Using the 2nd bathroom is fine for the boys or for guests that visit for a few days, but I'm ready for the new bathroom. I think using this bathroom for three weeks will make the new bathroom even that much better. I was amazed at how quickly they got going. Wednesday they had three trades on site and the entire wall was taken out and the new window installed and the T-111 put up to complete the exterior. The plumbers were in and jack hammered the slab and moved the drains from the two walls to the center of the shower stall and also did the pre-plumbing for the two showers. Thursday, there were two trades in once again and the hot mop for the shower was completed and the can lights installed and the pre-electrical for the lights over the sinks and they moved the light switches from the outside of the room to the inside. We will have a three way switch for the can lights, vanity lights and one for the whisper quiet exhaust fan that was also installed. Friday, it seemed like not much was done, but they came in and put in the drywall and patched the holes in the walls and ceiling from the old lights, hat racks and the fan install as well as the can lights. Saturday, some guys came out to do the texture on the walls and Monday they will paint. We are on our way.
It was a busy weekend with poker Friday night. I had a good night and I took about $85 from my friends. We had a good time and a lot of laughs. I had a better time than some. Saturday was a busy day for me. I had a 10:15 tee time at Castle Oaks in Ione, CA. It is near Jackson and about an hour and ten minute drive from the house. I drove myself as I had to leave right after golf to get home, shower, eat and get over to Bayside church for the Amy Grant concert. It was a great session for me on the driving range and that should have let me know life was about to get complicated on the golf course. I snap hooked my opening drive into the water and finished with a snowman (8) on the opening par five. I then snap hooked my next drive on a par 3 into a lateral hazard and took a 6, and snap hooked my drive on the next par 4 into the water and took a 7. Three straight triple bogeys and I was already 9 over and only get 17 strokes on the course. I pulled it together and shot a 13 over 49 on the front and followed that with a great back nine and shot a 39 for 88. What a weird day. It was slow going and we finished in about 5 hours and I was back on the road home by 3:20. I took a picture of the guys I played with. I don't care for either of them, but they make me look tall. Just kidding. Pamas is on the left and is an FBI agent and a good friend of mine. Chuck lives in the neighborhood and is the secretary in our club and has been for about 16 years.
The concert was fun and we ran into Steve Morgan who I worked with at Dean Witter and he was my roommate in New York City and put up with Jennifer coming and crashing with us when she was 16. We had a great visit with him. He is a member at Bayside and was working as one of the ushers at the concert. I made a tentative lunch plan with him for when I get back from Vegas. The concert was great. Amy Grant hasn't been in concert for almost 17 years and it was great to see her out there. She married Vince Gill back in 2000 and basically retired from performing. They had a little girl in 2002 and she raised her while Vince stayed active in music. Her father died a couple of years ago and she decided it was time to start writing and performing again. She was in concert with Nicole Nordeman and Ellie Holcolm and all three performed together, rather than having an opening act, etc. It was great. We left at intermission as the place was packed. I was tired and we wanted to miss the traffic.
Darla and I were up early today and off to church. We stopped at the store on the way back so I could get a breakfast burrito and some distilled water that I needed to use with the water based stain. Darla is still on her diet and has lost about 12 pounds to date and looks great. We got back, I ate my breakfast and was on to power washing the deck and then using a driveway cleaner to get the oils and dirt off of the deck surface. I came in and let the deck dry for about 45 minutes and then back out to work. I had bought an airless sprayer to use, but the water based stain was too thin to work and the stain was just dripping out of the sprayer, so we ended up going the roller and paint brush route. The roller really sped up the process and I finished in a little over an hour. I came in to let the first quote dry, looked at the golf, was bored and went in for a nap. I had planned to be up by 4:30 finishing the task, but slept until 5:00. The sun was warm today and made me drowsy. It was about 88 degrees with 90 degrees on tap for tomorrow. I finished up with the second coat and basically used up the stain concentrate. I changed the color slightly this year from a bark brown to a Dark Adobe color which has a little more red in the stain.
I had to let the deck dry before we started the tri tip which is on the barbecue right now. The Giant game is on at the moment and I have that on tape while Darla is watching Island Living on HGTV. She is hooked on all of these shows (Property Brothers, Love it or List It, Flip or Flop, etc.). It started with the master bathroom remodel as she would watch the shows to see ideas on the bathroom. Now she has got to know the hosts and is hooked. I'll get out either later this week or when we get back to apply the sealer on the deck. I also have to take an etching product to the river rock around the pool and then reseal that as well as we prepare for Summer and the opening of the pool.
Later...Just finished dinner. Darla had her 3 ounces of steak and is setting aside another three ounces for another meal. I'll bring the leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I'll have a busy week this week at work and then off Friday and Monday for our trip to Las Vegas. I have a couple of marketing calls early in the week and then lunch with Alan, the CEO of WIAA, who will host me in Washington, DC in June.
I want to ask him about some of the activities that we can do in DC and also hit him up on our agency E&O products. He has an exclusive program currently and writes about 240 of his agents for their E&O. He has over 350 in his group, so they are missing somewhere on either price or coverage. We have a Center of Excellence that writes nothing but Agent's E&O and I'd like a shot at those accounts as they renew. I also have a golf meeting on Thursday night.
Darla and I will leave about 4 AM Friday morning and drive to Las Vegas. We are picking up one of Jennifer's paintings. I'm also really looking forward to watching Samantha in her soccer game. She is pretty active according to Jennifer and it will be great to be there to cheer her on. We'll take her over to the hotel and swim after her game. Darla's diet will compound our options this trip on eating out and she will actually bring the George Foreman grill with us so she can cook her meals. We may go out to dinner and Darla suggested a steak restaurant. Yeah, great place to take a couple of vegetarians. We'll see.
Well, the Blog will be late again next week as we are in Las Vegas, but I will return with tons of pictures of the kids as well as further updates on the remodel. The warm weather is here and it is warm tonight. I have the screen door open and the fan on above me. It is 72 degrees at 8:00 PM after sunset. We are expecting some rain the end of the week and we'll be in Sunny Las Vegas.
I hope you all are well. I'll be back at the keyboard after our trip. Be well. Ciao.
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