be my  outside man cave.  My  better half will  be using it as well, but I  am going to  be the primary user.  I  can be so  creative in this  building and be able to  relax it  just sounds like a piece of paradise.  Pagan functions can be done in the garage when the weather  is allowing.

     The other thing that I  like about this house is the many  trees, I  counted 5 medium sized trees in the yard. There will  be gardens and a very strong bond with  nature on this yard. The biggest tree in the back yard will have wind chimes and bird houses in and around it. I  will  be also  be building a few more bird feeders.

     We are wondering about one other feature to the house,  the city funeral home will  be across the alley. I  honestly wonder how much  activity there would be in such a place.  Then across the street is the parking area for the funeral  home. So that  reduces neighbors greatly.  I  like my privacy and looks like I  will  have it here. I  am writing about the house in hopes to be sending out positive energy to  get the house.  Take care everyone.