The big news!!
Well Saturday we had an open house, but I didn't plan it very well so basically nobody came. One lady stopped in with her realtor right before we left. We'll probably do another next weekend, but plan this one properly. We've had good interest in the condo, just no offers yet. I take that back! HAHAHAHAHA this guy calls me up and says in his best redneck voice, "I'll offer $65,000." I almost burst into laughter. No tact at all, didn't lead up to that amazing offer. He just came right out and said it. I thought it was pretty funny.
So yesterday (Monday) I showed the condo to a couple folks. They liked it, but no bites, as I said. I also installed the living room ceiling fan (see below). It's pretty awesome. The lights on it are awesome. I also worked in the attic for a bit and installed the ceiling box for the lights in the master bath vanity. Well there is a pic below, but I had to redo it a bit. It hung down past the drywall about 3/4" and just looked pretty bad when I got the base for the lights up there. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fix it, b/c there isn't a lot of room on the ceiling joists to play with, but I made it work. It's all set now. I don't have a picture yet, but I'll post one once we get the lights all up tomorrow.
I was setting the lights up.. they are "trapeze lights" from IKEA and they are suspended on these wires that are supposed to be stretched tight. Well the mounts that you put on the side just were not feeling right when I installed them. When I went to stretch the wires tight, the screw pulled right out of the wall (the anchor stayed in the wall). So tomorrow I am going to have to buy new anchors that are smaller, so the hook/screws actually grab hold of them.
But the biggest and best news of today is...... I got a job offer!!!! Awesome! I got a call from the CEO of the new company this morning and he pitched me an offer. It's pretty much what I was making before (before as in, before my hella-high-paying-contract) but it's good. They make commissions on some things, bonuses, etc. So base salary isn't everything there. I'm really excited to work at this company. They only have 45 people worldwide, 17 in Austin. They've been in business since 1993 though, so it's not like a startup. I'm excited. I think it'll offer some good challenges to me and I think I'm going to bring a lot to the company. He said I can start whenever. I may start next Monday because we are hoping to get the last projects done at the house. The last big one being the tile for the kitchen. If we can get that done, there really is just small stuff to do after that. We need to get the front door installed, and get gutters installed, but we're hiring both of those things out, so that's not too bad.
Anyway... off to bed now. I'm tired. Long day. Exciting day.
The new living room ceiling fan.
The ceiling box for the master bathroom vanity lights.
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So yesterday (Monday) I showed the condo to a couple folks. They liked it, but no bites, as I said. I also installed the living room ceiling fan (see below). It's pretty awesome. The lights on it are awesome. I also worked in the attic for a bit and installed the ceiling box for the lights in the master bath vanity. Well there is a pic below, but I had to redo it a bit. It hung down past the drywall about 3/4" and just looked pretty bad when I got the base for the lights up there. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fix it, b/c there isn't a lot of room on the ceiling joists to play with, but I made it work. It's all set now. I don't have a picture yet, but I'll post one once we get the lights all up tomorrow.
I was setting the lights up.. they are "trapeze lights" from IKEA and they are suspended on these wires that are supposed to be stretched tight. Well the mounts that you put on the side just were not feeling right when I installed them. When I went to stretch the wires tight, the screw pulled right out of the wall (the anchor stayed in the wall). So tomorrow I am going to have to buy new anchors that are smaller, so the hook/screws actually grab hold of them.
But the biggest and best news of today is...... I got a job offer!!!! Awesome! I got a call from the CEO of the new company this morning and he pitched me an offer. It's pretty much what I was making before (before as in, before my hella-high-paying-contract) but it's good. They make commissions on some things, bonuses, etc. So base salary isn't everything there. I'm really excited to work at this company. They only have 45 people worldwide, 17 in Austin. They've been in business since 1993 though, so it's not like a startup. I'm excited. I think it'll offer some good challenges to me and I think I'm going to bring a lot to the company. He said I can start whenever. I may start next Monday because we are hoping to get the last projects done at the house. The last big one being the tile for the kitchen. If we can get that done, there really is just small stuff to do after that. We need to get the front door installed, and get gutters installed, but we're hiring both of those things out, so that's not too bad.
Anyway... off to bed now. I'm tired. Long day. Exciting day.
The new living room ceiling fan.
The ceiling box for the master bathroom vanity lights.
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
posted by Mike at 11:56 PM
4 Comments:
Yea! Does that mean you might get to play with me in the farm again?
If by "play" you mean give you your daily medication, and by "farm" you mean looney bin... then the answer is yes.
someone needs to take amy to "the farm" where puppies go to spend the rest of their lives.
Hahahaha, so funny. Looney bin=work, play=entertain me with your wit and charm. I'm having to resort to getting my entertainment from Stewie Griffin...that's so one sided.
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