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kaydee777
Oct 11, 20191 min read
Oops!
Oops. What an 8 thousand dollar reroof was meant to fix. There’s still a leak. Sigh. June 13th. #6thAvenueshala #roof #rain #renovation
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kaydee777
Oct 11, 20191 min read
Mileposts
Finally! June 13th passed NM State inspection for electricity. #6thavenueshala is now code compliant as far as electrical wiring and...
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kaydee777
Oct 8, 20191 min read
We can do it!
Electrical residing started May 22. Aaaand the electrician doing the work to restore the shala to healthy power was a woman!...
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kaydee777
Feb 19, 20191 min read
It get worse before it gets better
Arrived this weekend to find holes opened up in floor of kitchen and another room, piles of debris, the old gas furnace and humongous hot...
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kaydee777
Feb 3, 20191 min read
A paid for roof over my head. For life.
First reroofing project done. This new metal roof over the gabled sections has a guarantee on materials longer than my life expectancy....
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kaydee777
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Mailbox restoration
On Saturday I replanted the mailbox in bright desert winter sunlight. The post is reinforced with recycled wood from the little adobe...
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Inviting radiance in
Slowly removing the eyepatches - the painted window glass. The southern bedroom now receives the beautiful view of Turtleback Mountain....
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Movies and popcorn
Watching YouTube videos on how to remove popcorn ceiling and learning a lot about domestic architecture in the USA. Popcorn...
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Take it away!
First load of trash is on the curb. The first weekend’s haul: all the tattered old blinds from southern rooms and kitchen. Over the...
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Letting in the light 2
Sunday morning seva. Removed the ratty blind and cleaned white paint off the glass of a south eastern window. Letting the light in....
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Voodoo doll house
Took down a ratty old blind from the kitchen window. In the process, removed this many nails, screws and piercing devices. Voodoo doll...
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kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Let there be light
Most of the front facing window panes had been covered in white paint. While waiting for contractors who are bidding on the reroof...
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kaydee777
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Unscrewed
it is still Day 1 of 6th Avenue rehabilitation and after the nails, the screws. 54 of them plus plugs. Much wrist exercise. Took down 9...
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kaydee777
Nov 20, 20181 min read
On the Avenue
Day 1 of 6th Avenue shala rehabilitation: taking nails out of interior walls. More than 33 in the front south bedroom, half that in the...
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