Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: muebe on November 30, 2013, 08:59:57 AM
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Well after 13 years of living in the same place I am going to be moving next weekend ???
I have a renter lined up for my place and she will be moving in as I move out. I was looking to buy in the Santa Clarita Valley but the homes are high priced right now and my home is not.
So I will become a landlord and a renter at the same time.
We finally found a really nice house to rent in Canyon Country in a upscale neighborhood. We just got the keys yesterday. It has a nice backyard for my kids(cooking equipment) but there is no patio cover :'(
So I am going to have to get my own makeshift patio cover installed.
I will be closer to the San Fernando Valley. You hear me Smoke? ;)
Wish me luck! Next weekend is going to be busy :o
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Good luck Mike. If I were closer I would swing by with my truck.
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Good luck. I hate moving
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Best of luck int he new place Mike!
You may want to talk about the move amongst your co-workers as a party. When you get everything in place, you will BBQ and have beer for everyone. AFTER you get enough help to move quickly, safely and without it killing any one person. Bait 'em! ;D
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Hope the move goes well Mike. Just get an EZ-Up canopy to cook under good way for a cover.
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If that is what you and your family want, have at it. Good luck and don't hurt yourself or get stressed out in your move.
Ed
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Good luck Mike. If I were closer I would swing by with my truck.
Ditto what RAD said Mike! Good luck in your new digs buddy! 8)
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I am happy for you Mike. A man should live where he wants to live and not where he has to live. Just wish I could practice what I preach ;D
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We might have to work next weekend to make up for being off this holiday weekend. If I get lucky and am off, I will shoot you a pm and we can toss some stuff in my truck :) like the Memphis...... ;)
Will let ya know.........Canyon Country is a nice place to hang your hat........ :)
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yo mike. I got a F-150. I could drive down and help. can i put my tent and weber in your backyard? will need a place to but my sleeping bag for the weekend. ;)
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Good luck Mike!
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Pics, muebe, pics
Best wishes for a safe and speedy move
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Congrats. And if I lived closer I would be happy to help move.
My mak shack while I was between homes. Worked great. Not so pretty.
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good luck on the move.
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Hope the move goes well Mike. Just get an EZ-Up canopy to cook under good way for a cover.
That was my thinking. Would rather set up something I could leave up however.
Thanks for all the support. This move is mainly for my kids. My neighborhood has gone downhill fast. I want my children living in a better community. It is close to their schools and daycare (mother-in-law). Also closer to my wife's work but I will now have a 30 minute commute to work instead of 2 minutes. I do get to take the company truck home so gas is not on my dime. Wife was spending $800 a month in gas running the kids to school and going to work. So that will cover the increase in monthly costs.
We wanted to buy but that just won't work right now so we are going to wait a few years. The house we are renting would probably be on the market for $500, 000 to $600, 000 ???
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Best of luck with your move, Mike. My Dad was in the Navy and we moved every 2 years whether I wanted to or not. After he got settled for a few years after retiring from the Navy, I went off to school and then the Navy for a while. I still moved around, just not as often. The only good thing I ever got out of moving was learning to pack! It has served me well. I can fit five pounds in a two pound bag.
Get some moving advice from Dee. He moved a few times in his career. He probably has a ton of pictures to post as examples for you.
Art
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Good luck and be safe ;D
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Good luck with the move, I've been packing boxes too :)
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Good luck with the move Mike! I am using 2 EZ Up canopies and they work just great for my
4 grills and smokers.
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Cool Mike, you're within firing range of me and Smoke now ;). My little 5x8 enclosed smoker hauler should be free if you need it!
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I hope everything goes well with the move. Good luck!
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Cool Mike, you're within firing range of me and Smoke now ;). My little 5x8 enclosed smoker hauler should be free if you need it!
Unless I got something burning, I smell a West Coast Gathering in the near future........
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Cool Mike, you're within firing range of me and Smoke now ;). My little 5x8 enclosed smoker hauler should be free if you need it!
Unless I got something burning, I smell a West Coast Gathering in the near future........
I'll come!!
Lucy doesn't like to fly :-[
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Good luck hope all goes well. One thing I hate to do is move so I feel for you.
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Good luck with the move!
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Pics, muebe, pics
Best wishes for a safe and speedy move
pz here are the pics you asked for. I started bringing some boxes down today so I snapped some pictures.
Here is a picture from the front at the street. It is off a main road(on a service road) and there are only like 12 houses on the street...
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Here is looking left at the front of the house...
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And looking right...
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The garage is not the best but will work...
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Here is a shot from the backyard looking toward the house from the back fence...
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And looking to the backyard from the house...
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The left side of the house with a dog corral...
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Another shot of the backyard from the right side of the house...
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Here is the entry way and living room...
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And a shot from the front door same room...
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Family room with fireplace...
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And the kitchen...
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Where the kitchen table goes...
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Shot of the stairs. They are nice and wide. Will make it easier moving the beds up there...
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Downstairs half-bathroom...
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Bedroom one...
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Bedroom two...
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Kid's bathroom...
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Master bedroom...
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My wife's walk-in closet...
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My part of the closet :'(
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Master bathroom...
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Nice place Mike! I hope you and your family have a great time living there! ;D
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Looks very nice. I always giggle when I see water heaters in the garage. Never happen here......
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My wife would love the closet, thanks for posting ;D
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Looks like a nice place Mike! A suggestion from an ole timer, leave some of the stuff(junk) behind, like Christmas decorations!! Don
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Looks very nice. I always giggle when I see water heaters in the garage. Never happen here......
That's where we have them on the other coast, Gulf that is. ;D.
When I lived in Buffalo I remember them in the kitchen.
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Looks very nice. I always giggle when I see water heaters in the garage. Never happen here......
That's where we have them on the other coast, Gulf that is. ;D.
When I lived in Buffalo I remember them in the kitchen.
And when they start leaking water...they flood the house ???
I would rather flood the garage floor.
Maybe in MN it get's too cold for it to be practical located in the garage?
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Good luck with the move buddy.. I know it can be stressful.
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I have a little compartment built into the side of the house for the water heater, if it leaks it just drains out to the side yard........
Nice looking digs......Smoochy wants to know if he gets his own room........
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I have a little compartment built into the side of the house for the water heater, if it leaks it just drains out to the side yard........
Nice looking digs......Smoochy wants to know if he gets his own room........
There is a storage closet under the stairs ;)
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It looks like a great home, Muebe. I'm happy for you.
Water Heaters—I've never lived further south than Nebraska so my water heaters have always been in the basement near the furnace and a floor drain.
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that layout looks a lot like my old house. Nice digs Muebe.
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Cool Mike, you're within firing range of me and Smoke now ;). My little 5x8 enclosed smoker hauler should be free if you need it!
Unless I got something burning, I smell a West Coast Gathering in the near future........
I like the idea. I am willing to do a little traveling. Maybe Nothern Cali near a lake?
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Nice place Mike, take some pics of the patio when you get your cookers set up.
OH.... LA, your fly is unzipped in that picture.
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Nice digs!
Looks very nice. I always giggle when I see water heaters in the garage. Never happen here......
X2! I remember my first visit to my brother's place in Laguna Hills. WTH is that doing out here!?!?!?
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It looks like a great home, Muebe. I'm happy for you.
Water Heaters—I've never lived further south than Nebraska so my water heaters have always been in the basement near the furnace and a floor drain.
Great new home, muebe!
Yup - in MN most are in the basement - just like Paul's.
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Looks like a great place you're going to be cookin' in muebe - thanks for posting the pics! Your back yard looks like it abuts a park or something other than another back yard
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Looks like a great place you're going to be cookin' in muebe - thanks for posting the pics! Your back yard looks like it abuts a park or something other than another back yard
Yeah. It is a terraced hill. There are no homes behind us.
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Looking forward to pics of your cooking setups! :P
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Oh what a busy week! I hate moving :'(
So after 2 loads in a 26ft U-Haul and several trips with my Silverado I got a majority of my things moved from the Lancaster house! It is amazing what you accumulate in 13 years.
I got the interior painted and new carpet put in the rooms. My tenant got the keys yesterday and moves in today.
I got all my cooking equipment moved out but decided to leave the RED for the tenant. Then my boss was helping me move and saw the grill. He wanted to buy it and so I sold it to him. And he is buying the spa too! What do I say? He is my boss ;)
And now to try and tackle all the boxes in the garage at the new place ???
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Not sure which is harder, the moving or the settling in...
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What a comfortable looking house and neighborhood Mike! I wish you and the family years of contentment there.
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Sure is a nice house! It looks like it is in great shape and a very nice neighborhood for you and the kids. Too bad that you couldn't buy this one. Perhaps, some day.
However, for a 71 year old man, it has too much yard work for me with all of those shrubs and lawn. After being raised in New Mexico, you develop a strong appreciation for dirt. The nice thing about dirt is it allows you to spend more time in the mountains fly fishing.
Ed
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Wow Make it looks like a great place .
i can see a pizza oven in the future. ;)
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I am just across town if you need anything or to borrow
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Congrats Mike & Family on your new home.
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muebe - Taking SWMBO to the airport tonight so she can spend Christmas with daughter & SIL in Rosamond. She'll be on the Antelope Express to Lancaster arriving at 8:45 tomorrow morning - you can meet her there and deliver the invitation to your new digs for some great food as well as the terrific Christmas present you got for me. Just let me know how big a truck the kids will need to haul the present.
Oh yeah, she'll be the gorgeous (but tired) blond who doesn't look old enough to be your mother.
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muebe - Taking SWMBO to the airport tonight so she can spend Christmas with daughter & SIL in Rosamond. She'll be on the Antelope Express to Lancaster arriving at 8:45 tomorrow morning - you can meet her there and deliver the invitation to your new digs for some great food as well as the terrific Christmas present you got for me. Just let me know how big a truck the kids will need to haul the present.
Oh yeah, she'll be the gorgeous (but tired) blond who doesn't look old enough to be your mother.
If I was still up there I would gladly take her to breakfast ;)
This will be the first weekend that I am actually home which means opening boxes and moving stuff in from the garage :'(
I am really going to try and cook something this weekend....
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So finally got my gas line for my cooking equipment done. There is a 2 inch gas line that appears to have been put in for a pool heater that was never installed. So I tapped into it...
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Now I can use my Big Easy, Firepit, and other gas powered cooking equipment ;)
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So finally got my gas line for my cooking equipment done. There is a 2 inch gas line that appears to have been put in for a pool heater that was never installed. So I tapped into it...
Man, talk about convenient! I bet that saved a lot of work, not to mention a few $$$.
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Well...one thing is for sure....muebe's got gas...... ;D ;D ;D