by CJ | Jan 21, 2012 | Journal
…yesterday, shoveling snow. By noon, I was walking like the witch in Sleeping Beauty—could not straighten up. Didn’t hurt too much if I just didn’t straighten up. On the bright side, it was the opposite side from the sciatica in my right...
by CJ | Jan 19, 2012 | Journal
Our Toro electric is our friend. We now have about 5″ of standing snow, as opposed to what melted while it got started. It’s powder, where we live. And rain can just wait, thank you! I established our back walk and the half of our double driveway we use...
by CJ | Jan 17, 2012 | Journal
Which should have taken 30 minutes. 4 hours later, into lunch, we now have it mostly put together. This thing is amazing. Board restraints, anti-buck pawls, —My dad’s consisted of a flat surface, a saw blade with no guards at all, an on switch, an angle...
by CJ | Jan 16, 2012 | Journal
Jane dropped her laptop, which is now wheezing, and has discovered a red line running up her slashed finger. Sigh. I will be going to the pharmacy tomorrow earliest to get antibiotics…she is now soaking the finger in Epsom salts. Did I mention a snowfall is...
by CJ | Jan 16, 2012 | Journal
We (and the Rotozip, an excellent tool) got the section prepared for the new floor insert: we found plywood in the basement; and Jane brilliantly used tinfoil to make a pattern which we will cut out and drop into the hole atop the floor decking, before restoring the...
by CJ | Jan 16, 2012 | Journal
http://www.krem.com/video/featured-videos/Digital-addiction-can-cause-brain-damage-137412048.html Wired-in may not be the best thing since sliced bread.
by CJ | Jan 14, 2012 | Journal
Turns out the leak punked some wood at the corner of the tub…. So we had to chisel that out. About a foot, foot and a half. We now don’t know if we have enough tile to cover the patch when we get it. It’s going to be a squeaker—and Lowe’s...
by CJ | Jan 12, 2012 | Journal
This is good. Nuff said.
by CJ | Jan 11, 2012 | Journal
The stairwell to the basement had an area just above the door, on the stairs side, that we hadn’t been able to reach: a grip-footed extension ladder and me to steady it let Jane get that. Her job of mudding the bathroom wall where the backsplash was is...
by CJ | Jan 11, 2012 | Journal
The stairwell to the basement had an area just above the door, on the stairs side, that we hadn’t been able to reach: a grip-footed extension ladder and me to steady it let Jane get that. Her job of mudding the bathroom wall where the backsplash was is...
by CJ | Jan 10, 2012 | Journal
…that we just can’t, right now. The bathroom has to go ahead, because we have no lights, no cabinets, and you shower with a billowing lot of plastic wrap…But it will be beautiful. The kitchen floor I fear is not going to settle too much more:...
by CJ | Jan 10, 2012 | Journal
…that we just can’t, right now. The bathroom has to go ahead, because we have no lights, no cabinets, and you shower with a billowing lot of plastic wrap…But it will be beautiful. The kitchen floor I fear is not going to settle too much more:...
