Here we are at the end of another year. It's been an interesting one for Borderlands, in the good, bad, and ugly(-ish) ways. Mostly good, however.
Obviously, the biggest thing going on for us is the slow process of moving. As regular readers know, I had expected the process to move faster, but the logic of doing the work ourselves versus hiring contractors has made the process slower but much, much cheaper. All in all, it's to our advantage, but it has made for a substantially longer process that I expected going into it.
Last month was the one year anniversary of starting work and it's kind of fun to look back on all that we've done. Some of the highlights have been:
Taking a mass of ivy and concrete in the backyard and turning it into a set of lovely planters with actual plants growing in them.
Replacing the falling-down plywood and scrap around the yard with new redwood fences.
Building a shearwall across the back of the building so that it will withstand earthquakes much better than before.
Nailing reinforcing clips on to the ceiling joists to further improve the seismic resistance of the building. Forty-five joists, four clips per joist, eight nails per clip, for a total of 1440 nails. That is, in contractor terms, a s**t-ton of nails.
