Plans for the next year ??? (Read 714 times)

We have more trips planned for next year than we really wanted, but.....

First one is to Disneyland in February for our 50th Anniversary.

We have a room booked at the Grand Californian Hotel, at the park.

Got a good rate, as they are having a military appreciation again next year.

Also got 3-Day Park Hopper tickets for $125 each, because of the same promotion.

After Disneyland, we plan to go to Solvang, CA for a night, long enough to walk around town and have a nice dinner at The Little Mermaid Restaurant.

Then to San Jose to spend a couple of days with my cousin and her family.

Next stop will be San Francisco.

Not sure which hotel we will be staying in, but hope to get one in the City, rather than the Peninsula or driving from Travis.

Then home.

We also have trips planned to see our grand-daughter act in her final high school play. She has the lead.

Then for her high school graduation.

Then for her wedding and see them off to Minot Air Force Base, where he is a Minuteman tech.

After that?

Not sure, but maybe a trip back to North Dakota in September.

Lots of windscreen time.

Glad we get decent mileage on our Equinox.

I better get hold of AAA and start having them send me Trip Routings and Tour Books.

I'm tired already.

Jim Too

:santahat

The first planned event for this new year had its start.
Have a contract with Home Depot to replace the roof on the house, garage, & shop. Going to cost just about $13,500 and I'll put it all on my credit card for air-miles.

Sh!t!!! From the gloom and doom of this report I'm never coming back!

 Have signed the contract with Home Depot for replacing the roof on the house, garage, and shop.
About $13,500 will do it.

It includes it all and they are not reusing anything. All is new.
I also told them if I think any worker is not legal then I call the Border Patrol.
I also said and had it put in the contrat that before I pay Home depot and the contractor will provide me wit a "Waiver of Lean"
That protects me against the contractor coming back on me if Home Depot tries to short them.
I got 3 full estimates and took the best from them all and then demanded I get that stuff. I also paid close attention to the warranties.

I had all new floor coverings put in downstairs just after Thanksgiving. It was thrpough Rite Rug. I asked who did installation and they said their most experienced guys...all from Mexico. But they all had green cards. Spoke Spanish to themsleves, but good English to the wife and I. We had "Vinyl" put in Dinette area, kitchen, bath and mud room. They used one single piece to do Dinette, kitchen, closets and bathroom and its closet. It was unreal to see them cut and weave it around. No seams anywhere. Great job and they finished in one day (3 men). The next day another crew, same experience and origin, but just two guys to lay carpet, but another great job.
Lowes and Home Depot were more expensive for materials, but installation was cheaper. But overall cost was 15-18% higher than Rite Rug.
Few years back I decieded I needed a separate Garage for my lawn mowers, 4-wheelers, bikes and lawn accesories. So I put together a list of requirements and sent to three different contractors, recommended by neighbors. I received two "Proposals in mail, and one contractor came to house. When wife asked me what siding etc I was having put on new garage, contractor said, We can match siding and shingles from house. To this the wife said, why would I put shingles on roof of garage that I don't like. So they also gave me bid to replace shingles on whole house to match the garage (Which wife picked out). I also had them lay a concrete pad around my three car garage 60x25. The guy who came to house won, not only on cost, but also on fact he actually took enough interest to come to house. He also got the additional work of house roof and concrete.
When I had my whole house generator installed I got bids from Lowes and Home Depot as well. I was able to buy generator and whole house switch box on web and had installed by manufacturer certified installer (Same guy Lowes and Home Depot uses) for less than purchase price from Lowes/HD. I got everything for $5,000 for 20KWH generator and installation/and Propane installation (from our furnace tank). Lowes and HD were within $50 of each other at $7,000. So I have learned from experience that Lowes/HD are more expensive than going with private contractors and buying materials for them. I actually got a 10% discount from botrh Lowes/HD adn they were still highest bidders on two large proposals.