Spiky Bugger
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I hate that. I like HOARDING money.
But...I want to run a sewer line out to the room behind the garage. Technically, it’s a storage room. Historically, people have used it as a spare bedroom. It has survived numerous earthquakes. For ME (or Mr Sue) to use it, we’d insulate walls and probably the ceiling. We’d add more electrical capacity. It has no bathroom, BUT we can fix that when we redo the pool, by adding a “poolside shower and changing room” abutting the existing structure.
I figure that EVENTUALLY, the one of us that outlives the other will move out there and use it as “tiny house” size Granny Flat...a mini apartment that is small, but we’d have access to the real house if needed. Currently, it has a wall of books, a large, but poorly designed...my fault...closet, a CalKing bed, a love seat and a small chair, a few end tables, plus a 6’ long table that COULD be the beginnings of a mini-IKEA-type kitchen. Unfortunately, right now it also has tons of other belongings crammed in there, between all that stuff.
If that were the ONLY project, I might not be so Valium deficient. But the pool, an antique, needs a complete redo, which is as costly as putting in a new pool...AND requires that everything....pool drains, fencing, etc...be brought up to current code. And I want to knock out most of a wall between the (alleged) dining room and install something like a barn door divider. (Actually, I want IKEA to finish testing this stuff.
https://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/a4443/ikea-moveable-walls/
because I think it’s cool.
Right now, our so-called dining room can seat, at most, four people...and nobody can move until everyone is done eating. It’s more like a wide hallway. One wall COULD BE opened up into the bedroom used as our office...but then we’d be permanently reducing the number of bedrooms. But if it were just a BIG doorway, and had those sliding barn door-type doors/dividers...we could have a bigger dining room when needed, but we wouldn’t “lose” a bedroom.
And while we’re at it...the kitchen. It is NOT “aging in place”-friendly. I cannot and he probably should not bend over enough to reach things in the below the counter cabinets. AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, houses as old as I am, and as this house is, did not have the current standard 24” deep countertops. No, no...22” was good enough back then. So they essentially have to be gutted, so we can install usable counters. Apparently, I will never again be able to stand pain-free for any length of time, so I need to install counters at which I can sit. I need a wall oven, because MrSue has to be there to put stuff into or get stuff out of the oven. Microwave should be lower. Sink should be shallow.
And, we need earthquake retrofitting for the foundation of the house. And I just handed over nearly $1k for my high-end cataract surgery and, right after that, I need bunion surgery so that I can start PT and be less of a fall risk. As is, the bunion (it isn’t big) is just uncomfortable enough that I avoid pain by walking funnier than usual. So it has to be fixed before I can even begin physical therapy for my pre-existing walking funny. And these crowding lower front teeth...I need to revisit the orthodontist to see IF anything can be done.
So, I will send a thank you card to the person who starts a GoFundMe for me.
Also, I want a new shower curtain.
But...I want to run a sewer line out to the room behind the garage. Technically, it’s a storage room. Historically, people have used it as a spare bedroom. It has survived numerous earthquakes. For ME (or Mr Sue) to use it, we’d insulate walls and probably the ceiling. We’d add more electrical capacity. It has no bathroom, BUT we can fix that when we redo the pool, by adding a “poolside shower and changing room” abutting the existing structure.
I figure that EVENTUALLY, the one of us that outlives the other will move out there and use it as “tiny house” size Granny Flat...a mini apartment that is small, but we’d have access to the real house if needed. Currently, it has a wall of books, a large, but poorly designed...my fault...closet, a CalKing bed, a love seat and a small chair, a few end tables, plus a 6’ long table that COULD be the beginnings of a mini-IKEA-type kitchen. Unfortunately, right now it also has tons of other belongings crammed in there, between all that stuff.
If that were the ONLY project, I might not be so Valium deficient. But the pool, an antique, needs a complete redo, which is as costly as putting in a new pool...AND requires that everything....pool drains, fencing, etc...be brought up to current code. And I want to knock out most of a wall between the (alleged) dining room and install something like a barn door divider. (Actually, I want IKEA to finish testing this stuff.
https://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/a4443/ikea-moveable-walls/
because I think it’s cool.
Right now, our so-called dining room can seat, at most, four people...and nobody can move until everyone is done eating. It’s more like a wide hallway. One wall COULD BE opened up into the bedroom used as our office...but then we’d be permanently reducing the number of bedrooms. But if it were just a BIG doorway, and had those sliding barn door-type doors/dividers...we could have a bigger dining room when needed, but we wouldn’t “lose” a bedroom.
And while we’re at it...the kitchen. It is NOT “aging in place”-friendly. I cannot and he probably should not bend over enough to reach things in the below the counter cabinets. AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, houses as old as I am, and as this house is, did not have the current standard 24” deep countertops. No, no...22” was good enough back then. So they essentially have to be gutted, so we can install usable counters. Apparently, I will never again be able to stand pain-free for any length of time, so I need to install counters at which I can sit. I need a wall oven, because MrSue has to be there to put stuff into or get stuff out of the oven. Microwave should be lower. Sink should be shallow.
And, we need earthquake retrofitting for the foundation of the house. And I just handed over nearly $1k for my high-end cataract surgery and, right after that, I need bunion surgery so that I can start PT and be less of a fall risk. As is, the bunion (it isn’t big) is just uncomfortable enough that I avoid pain by walking funnier than usual. So it has to be fixed before I can even begin physical therapy for my pre-existing walking funny. And these crowding lower front teeth...I need to revisit the orthodontist to see IF anything can be done.
So, I will send a thank you card to the person who starts a GoFundMe for me.
Also, I want a new shower curtain.
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