Quick Oregon Trip – Day 3
I walked into the most backwards/retro bookkeeping system I’ve ever seen today. A double entry ledger system would have been more elegant than what my uncle concocted to keep his books. It’s the first of the month and so tenants are stopping in to pay. Most of them pay in cash and the remaining pay […]
Quick Oregon Trip – Day 2
The only small trailer available in southern Oregon was 40-minutes away from where I’m staying. The drive over to pick it up was lovely. Parking it at my uncle’s property was a perfect example in the smaller the trailer, the more ‘live’ it is on the back of a vehicle. My cousin had a mission […]
The Angst of Being a Long Distant Landlord
The washer is possessed again. It fills and drains, fills and drains while skipping the wash cycle. Between the tenant and I, we have left 3 messages for the appliance repair company. This has been going on for over a week. The tenant’s graciousness, while as yet unlimited, surly will hit a wall. I got […]
Quick Oregon Trip – Day 1
The drive went surprisingly fast. I was at my uncle’s property by 4:30 after checking into my lodgings. It was one thing to see all the ‘stuff’ on the auction site, it was quite another to see it in person. My cousin and I have come to the diagnostic conclusion that our father’s really did […]
Quick Oregon Trip
I leave tomorrow on a fast trip to Oregon to pick up a batch of things obtained via the auction of my uncle’s worldly possessions. I did end up with my grandmother’s sewing machine! There are a few other things my cousin has set aside for me. It’s undecided whether renting a small closed trailer […]
And We’re Off!!
The structural work for the kitchen remodel started today! The ceiling and a section of wall downstairs is opened up in order to accept a large beam. Some plumbing has to be rerouted. Monday the slab gets cut and the footing dug. It was hard to stay in the background of all the work! Sure, […]
Family Catch-up
My cousin called this morning. We talked about the in-process auction whose goal it is to sell off his father’s (my uncle’s) worldly goods. My DH and I looked at all 543 lots last night. There are things I want and will bid on. Without going into the deep depths of that piece of the […]
Periodicals
After trying more than a year, I finally found a home for my parent’s large collection of three different fine arts periodicals. No, not an academic institution, but a local artist mom who wants to wander through their pages, and then use them with her kids to make art. A fitting end somehow, particularly as […]
Milestone!
I submitted everything required for the city to start their permit review on our kitchen remodel project. I may goof off tomorrow!
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 