Motu's Blog
Daily
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musings
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Motu
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Master of the Universe
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| Friday Foxes I saw two foxes siting under the tree in our front yard. Monika took some pictures as they ran around the neighborhood. They were sitting under the bird feeder in our yard and then went across the street and finally left the block. They are looking for little dogs or cats or squirrels for a snack.       |
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| Emily
is here Emily Mariana Neptune was born yesterday (April 22nd). She is Leticia and Eric's baby. We saw them today; everyone is doing great. Eric's mother Bonnie is here for a couple of months to take care of the new baby. |
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We got the
dishwasher installed in the main-floor kitchen (and will put the old
one in
the bar area in the basement). The stainless dishwasher has a modern
look and is very quiet - the controls are in the top panel (hidden when
closed). The grill is also stainless and has infra-red technology which is supposed to be faster, better and cheaper. I have only used it twice and am still figuring out how best to use it (the old one was recycled to a friends' friend who can use it). I had mastered the old one (with help from Octavio) but this is different - hopefully I will know it well enough in a few weeks - before the basement parties!    |
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| Basement
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| Ok,
since we are not going to be moving to Colombia or elsewhere for the
time being, we decided to finish the basement. We are going to have a
Ping-pong room; a bar/entertainment area, a full bath, a studio and
enclose the laundry and the utility rooms as well as keep the two small
storage areas under the steps. The estimate process was enlightening,
the estimates ranged from $10,500 to $32,500. I had initially thought
that I need to move the furnace and water-heater; so, the initial
estimates should have been higher; later, we figured out (after buying
and assembling and using the Ping-pong table) that we didn't need to
move the furnace and heater. But the second estimates were even higher.
In any case, we have decided to go with Tony, who is the husband of a friend of Monika. He excluded the bar area cabinets (both over and under the counter) - so the total cost should be around 16K for this part of the project. All the videos are very large - so don't click on them unless you have broadband. I took a video before any work started - the shelves that I built are still attached in this video. I shot another video a week later when the initial work - rough electrical, plumbing and heating had been done and a third video after the two-by- fours were done. Here are some other pictures and more details from various days. |
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