Verna and Bob's Weblog

October 2010

Speedy Construction Project

I responded to a comment left by a reader regarding the progress on our construction to date. It got me thinking about just how much time the project has been underway, so I went to the archives and took a look at the groundbreaking photos and then to the latest ones taken last Saturday.

The composite image below shows the groundbreaking on August 16, 2010 and the state of the project when we left Wickenburg last Saturday, October 9, 2010. That’s just a little under two months and the concrete, framing, drywall, rough electrical and plumbing, windows, doors and insulation are all done. That’s not too shabby.

Click on the image to enlarge.

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October 13, 2010 by Arizona Retirement

Nap Time

This is me in my new bed. I curl up in it once in a while to take a nap. Most of the time, though, I am playing with my chew toys and squeakey toys and running around the house. Click on my picture to make me big.

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October 12, 2010 by Critters Family

Weekday BBQ

impromptu.jpgVerna and I generally make our special meals on weekends. Now, since we’ve been on the road dealing with the new house, we have been traveling on the weekends.

We almost never eat in restaurants, so while out of town, we shop at a local supermarket and fix meals at the hotel or in the park down the street on our portable grill.

I missed cooking on my big grill, so today, I pulled a couple of small tenderloins out of the freezer and grilled ’em to medium rare. At DrJim’s recommendation, we had roasted yam spears seasoned with sodium-free “bayou blast” (made from an Emeril Lagasse concoction but without the salt). We opened a can of butter beans for some extra roughage. It was a very tasty meal.

October 11, 2010 by Food and Dining Retirement

Parting Shot

I took this picture of our newly installed front door and my husband just as we were getting ready to head back to California. The project is going very well and we need to take care of some business at the Torrance house but we’ll be back in Arizona soon. Click on the image to enlarge.

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October 9, 2010 by Arizona Retirement

RV Access Panorama

We asked our contractor to clear a pathway so that when we get our RV we can have pull-thru access. I have a problem with trying to back a large vehicle (trailer/5th wheel/class A) up or downhill, so we asked for the pull-thru access.

In the panoramic image below on the left side, you can see the rough exit access. The RV will enter the driveway on the right side and pull behind the house where there will be full hookups (30 Amp AC, hose bib, sewer) on the left side. Click on the image to enlarge.

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We only needed the RV space for storage of the one we may eventually get. We wouldn’t necessarily need the hookups but if we get visitors who come in an RV, we wanted them to have the option to stay in their rig. We will pull ours down the exit access enough to allow our visitors to pull behind the house. When they are ready to leave, we will pull down on the roadway and drive up the driveway and into the RV spot as they pull out.

October 8, 2010 by Arizona Panoramas Retirement

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