My instrument panel. The car is off, I’m not really out of gas.
I’m so excited to have a “new” car!
My van is still with us, as well. It will still be used for “heavy lifting,” but the gas mileage and some other issues have made it an unwise investment to keep on the road full time.
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Here’s stalwart Melissa, working on the stairwell. That’s got to be really hot!
You may have heard (or experienced, if you are in central Texas) that it’s really hot right now. I think anything over 105 degrees is scary, and it’s been that way for a few days. Last week was only marginally better, and through some kind of miscommunication, Mandi somehow ended up being assigned to paint the interior of the Rattlesnake house, rather than going on vacation as she had originally planned.
She started out with gusto, recruiting her friend Melissa to help out. They figured they could crank all the painting out in two days, since they were using a color very close to the primer color.
It all went fine on day one and on day two until Mandi started to feel real weird. She kept on drinking water and aiming the fan at herself, but she felt worse and worse.
She had overheated, and came really close to heat stroke. The thing is, she had never had a problem with the heat before, so she was baffled.
Hermann says please like and share!We have news on the Roadrunner house! We made the decisions we need to get the project started, and signed our old buddy Ruben of RJN Construction up to be the general contractor for this one.
The arches will go, and a patio that matches the driveway and path at right will go in. Maybe a chair could sit on the patio!
You may remember Lee posted about Statements of Work a few days ago. For this project, we went all out and used the form, and it’s working out well so far.
Last Friday, Lee and I met Ruben at the house in Bryan to go over exactly what to do on the house. We were joined by a young man who is a fellow FortuneBuilders student, who wanted a chance to see how we did things as he prepares for his first project. We were happy to serve as mentors for him.
Lee had examined our options on the house carefully, and determined that the original renovation goals would leave us not making any money on the house. So, Ruben revised his estimates to include fewer items, and Lee plugged them into the Statement of Work, to serve as our budget. The walk-through on Friday helped us cement exactly what was and was not going to be done. Some things we eliminated, while other things were added. I’ll share a few of the areas where we made changes to our new plan, so you can see how our thinking went.
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