2024-09-15 More work on Derek's rental

This week has been mostly spent helping Derek do some remodeling on the new rental duplex.  His landlord (which is his roommates Dad), was agreeable to putting a pocket door between the bedroom and bathroom.   It was a open alcove with sink, and door to toilet and shower.   We took out the door between sink and toilet, and installed a pocket door between bedroom and sink.  

We think much nicer that you can close off the entire bathroom, versus always seeing the bathroom sink, and it gives more room in the toilet/shower area.

So we ripped out the framing, and part of the wall and got the pocket door frame installed on Monday, but then had to stop, as the contractors doing the rest of the house had priority for the work, so we only have evenings and weekends to work.

Working on pocket door installation

Kris painting the new door

Deans brother Lee came to the new rental, with his chainsaw, and kindly cut down the rest of the overgrown Arborvitae

Dean's brother Lee working on the stump

Derek working on some gutter maintenance, leak was dripping right in the walkway

During one of the trips to Home Depot for supplies, we had to haul a door, so Dean and Derek did that, while Kris took a walk in the very nice Nature preserve that Derek's rental backs up to.

Nature preserve with nice trails and ponds.

Of course we did have to take some time to enjoy ourselves as well.  Went out to eat at one of our favorite restaurants

We still have lots of trim work to do, and more mudding and taping to finish the drywall. Then clean and reseal the shower, buy and install the new toilet, install new ceiling fan, and I think blinds and curtain rods as well.   Not too much, should not take more than a week, if we can get access to the rental in the evenings.   

We also spent a day with Dean's Mom, and took her on some errands, and stopped at the local home grown fruit stand for some yummy fruits.

Shopping at the fruit stand

It is getting to be fall here and the temperatures are dropping.   We have a small heater in our room, as the large minisplit that provides heat and A/C to our room is broken now, and not worth repairing.  

Expecting a high of only 60 on Tuesday - Kris is shivering just thinking of it.  

Weather for Boise Idaho for the coming week

As compared to Trinidad, where the high still feels like mid 90's most days.

Trinidad weather for the week.

Both Dean and Kris are losing their tans, now sunless for a whole month.  Kris most likely will be in long pants, and a jacket for the remainder of the visit.