It's Official

[Chris M]

It’s all good - I talked to @Grumpaw and @Chris M about it and we’ll take care of the painting duties.

Heck yeah!
I'm a Jackson Pollock wannabe!
I can sling paint with the best of 'em!

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[AzScorpion]

It’s all good - I talked to @Grumpaw and @Chris M about it and we’ll take care of the painting duties.

Heck yeah!
I'm a Jackson Pollock wannabe!
I can sling paint with the best of 'em!

I should've known better to have waited to say anything until AFTER it was built!

On the plus side at least I know what to expect after the last two summers with you animals at my house. ??

 

[Grumpaw]

It’s all good - I talked to @Grumpaw and @Chris M about it and we’ll take care of the painting duties.

Yeah, I'm ready....have my special "interior painting glasses" already.....

 

[Fawnbuster]

I just closed on my house here in AZ today!


Most here know I’ve been talking about moving and we’ve made several trip out NW Arkansas over the last 2 years. After our last trip late September of '23 and not finding a house I liked (my OCD gets me every time ) I decided to switch gears and look for a lot. Long story short I found one right across the street from the largest lakes in the area and closed on it in November. I had an architect draft us a house from 2 different prints and a whole bunch of ideas I had from working in thousands of homes over the years. Then had to research and talk with several builders until I narrowed it down to two. I flew out there right before Easter to meet with them and really liked the first one so much I cancelled the second appointment. Sometimes you just get that gut feeling (no it wasn't gas ) about someone and being in the trades for 42 years I'm pretty confident I did. This will (hopefully) be our retirement dream home full of custom stuff like stepped up ceilings, custom built cabinets, upgraded windows and HVAC, a real floor to ceiling stone fireplace and spray foam insulation throughout. I'm hoping to do a metal roof but still waiting for that price to come back and not sure it's going to be in the budget.

We were going to start building late summer and I was going to put the house for sale here just after the new year. The more I thought about it with interest rates all over the place and the election coming up I decided to do it now. Annie was heading back to Chicago for her yearly mandatory meeting in mid March so I worked day/night for 3 weeks cleaning, decluttering and selling stuff and listed it on April 4th. Three days later I got a full price offer and we just closed on it today!

Now the real fun begin! The ABF freight truck comes on the 17th, loading it on the 18th and we’re out of here on the 20th. Luckily I sold almost all our stuff so it wont be to bad. Well, except for all the stuff Annie’s bought throughout our travels. ?‍ We've been living like refugees with everything all boxed up, bubble wrapped and scattered everywhere for weeks now. lol I found a 3/2 house 3.5 miles from where we’re building so we’ll be renting that until it’s build which will most likely be next spring.

We'll be driving the tremor out there which is about 1,200 miles and staying over in Tucumcari, New Mexico (on Rt 66) which is the half way point. I know Paul @OrangeStreak lives in NM but not sure how far from here you are and is this a decent area? I'm not sure how much time we'll have or if there's anything in/around the area to do but any info would be helpful.

Congrats Dave, new state and new memories to come!

 

[AzScorpion]

Congrats Dave, new state and new memories to come!

Thanks Mike. I hope your back is feeling better now? How was the air show you went to in Terre Haute?

Yes we're looking forward to making new memories there and exploring the south.

 

[AzScorpion]

Yeah, I'm ready....have my special "interior painting glasses" already.....

Steve, I'm not sure those are any better than your last pair? ?

 

[Blue Streak]

Steve, I'm not sure those are any better than your last pair? ?

That's so he can paint in-between the cracks.?

 

[Grumpaw]

That's so he can paint in-between the cracks.?

Oh, thats just great....we're expected to paint in between the cracks now ???

 

[5thranger]

One thing every one is not addressing, think how expensive a tail gate damper will be now

 

[Chris M]

One thing every one is not addressing, think how expensive a tail gate damper will be now

If that's an issue, you really don't need one ?

 

[5thranger]

If that's an issue, you really don't need one ?

Any comments about dampers and their cost are humor only, don't get upset.

 

[Chris M]

Any comments about dampers and their cost are humor only, don't get upset.

Not the least bit upset.
That statement was meant for humor.
My apologies that it seems to have fallen short.

But it's no secret that I'm part of the damper resistance ?

 

[Grumpaw]

He dosen't need to raise the damper price....he could subsidize the cost of building the house by selling off his supply of 303 that he probably has stashed away...

 

[5thranger]

Not the least bit upset.
That statement was meant for humor.
My apologies that it seems to have fallen short.

But it's no secret that I'm part of the damper resistance ?

All good, just don't want hard feelings created.

 

[Chris M]

All good, just don't want hard feelings created.

Lol...
If you wanna see hard feelings, try advocating for use of a Toyota bumpstop on this forum!
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