There are no pictures  this week.

It’s been damp, soggy, wet, cool, miserable. I only got one ride in last week. Fortunately, the hurricane veered out to the ocean. We had rain all week, but nothing worse.

There are five condos in Snowden Overlook. Ours is Kendall 1. Our houses are all similar and were all built by Ryland. Our condo is comprised of houses on Endless Ocean Way, which is a big circle. Houses are divided into “inside loop” (those houses where the back yards face each other) and “outer loop” (those houses, like ours, that have back yards go down the hill.) The outer loop houses have walk-out basements and decks. The inner loop houses have a patio, with a half flight of stairs from the basement to ground level, and another half-flight of stairs from ground level to the main floor.

Some people have had ongoing problems with water in their house. The board hired an engineer last year. He spent a lot of time standing around and talking, charged us $14,000, and did nothing. I heard his company fired him. Then the board hired another engineer. This guy spent two days inspecting a sampling of units. He found that while the houses were built with the correct materials, the installation of flashing and such was sometimes done incorrectly. Some inner loop units have major rotting problems and need major repairs. Some outer loop units have water getting into the deck ledger, resulting in rotting wood. We have been advised not to use our decks until they are inspected and repaired. We haven’t had any problems with water leaks in our house. I think our deck is OK, but we don’t use it anyway. (I use the porch under the deck where it’s shady. Danita stays inside to avoid the bugs.) However, I do see unanticipated expenses on in our future.

This was supposed to be the weekend when we put our new website into it’s permanent web address. Technically, we are transferring the domain (snowdenoverlook.com) from Mike to our condo association, changing the domain to point to our new web site, and switching our Email service to our new servers. Unfortunately, the first step didn’t work. Bummer.

Our FIOS stopped working early this week. It took Verizon several days to get out here to fix it. It’s nice to have a clubhouse nearby with public WiFi. It’s a lot nicer to have WiFi in our own house.

My old computer sold. I am disappointed in the price. However it’s a done deal, and it’s for sure I didn’t want it any more.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.