Well, yesterday two of my neighbors brought in a lot of rubbish consisting of dirt and rock to raise my floor. Took them a total of 7 hours. They were quite nice, I did not need to stay downstairs with them (^_^). Today they were now adding the cement to the floor. Tomorrow they will probably add the tiles and finish repairing the front door area. When they are finished, … [Read more...] about Raised Floor
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Smokey on the Terrace
Due the construction in my house, poor Smokey is stuck on the terrace babysitting Lucky. I know he hates it up there but he will have to stay there until the construction is finished (>_<). (Smokey is not scared of heights) … [Read more...] about Smokey on the Terrace
Here we go again…
Well, this is what I woke up to this morning: (I heard a loud crash, poor guy dropped his load of bricks near my house) (As you can see, several houses still need to be renovated for the widening alleyway) (A gift of rocks and dirt in front of my house) (Yep, the will use the dirt and rocks to raise my floor a foot) (Here we go again...) Today they will fill in … [Read more...] about Here we go again…
To Be a U.S. Marine
This slideshow brought back memories of my training to become a U.S. Marine back in 1990: Click Here to View Slideshow -> http://images.military.com/slideshows/to-be-a-marine.htm … [Read more...] about To Be a U.S. Marine
More House Repairs
Today, VNPT came to repair my phone line for the second time in two months. The workers next door damaged the line again. After he finished, my landlord's workers were raising my front door and sliding gate. The whole thing needs to be raised since our alleyway will be raised at the same level as the street next to the canal. That also means my first floor needs to be … [Read more...] about More House Repairs