by CJ | Apr 12, 2014 | Journal
No plan survives contact with the enemy. In this case, those sections of the fence are, at least the 18 feet we just took down, handmade on the hardware offered for the ‘bought’ sections. We may have some ‘bought’ sections on the west side, but...
by CJ | Apr 10, 2014 | Journal
THat’s done. The contract is signed. Saturday we start taking the fence apart. And we really, really hope we like the color we picked out. I plan for us to have a camera during the takedown. And process. It’s too bad we don’t have a camera-person but...
by CJ | Apr 10, 2014 | Journal
THat’s done. The contract is signed. Saturday we start taking the fence apart. And we really, really hope we like the color we picked out. I plan for us to have a camera during the takedown. And process. It’s too bad we don’t have a camera-person but...
by CJ | Apr 9, 2014 | Journal
The larger area on the other side of the bridge remains to see to, and a little squib at the U end of the pond, but we’re doing well. I didn’t recognize Grant this year: I kept wondering where we had gotten a medium sized tricolor. But that’s our...
by CJ | Apr 9, 2014 | Journal
The ones we have, that is. Since they list every other parameter on their website but weight. The answer is 45 pounds. Yay! Jane and I together could have done it if it were twice that, but we’d so much rather lug 45 pounds than 90. We’re also hoping the...
by CJ | Apr 9, 2014 | Journal
The ones we have, that is. Since they list every other parameter on their website but weight. The answer is 45 pounds. Yay! Jane and I together could have done it if it were twice that, but we’d so much rather lug 45 pounds than 90. We’re also hoping the...
by CJ | Apr 8, 2014 | Journal
I get a call from Rick, the fence guy stating the utility people are going to come to mark the buried lines. Fine. And I should paint white on my fence (dark red)…so,,,, huh? I say, turn the telly off and ask him to repeat that. Yep. I went out and nailed two...
by CJ | Apr 7, 2014 | Journal
We’re hoping for a smooth app and permit downtown—it’s only a mile or two from here. The weather for this operation is sketchy, but that’s the season: typically it rains often, but no gully-washers (Southern US term for a large downpour) or...
by CJ | Apr 5, 2014 | Journal
What’s wrong with big-box hardware stores? You go there to replace an icebox water filter. Naturally you go to Plumbing. Now, Lowes has a Whirlpool filter which takes a shove-connect 1/4 inch tube—but half the time one of the other tube inserts won’t...
by CJ | Apr 5, 2014 | Journal
What’s wrong with big-box hardware stores? You go there to replace an icebox water filter. Naturally you go to Plumbing. Now, Lowes has a Whirlpool filter which takes a shove-connect 1/4 inch tube—but half the time one of the other tube inserts won’t...
by CJ | Apr 4, 2014 | Journal
We haven’t gotten our permit. We haven’t lined up help to take down the old fence. They told us two weeks. [racing in useless circles, here] typical, typical of our projects!
by CJ | Apr 3, 2014 | Journal
are increasing. The pond is now clear, clear to the bottom. All our fishes are happy. I can’t feed them yet. I’m doing the final edit on the NEXT Foreigner book before writing the ending. The house is a mess. But we are bringing order out of that chaos....