{"id":60387,"date":"2016-10-13T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=60387"},"modified":"2016-10-13T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T04:36:00","slug":"fix-er-upper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/fix-er-upper\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix er upper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, It has been a long time since I made an update.&#160; Lots of things going on and lot of things I just can\u2019t say much about.&#160; Suffice to say, just when you think things are going <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/right\/\" title=\"View all articles about right here\">right<\/a> you get a sucker punch.&#160; That was how our summer went.<\/p>\n<p>We have spent much of our summer and fall in Colorado.&#160; Grandma has too much interest out here so we keep coming back.&#160; On our most recent trip <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/home\/\" title=\"View all articles about home here\">home<\/a> a few weeks ago we were doing well on I-70 in western Kansas but at <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/one\/\" title=\"View all articles about one here\">one<\/a> point it became obvious that the road crews must have had a problem when they did the resurface recently.&#160; I <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/guess\/\" title=\"View all articles about guess here\">guess<\/a> it is a test to keep you from getting white line fever\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4804.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_4804\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_4804\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4804_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C274\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were many miles of the center line being all over the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/place\/\" title=\"View all articles about place here\">place<\/a> from left of the joint to <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/right\/\" title=\"View all articles about right here\">right<\/a> of the joint to angled in all directions.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>We got <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/home\/\" title=\"View all articles about home here\">home<\/a> and had 10 days of Doctors, bills, cleanup, mowing, ( oh wait I had all that she was knitting).&#160; Anyway we got some rest, some things fixed and running, I thought, and then turned <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> around and headed back with appointments out here to take care of.&#160; We also made a family reunion in the big city of Goltry.&#160; The family in question was actually from Jet-Nash but some of them are in Goltry so they found a <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/place\/\" title=\"View all articles about place here\">place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4809.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_4809\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_4816\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4816_thumb.jpg?resize=567%2C755\" width=\"567\" height=\"755\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also found a great little fix-er-upper in that town and the price is really reasonable\u2026 if you want to live out and away or on main street for that matter\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4818.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_4818\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_4818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4818_thumb.jpg?resize=578%2C434\" width=\"578\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>yea it needs a little more clean up before the fixing but\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4819.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_4819\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_4819\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4819_thumb.jpg?resize=578%2C434\" width=\"578\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The price is low enough I might could afford it?<\/p>\n<p>Saw a lot of wife\u2019s family at the reunion and did a little visiting and then back <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> to get things ready for the return trip to Colorado.&#160; So last Sunday we headed back out to make our various appointments here.&#160; on the way, I captured this guy running on I-70.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-SAM_4842.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_4842\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; 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So far I can say most of what has been in our price range is way over priced for crap that is way <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> and needs plenty to just get it fixed up.&#160; I <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>guess<\/strong> you pay for the location way more out here?&#160; Well we made our tour of homes again and actually did find <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> that needs a few updates but was so well maintained ( from appearance) that we put in an offer and ended up a <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/few-days\/\" title=\"View all articles about few days here\">few days<\/a> ago with a contract on another house.&#160; We keep saying we need to downsize and every time we upsize.&#160; I am hoping that trend reverses soon?&#160; Can\u2019t say much more about it other than really nice <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>place<\/strong> not as much yard and we didn\u2019t end up with the mountain view we had hoped for but they are out there just a little ways.&#160; Strange thing, we had gone <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/past\/\" title=\"View all articles about past here\">past<\/a> this house several times and <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/past\/\" title=\"View all articles about past here\">past<\/a> it up as it didn\u2019t look like the kind of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>place<\/strong> we would like\u2026 Most of it is hidden, in fact 80% of it is hidden unless you get <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> up to it.&#160; Even the listing front was not what would draw you in but good <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/thing\/\" title=\"View all articles about thing here\">thing<\/a> we change and added it to the list. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-ISivv0gbgjc75p1000000000.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-ISivv0gbgjc75p1000000000\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-ISivv0gbgjc75p1000000000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-ISivv0gbgjc75p1000000000_thumb.jpg?resize=585%2C440\" width=\"585\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the front\u2026 you don\u2019t see anything\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-IS6idc27r10bks1000000000.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IS6idc27r10bks1000000000\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IS6idc27r10bks1000000000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1-IS6idc27r10bks1000000000_thumb.jpg?resize=591%2C393\" width=\"591\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the back it starts to fill out to be very big.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>We have not gotten <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>past<\/strong> all the hurdles yet but we don\u2019t see too many things lacking\u2026 other than money, HA!&#160; So as not to jinx it or say much more till it become a bigger reality I will stop here.. <\/p>\n<p>One other <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/thing\/\" title=\"View all articles about thing here\">thing<\/a> that came up was an <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> friend called me Saturday before we came back out. We had worked for the same company about the same amount of time and spent the last 12 years traveling together in our commutes to Algeria.&#160; He was wondering if we were in Colorado as he was here staying whit his Mother in Law for a <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/few-days\/\" title=\"View all articles about few days here\">few days<\/a> while his Sister-in-law and husband were at funerals back in Kansas.&#160; Well sure enough I would be back out so we set up a meet for Tuesday before he headed <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> and we had a great visit.&#160; He got to meet my wife and she him and we talked for maybe 4 hours.&#160; Thank you Mr. Rahim for the timing and the chance to visit.&#160; We will for sure have to do it again as likely you will be out here multiple times in the future.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>So now we are back in Lakewood, and will have to stay a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>few days<\/strong> while daughter gets some tests and a small procedure done first of next week.&#160; We are just the roving grandparents.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, It has been a long time since I made an update.&#160; Lots of things going on and lot of things I just can\u2019t say much about.&#160; Suffice to say, just when you think things are going right you get a sucker punch.&#160; That was how our summer went.<\/p>\n<p>We have spent much of our summer and fall in Colorado.&#160; Grandma has too much interest out here so we keep coming back.&#160; On our most recent trip home a few weeks ago we were doing well on I-70 in western Kansas but at one point it became obvious that the road crews must have had a problem when they did the resurface recently.&#160; I guess it is a test to keep you from getting white <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/fix-er-upper\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Fix er upper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fix er upper - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/fix-er-upper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fix er upper - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well, It has been a long time since I made an update.&#160; Lots of things going on and lot of things I just can\u2019t say much about.&#160; Suffice to say, just when you think things are going right you get a sucker punch.&#160; That was how our summer went. 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