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My Weekend

Busy weekend.

Friday:

-Done with work @ 10:45
-Went out to lunch with friends
-Got truck washed
-Got estimate for dented bumper (I backed into a light pole concrete pylon that didn't have a light pole on it--and thus I was unable to see through my rear or side mirrors--while backing into a parking space at a Panera on Thursday).
-Got my Florida CCW permit application notarized and mailed.
-Bought paint for the computer room and lumber for a step from my back door down to the patio.
-Went to gym. Bench pressed 365 lbs. for the first time!
-Kicked back and watched the last episode of Dollhouse and the second episode of Caprica.

Saturday:

-Went to 5 open houses. Found one house that we both have some interest in.
-Called a contractor to get a ballpark on adding a third garage bay to said house. ($7,500! Seems like a good deal to me.)
-Attached a 2" x 12" x 12' pressure-treated board to the back of the house to mount the steps to. Using my impact wrench to drive eight 6" galvanized lag screws took all of 5 minutes. It would have taken me a couple of house with a ratchet.
-Built the step assembly in the garage.
-Had a friend over to watch Venture Brothers Season 4 that I have on my DVR.

Sunday:
-Redacted.
-Went to church.
-Went to 3 open houses. Found 2 more houses we like. One will probably sell before the week is over. (Owners just lowered the price from $249 to $209, taking it from overpriced to a real bargain.)
-Attached step to house.
-Cut and attached siding to fill in rest of gap where porch used to mount to house. (Porch used to attach to a 2" x 12" x 16', so I had a 4' gap to fill.)
-Primed back door, back window, and new siding. It will probably take a day to dry considering that the high was 33º today.
-Intermittently caught some of the 24 Hours of Daytona on TV.
-Cooked two ribeyes for dinner.
-Crashed in front of TV, could only find "How It's Made" to watch...

Now, in the same weekend, my wife:
-Organized her scrapbook room and got it prepped for painting (which involves filling and sanding spots where the cheap paint the PO used is flaking off).
-Filled several boxes of clutter to take to the storage space.
-Primed a spot in the computer room that I had to tape and fill because of drywall seam cracking.
(She did the inside work while I was doing the outside work.)

The house should be ready to sell in two weeks!

It's amazing how going to open houses motivates us to get stuff done.
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