We are alive and NOT on fire....

Thanks to all those who have been concerned regarding our well being here in San Diego. Its been surreal the past few days. I have been home, as my office is located in Del Mar, which over the past few days has been right in the fires path, so they had closed down and Hopefully we we be back up tomorrow. I have many co-workers who live in the areas affected by the fires and I hope they came out Ok, but there were some pretty heavy losses, but very little loss of life thank goodness. Stuff is so meaningless really, and I cannot understand those stubborn people who stay back. I have often said that almost everything has been mass produced since 1830, so its replaceable...

To give an update to whats going on around here, we made our deadline and moved in the last weekend of September, with a functional kitchen and a mostly functional bath. The painting is still not finished yet, , but as of today we have a working washer and dryer on the back porch, Yay for us...That was no small accomplishment either as I had to run the water lines, two electrical lines and a drain line where there were none. Seeing as I hate plumbing, it was about as much fun as doing the laundry itself.
Also on the unsexy but functional list we now have lights in the basement, a gravel driveway in the back yard and MOST of our stuff brought from storage in Long Beach thanks to my wonderful folks who came from New Mexico to help us out. We will see them again at Thanksgiving for a more relaxing trip.

Now that the laundry is in, I can get back to some of the more picture worthy accomplishments like finish painting and the house jacking/floor repair. I need to figure out where I am going to set the jacks in the basement so I can do some excavation so there is a stable base to hold the house with. that work will be followed by the new concrete piers and posts, I was the one that wanted this house, right?