Wow,

So I guess it has been a while sinc I posted here. Well shit does have a habit of happening and stuff. So, I was in Boston, yea I kind of hated there. So I did a contract in seattle wa. Not exactly a old house Mecca but I loved it there. I figure I can be into antique houses anywhere except for perhapse California where despite things like a sweet steampunk scene, the winchster house, awsome btw. And all of SF. It’s still california and well that kind of sucks. So onto bigger and better stuff. I managed to find work after Seattle at GEMedical. If you are not into the whole megacirp culture it probably won’t be your speed, it really was not mine. So I am mow finishing a contract back in Chicago. Where I learned something today. When it comes to my job, I cannot be paid not to care. I like small to medium places where I get to be that guy. Huge places where i am just another green badge with an sso number. I am really not that.

So, now I getting ready to return perminantly to seattle. I love it there. You might be wondering about the whole rain thing. Well it might friggen rain but no monsoon no snow and no brutally effing cold. Fuck the cold I will not miss freezing my ass off. Actually when it comes to things I won’t miss around here I will have to save that for another post. As for house blogging, I am no where near done. Yea we need to emergency sell this place, yea Seattle has like 5 old houses. But I an still me and this time instead of fix old house I plan to build old house from the ground up, and finally have square plumb walls like civilized folk. Also I figure this will be a greate place to post up travle cooking and steampunk advenbtures as u have them..

Ivan out

Boston, well mostly Dedham.

The end of the first week of April my time at Midway ended.  I was pretty cool with it.  The drive was getting bad and expensive and the new department manager was a worthless fool on a good day.  So, I got home that afternoon and did something I had not done in a while.  I picked up the phone and started calling the recruiters back.  I was already scheduling interviews the next Monday and after a few really good ones, I am now at Turbine games in Westwood Ma.  Close call since I interviewed with Yahoo the day before I drove out here.  So, I am now hanging my hat here in Boston, and spending plenty of quality time in Salem.  When I get a chance I will post up some pics.  Boston, is like old house geek paradise.  I have driven past more Eastlake style places and Gothic Victorian and Italianate places than I can count.  Though I think Milwaukee has a higher Queen Ann density than there is here.  There are things out here that kind of suck though, the indian food is kind of crap, but I am very spoiled by Devon Street in Chicago, and the Thai food is runny, bland and tastless.  8^(  Kind of sad.  The whole area closes kind of early, like its built only to cater to old folks.  Also, everything about the culture seems to lean towards a prohibitionist view on drinking.

Then there is the accent and the idiomatic expressions.   I spent a lot of effort killing my use of Gems like “Alsyougottado”, now I am surrounded by it.

weak,

totally weak.

Ivan

It was a long winter.

A very long winter…

The spring work will begin again very soon.  We have a lot do do but not nearly as much as we had and no large projects on schedule this year.  Of course thats assuming I don’t go totally crazy and do the attic in the fall.  But really, this year is all about finishing work.  Trim, and paint and more trim.  Its is getting to be time to leave the place.  The sooner the better.

I have grown tired of being a pioneer.  As the economy collapses the natives are getting more restless.  Now that the very long winter is ending the amount of gunfire in the night is getting to be more frequent.  A lot more frequent.   The home improvement industry needs to come out with new products for this market.  Like Tyvek made out of ballistic nylon, and Kevlar Batt insulation.

Ivan

I am really starting to hate this project that seems to never really end.

I am slowly getting the mudding done… The vestibule is mudded and ready for primer..   The maids pantry is nearly ready, except for the part where I get the fun of fixing the old owners mud job on the ceiling.  The back hall has a long ways to go before its ready for paint and the kitchen even further.. .

Heck I need to get to the despot and pick up another sheet or tree of drywall to fill the last hole and get the other two unrelated fixes done that I wanted to. 8^P

bleh

The weather is already turning crappy..

And I have a downtime Saturday morning ( hoseing Saturday )

The good news is the bedroom window sashes..

Its been a long time but they are ready to go back in.  Stripped reglazed and tightened back up they are beautiful.

At least thats working out.

Ivan!