Home Show & a Marrrgarrrita

Well, with all that has been going on the Custom Builder's Home Show was a little anti-climactic. I went to about nine houses and saw pretty much what I've been seeing. One developer has a number of houses with roof-top decks which was different. Another one had a house that was almost self sufficient and generated almost all of its own electricity from solar panels on the roof. I think that if he would have sized the house better it would have produced all the electric it needed. The builders are committed to building huge houses. Another one had sliding glass walls so there was no separation from the house to the courtyard.

But, in the end, a toilet is a toilet...no pun intended. And why would you design a fancy utility room with cabinets and washer/dryer hookups and not have a place to hang your clothes when they come out of the dryer. I asked that question and they said it was an option. Lets see a show of hands...how many want a place to hang up your clothes? See? How many want a fireplace in the master bedroom? How many want a door on the bathroom? Yeah...a door on the master bathroom is an option. They put a door on the little water closet with the toilet but if you want to take a bath you might as well do it in the kitchen sink. Well, they say the privacy is afforded by the master bedroom. So if you get up to go to the bathroom at night you have to turn on the bathroom light and then trudge twenty feet to the little water closet, go in and do your business and then parade back the twenty feet to turn off the bathroom light and then go back to bed with an irate spouse. Maybe the light from the blazing fire in the master bedroom fireplace is supposed to provide enough light to get to and from the little water closet. See...I missed my calling....I have a gift for home design.


I ended the home show at one of my builder's houses and met with her assistant to go over the paperwork for the purchase offer. It was all in order generally -- the trust sort of threw them but I've been talking about it for days. They don't see that many revocable trusts, I guess. So I wrote out my earnest money check and the offer is being faxed tonight. We shall see what happens.

I decided to go out to Little Anitas for some New Mexico food and a margarita (I apparently have to practice rolling my 'r's if I'm going to order marrrgarrritas here). I had a chile rrrelleno and carrrne adovada. The later is sort of pork stew meat (en adobo) -- marinated in red chiles. It was good but I had them put the green chile sauce on the side so I could control how much I wanted. Anita's green sauce is mild, as you know, and tastes like green peppers with only a little heat. It was all good food and they give you sopapillas, rice, beans and a taco to go along with the other stuff. This was on top of the marrrgarrrita and the chips and salsa they give you when you sit down. So I eventually unwedged myself from the booth and paid my bill and waddled to the car.

Tomorrow I head north to Angel Fire for several days. That is about a 4 hour drive and I'll be fishing and chilling out...and waiting for word on the property offer. I fully expect to have to make a mad dash back to Albuquerque to sign more papers sometime this week.