Thursday, September 20, 2007

Some Days the Door is Closed to You


Sometimes even though you have the right to do something, to walk boldly through that door, the best thing to do is wait until dark. Sure with just the slightest lifting of the hand, you may be able to brush away whatever has interposed itself between you and your goal. However, you may find if you are patient, things that seem to be hindrances have, of their own accord, dispersed into the dark...

to eat mosquitoes!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Over the Brink...Dale Brink, Brink Construction

Well, that wonderful white ash trunk I was hoping to mill and put up for later projects is probably on my neighbor's property rotting away. The "contractor" I hired to put in a sun room at the back of our property took it all the way over there to get it out of the way. This should have been a sign to me as I had already told him of my plans for the wood.

Dale Brink the contractor of Aransas County Texas has turned out to be a dud and I've turned out to be an idiot for paying him anything before the job was done. Never again. Over four months of mud and debris in my back yard has driven home the lesson: Pay when the job is done, not before a stick has been laid.

In addition to being out a load of white ash, I am stuck with very deep ruts throughout my back yard, tear out debris all over the place, a destroyed pecan tree, multiple water supply line breaks, cast-off rebar littering my backyard, a bucket of worthless hand tools, and NO SUN ROOM.

We have filed and have learned that this is the way things often go here in Rockport, Texas. Fool me once...

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about Brink Construction run by Dale Brink. I have great insight into how he runs his business.