In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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KIKI I have a whiteboard and a calendar, but the calendar is for scheduling family appointments/events, since I'm a scheduling moron, and the whiteboard is mainly for when family randomly asks me to get or do something and it's so random that I have them write it on the board.
But for my own personal list of things to do I have scrap paper that fits right into my red diary, and that scrap paper catches all those stray thoughts that come to mind. It's a pretty scattered list of long term goals (reorg house) and small tasks (sew on pants button) ... the big items generate their own subtasks as I get to them which I also write down, but when I cross enough of them off I will rewrite the list and scrap the old. I use my diary to plan what I'm doing THAT DAY and to document what I did, who I spoke to, what info I gathered etc
It's complicated but it works for me
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY
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I may have twisted my knee. It's hard to tell though because both of them hurt today. I spent a large part of my time yesterday kneeling and crab-walking under the joists, so it might just be that I'm not used to more intense physical labor like that since it's been a while since I was working that job.
I didn't twist or break the arm. It hurts quite a bit, but there's really not even any bruising or swelling to speak of. I've got full mobility though. Maybe I bruised the bone?
Anyway, I stopped using that as an excuse to sit around doing nothing and got to work. Even though I only put in a few hours I did something that was bothering me for weeks and will need some drying time for a few days before I take the next step.
I finally did the outside tuck-pointing, and man, does it look professional. 
I had a 5 gallon bucket of water with me and a rag this time. As I packed everything in solid, I went back over it very carefully and wiped the blocks down around the seams. Then I used my finger and ran it along the seems to give it that nice professional look. It's going to look amazing when I put the coat of tar over it. 
Didn't get around to putting those joist anchors on everywhere like I wanted to though. I could still do it now, but I'm going to take it easy the rest of the night. Wrapping up this masonry work was a huge step for me, so I feel good about the day.
Whatever I do tomorrow, I'm going to wait on the joist anchors until after business hours. That's a lot of hammering, especially on the wall closest to the street. Right now would be the perfect time of day to do it, but the shop is closed for the day.
Thanks for worrying. I'm going to be fine.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Backgammon game to the thrift store and a bit of grocery shopping done.
Also some books reorganized as well.
Got a set of oven mitts from the Dollar store but they are good. My others all wore out.
So a good day today.
Work tomorrow.
Friday, I need to get a birthday card and a present for a friend in Alberta. Hopefully more stuff to the thrift store as well. Also for Saturday too.
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Someone I know has offered me a love seat which is just fine by me. Hopefully she can find someone to get it to me.
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Quote:If you're like me, things hurt worst the third day. I hope you were able to sleep well, the best painkilling OTC combination is tylenol and ibuprofen, but since ibuprofen prevents blood clot formation just make sure that you don't have any giant bruises before you start taking it.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I may have twisted my knee. It's hard to tell though because both of them hurt today. I spent a large part of my time yesterday kneeling and crab-walking under the joists, so it might just be that I'm not used to more intense physical labor like that since it's been a while since I was working that job.
I didn't twist or break the arm. It hurts quite a bit, but there's really not even any bruising or swelling to speak of. I've got full mobility though. Maybe I bruised the bone?
Anyway, I stopped using that as an excuse to sit around doing nothing and got to work. Even though I only put in a few hours I did something that was bothering me for weeks and will need some drying time for a few days before I take the next step.
I finally did the outside tuck-pointing, and man, does it look professional.
I had a 5 gallon bucket of water with me and a rag this time. As I packed everything in solid, I went back over it very carefully and wiped the blocks down around the seams. Then I used my finger and ran it along the seems to give it that nice professional look. It's going to look amazing when I put the coat of tar over it.
Didn't get around to putting those joist anchors on everywhere like I wanted to though. I could still do it now, but I'm going to take it easy the rest of the night. Wrapping up this masonry work was a huge step for me, so I feel good about the day.
Whatever I do tomorrow, I'm going to wait on the joist anchors until after business hours. That's a lot of hammering, especially on the wall closest to the street. Right now would be the perfect time of day to do it, but the shop is closed for the day.
Thanks for worrying. I'm going to be fine.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Also, joint rest, elevation, ice, and gentle motion will help squueze the swelling out feom around you joints, if you have any.
Congrats on the tuck-pointing! You've faced your fears and have overcome!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY
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I actually feel quite good today. The arm pain is virtually gone unless I grab my arm and squeeze on it. We'll see of that's the case once I'm doing work again.
I think my knees are still pretty shot, but I'm not convinced that was because of the fall. I didn't hurt both of them when I fell, and I probably only tweaked the right one that was already overworked by that point in the day when I did.
I have to start doing some exercise again. I haven't put on any weight since I got laid off, but I can tell that my endurance has gone down since I'm a smoker and that I'm inflicting minor injuries on myself by doing tasks that wouldn't have been a problem 3 months ago (such as moving furniture and crab walking under the joists). My upper back/left shoulder is still tweaked from moving the big furniture set out of my house with my brother last Monday.
I think I'll start with mowing the lawn today. I noticed that my neighbor is throwing out a broadcast spreader. I'm going to go check it out or even better see him and ask before I do. Mine is better, but it's broken. I might just throw mine out if he is only tossing it because he doesn't use it or he got a better one. His lawn doesn't look like he ever fertilizes it, and I've never once seen him use it, so he might just be dumping it.
Hopefully I can get myself to sand those windows down. I have a power sander I'm hoping I can use on the plastic wood, otherwise that's going to be a real chore. Not sure if I can use it though because of the vibrations on those crap windows. I can get a nice coat of primer on it if I prep the windows today and then I can get the last beads of caulk and hopefully the three back windows on the south side will be watertight after that.
Looked at the 4 windows on the north side and that's going to be a monster of a project. I might just have to replace all of the windows. There's no way I could ever explain how they originally did them since they're entirely unique to me and I've never seen windows done like that on any other house I've ever been at in my entire life.
I'll just say that they were taking water in from day one, when it was installed 40 years ago. Probably fine during the warmer months, but when snow drifts blew up against it and it settled there is no way the entire front of the porch wasn't taking on water whenever it melted.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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No work on the house today. Ended up running with the lawn maintenance after the mowing was done and got a bit carried away. I spent about 90 minutes with my saw-zall and a bore blade, trying to remove a tree stump that is close to the house (long story I'm not going to get into).
There's a lot of stump under there. A lot of roots too. It was the biggest one, but there are 4 others I need to remove. I'm going to have to find a smarter and more productive way to remedy this problem on my own. But I really have better things to be doing with my time right now, so that's going on the to-do list.
It's still somewhat early. I might do something else before I call it a night. Just needed a break though since I was out in the hot sun all day.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Left knee and hip bothering me now that I am home. Was at work and I walked back this early evening. So extra stress aside from going up and down the basement stairs at my boss's house.
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DONE!
Dear dauhter is finally out of the guest bedroom and into her renovated bedroom!
For me, it was a monster day of work, since I started out by walking the dog, then spent 1 1/2 hours on yardwork ...
Did I mention that whoever said that native gardening was less work than a lawn lied their assess off? MY big problem is weeds and Bermuda grass, which I am everlastingly digging and pulling. My hope is that I can get enough of the weeds pulled before they set seed that next year won't be so bad. Also using corn gluten as a pre-emergent weed inhibitor and weed/grass killer for the stuff I can't dig up.
Then making dinner (it's a lengthy recipe for vegie lasagna) and then doing the final prep for DD's move, and finally appealing to hubby and dd to move the bed and dresser since at that point I was at about as far as I could go. But while they were doing to heavy lifting, I was doing a giant kitchen cleanup.
Knees hurt, ankles hurt, feet and hips hurt, which is why I'm up at stupid o'clock posting. I DEFINITELY plan on taking things easy today! We have our Friday lunch out, and maybe running to the recycling center to get rid of some stuff.
The next few days I hope to box things up and take them out of the house for giveaway. And then we're going to start on dear daughter's prized possessions.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY
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BRENDA, I feel your pain! (literally). You mentioned that your legs are getting better since you can now put them up, which implies that you have leg swelling. Is that true?
SIX, I hope you're still feeling better and haven't gone backwards with your recovery. There is such a thing as a stump grinder which can be rented, but it's a beast of a machine, dangerous and probably expensive. Aside from that, no magic solutions that I know of ... unless you want to hitch up a pair of oxen and have them pullit for you!
Sealing windows ... hmmm. We recently had to face that problem since the trim under one of our windows rotted and needed replacement. Normally there is tar paper or Tyvek tucked around the window underneath the stucco or siding. Do you see evidence of sheet waterproofing material around the window? In other words, is the fault with JUST the window, or was the siding put up without underlying waterproofing.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY
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