Obviously I've been neglecting this blog. It's been THREE YEARS since the last entry. I'll try to make more entries, but don't expect me to do anything to catch up with all the stuff that's happened since my last entry.
When the previous entries were made, my garage was my workshop, and I was doing a lot of my woodworking at AB Tech (Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College). That gave me access to lots of wonderful power tools, but it meant a 60 mile round trip to the college, and I could only work on their schedule, usually certain evenings.
I've wanted to have a "real" workshop for years. I built a small workshop under the back porch when we lived in Glen Burnie, MD, in the late 70's, early 80's. But then I got posted to England for five years, then here to Western North Carolina. Other things, such as the death of my wife, and my subsequent remarriage, and two more moves got in the way of building a shop.
Finally, Linda and I decided that I should build a shop. I figured out how to shoe-horn a 16 X 20 two-story building into a corner of our hilly lot, and cleared the spot. Then it sat for several years waiting for me to put up the building.
The building was erected in the winter of 2010-2011, but it's not finished yet. It's got air conditioning and insulation, but I haven't finished the inside walls. A lot of stuff has been moved in, and I am occasionally doing work in there, but not the way I want to. It seems that life continues to get in the way.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Have we found an apartment?
We returned home from Durham this afternoon. Linda's resting from the 4-hour trip and I'm catching up on email, etc.
We looked at several apartments in the Durham area yesterday, and decided that we liked the Colonial Village at Deerfield. The apartments are a bit old, but the setting, next to Duke Forest, is really pretty. The apartments are within 3 miles of the Duke Hospital, a real benefit. Linda's doctor has made it very clear that she will have a better chance if we are a lot closer than we are now.
We were shown a one bedroom apartment yesterday afternoon. It was a bit small, but I really liked that it was on a cul-de-sac with the forest behind it, and a copse of bamboo in front. But, it was pretty cramped. Add the dog into the mix and include my junk collection (no, not ALL of it), and it would be really cramped.
This morning, as we were getting ready to leave the area, and had just stopped for gas, I got a telephone call. A two bedroom unit on the ground floor had become available. Were we interested? Yes! So we drove back to the apartment complex. We couldn't see the apartment in question, as it was not "ready." But they had another one that was empty that we could look at. Unfortunately, it was on the third floor. Linda can hardly step up one step. Three floors was beyond her. So I looked at it, and told her about it afterwards. I think it will do, although it doesn't have as nice a setting as the smaller one did. Here's a picture of the floor plan.
MARS is going to be difficult. I've already had to ask my Deputy to cover for me for the Region Four net next Saturday morning. I think we may be in the middle of moving then.
We looked at several apartments in the Durham area yesterday, and decided that we liked the Colonial Village at Deerfield. The apartments are a bit old, but the setting, next to Duke Forest, is really pretty. The apartments are within 3 miles of the Duke Hospital, a real benefit. Linda's doctor has made it very clear that she will have a better chance if we are a lot closer than we are now.
We were shown a one bedroom apartment yesterday afternoon. It was a bit small, but I really liked that it was on a cul-de-sac with the forest behind it, and a copse of bamboo in front. But, it was pretty cramped. Add the dog into the mix and include my junk collection (no, not ALL of it), and it would be really cramped.
This morning, as we were getting ready to leave the area, and had just stopped for gas, I got a telephone call. A two bedroom unit on the ground floor had become available. Were we interested? Yes! So we drove back to the apartment complex. We couldn't see the apartment in question, as it was not "ready." But they had another one that was empty that we could look at. Unfortunately, it was on the third floor. Linda can hardly step up one step. Three floors was beyond her. So I looked at it, and told her about it afterwards. I think it will do, although it doesn't have as nice a setting as the smaller one did. Here's a picture of the floor plan.
MARS is going to be difficult. I've already had to ask my Deputy to cover for me for the Region Four net next Saturday morning. I think we may be in the middle of moving then.
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