In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Cold and snowing today. :(
Not going to be doing more work on the doors in the garage until tomorrow. It's kind of a miracle I'm not sick right now and just have some minor sniffles after yesterday.
Going to have to drag my ass up and get those baseboards started though. I really need to clear them out of that room so I can stage stuff in there for painting and not tie up the saw in the other room with painted stuff waiting to dry.
Got an old coping saw I found, but I'm not sure if the blade is good enough for the job. I went to buy new blades, but the only ones they had were 1/2 inch short and were designed to fit a saw that they didn't have in stock. Bummer. I do have a brand new hacksaw blade that I might try if the coping saw blade isn't up to the task of doing the 45's. I've got some wiggle room to test on this since I'll be starting at the very end of a 12' piece that is going to be on a wall longer than 12' and will need a second piece anyhow.
I'm going to try to get those strange door casings cut and put in place today too. Not a huge priority for space allocation there, but it will be a good morale booster to finally get all the door framing completed.
I ordered all of the rest of the pieces I'll need for the entire house (minus the porch) last night. I have no idea how much I'd need for the porch since I still don't know what I'm doing with all of the windows yet, but since it's not part of the house proper I will just buy some cheap trim and/or even make my own for that when it's ready. That's a long way off though...
Unfortunately, I had to buy three 10' lengths of the trim, that were only $1.00 off. I don't think they're being clearanced out like the shorter ones are at that price, so I think they're keeping the same style in stock at the store, but just eliminating the shorter lengths. I don't think that's a wise decision on their part since people aren't going to be likely to buy 10' pieces for doorways and will just go for a different style that has the 7.5' pieces available.
I had to pay premium prices for these 10' lengths though because I'm not going to do shoddy work like the previous owners did just to save a few bucks and I've got three things that need casings that have a length of over 7.5'.
Anyway... we'll see what I get done today. 
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Hey Sigs!
That video I posted about using a coping saw to make your 45's on baseboard works a treat.
I didn't actually use it for the baseboards today (yet), but I used it to adjoin two tops for door casings on doors that were right next to each other in a corner in the hallway and the entire thing is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in the interior of a home. No joke. 
So even though I only got one piece of baseboard cut and installed today, I ended up finishing all the door casings on the 2nd floor. They were tricky as hell, and they took me about 4 hours to do, not including my frequent breaks to clear my mind, but I only wasted one piece of trim and it wasn't one of my specialty cuts, so it's no huge deal. I bought 3 extras for the entire house, and the rest of the house is straightforward cuts, so baring any real stupidity down the road I should end up with two extra pieces when I'm done.
I'm going to have to get a picture up somewhere for you all to see this.
Yanno what... I'm going to do that now. I'll be back in a little while. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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In an effort to fool the reverse image lookup, I messed with the colors of the image a bit. Not sure if that works or not, but it didn't find any matching images now.
The colors don't matter though, you can still see the trim work.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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FYI, the scarf joints in the 2nd video work great too.
I've got two 1/2 walls of baseboard done in the master bedroom now, and unless you were shining a light right on 'em, you can't even tell where I joined the base in the middle of the floor, and those coped corners almost look so good that I'd think about skipping the caulk if I wasn't already going to have to re-paint after covering the nail holes. I'll hardly even have to caulk the top of the boards to the wall. It's got a bit of give and if you're careful when putting your nails in you can get it real nice and tight up against the wall.
So... I pretty much did what I initially set out to do today on top of everything else. I got a lot of that baseboard out of there already. The hallway will be tricky, but I could probably have all of the baseboard done tomorrow minus the closets, and I might even get started on the windows or put a first layer of paint on the other doors.
I'm amped up and could have kept working, but I'm using the noise level as an excuse to wrap it up for the night, even though with all the windows closed the neighbors probably can't hear it.
The baseboard by the closet will be a little tricky. I'm definately going to be hanging up the door for that, because I want to make sure that when the bifold opens it won't be obstructed by it, but I also want to make sure I'm not cutting it short either. Need that to fit like a glove, and I want to be fresh and alert in the morning when I do it.
I can't remember what video I watched about this trick, but when I end the baseboard before the closet door, I'm going to cut a 45 behind it instead of just cutting it flat. I'm then going to cut out another tiny 45 degree wedge to fit and use wood glue to secure it in. It looks 1000 times nicer than just going with a straight break on the end.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Well, today I took my cat in for (yet) another vet trip today. His backstory (which I'm sure I posted before ... nevertheless ...) ...
Where I used to work has multiple locations over the whole of SoCal. At one of the locations, employees found three feral kittens, seriously dehydrated and underfed, with no mom in sight, who they rescued by running off to Kmart to get a large Rubbermaid bin and lid out of their own wallets. Yanno, it's one of those things that doesn't make it into official records. Under the radar ... out of the eye of Sauron.
They were a scrawny 3 weeks old, as estimated by the vet. So I fostered them for the first ~5 weeks, got them all their tests, vaccinations, and flea treatments, and home care; and after that, fostering was then taken over by someone else with a better place. 2 kittens I had not too many worries about. One was completely healthy and normal. One had asthma and was the runt, with some gut issues. And then there was my guy. He never looked, or behaved like a normal, healthy kitten. I won't go into all that was different and concerning things about him, besides asthma, gut issues, and small seizures. (But wait! There's more!)
In any case, I found good homes for two, but kept my guy. I was wondering who might possibly provide him all the care I thought he might need.
Five years later, it appears his large intestine has completely stopped working. I believe he's on an inevitable path to surgery, but there's one more medication to try (available from a compounding pharmacy), and after that, the last step is surgery.
Why would go through this for a cat? I ask myself that. But he's a living creature in front of me, in need. It's one abstract step to be concerned over things you read about that are distant and far away. But a living creature in front of you, that you've already established trust with, is an immediate call for involvement. To not respond is to betray that call in me to commit to care I already took on.
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So, I'm looking in my freezer. I have
- 'leftover stew' that has potato, onion, some Tuscan kale and riced cauliflower, and chicken thighs
- 'marinara' which is intended to be a complete meal, it's savory tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, spices, herbs, aromatics, and ground beef
- mashed cauliflower that's like mashed potatoes, with chicken thighs and gravy.
I have room for one more batch of something. I'm thinking maybe stir fried beef and stir fried peppers and onions (of course with all the flavor of home-made teriyaki sauce, ginger, garlic, and green onions!) Or maybe potato+ frittata. Or pork, cabbage and potato stew! Or ham, bean, and vegetable stew ... They all sound so good! Oh dear. How do I decide?
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I have to share this joke about Alaska I just saw on TV -
It's so cold I saw my lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
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Wow, that door trim looks great! I think that those three doors all together would be tricky, and (if I'm interpreting the picture properly) especially where two trims meet.
Nice work!!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Quote:Awww... poor kitty.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Well, today I took my cat in for (yet) another vet trip today. His backstory (which I'm sure I posted before ... nevertheless ...) ...
Where I used to work has multiple locations over the whole of SoCal. At one of the locations, employees found three feral kittens, seriously dehydrated and underfed, with no mom in sight, who they rescued by running off to Kmart to get a large Rubbermaid bin and lid out of their own wallets. Yanno, it's one of those things that doesn't make it into official records. Under the radar ... out of the eye of Sauron.
They were a scrawny 3 weeks old, as estimated by the vet. So I fostered them for the first ~5 weeks, got them all their tests, vaccinations, and flea treatments, and home care; and after that, fostering was then taken over by someone else with a better place. 2 kittens I had not too many worries about. One was completely healthy and normal. One had asthma and was the runt, with some gut issues. And then there was my guy. He never looked, or behaved like a normal, healthy kitten. I won't go into all that was different and concerning things about him, besides asthma, gut issues, and small seizures. (But wait! There's more!)
In any case, I found good homes for two, but kept my guy. I was wondering who might possibly provide him all the care I thought he might need.
Five years later, it appears his large intestine has completely stopped working. I believe he's on an inevitable path to surgery, but there's one more medication to try (available from a compounding pharmacy), and after that, the last step is surgery.
Why would go through this for a cat? I ask myself that. But he's a living creature in front of me, in need. It's one abstract step to be concerned over things you read about that are distant and far away. But a living creature in front of you, that you've already established trust with, is an immediate call for involvement. To not respond is to betray that call in me to commit to care I already took on.
I hope you get his gut issues figured out. I have to say, my favorite cat (yes, I had favorites) had the same problem and eventually it killed him. I had him taken to the vets so many times to get "cleaned out" and his large intestine would work for a while and then quit, and each time it started working again would be for a shorter and shorter time. Eventually he had surgery with the hope that it would restart his gut, but it never did. With all that was going on in the house with a sick kid I wasn't tracking him too well ... he was so backed up he wound up vomiting poop and was so thin because he couldn't eat. I let him suffer about four days too long. If your kitty's gut function doesn't come back, don't let him suffer like I did with ginger-cat. It was a terrible thing that I did, waiting too long before euthanasia.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Quote:If I understand the seasoning correctly you have two chicken dishes that are rather mild and one beef dish that's zippier. In the interest of variety I vote for the ham dish: it's pork (the others are chicken and beef) and it has a different flavor profile. My second choice would be stir-fry, but I ALWAYS put red bells in mine! Maybe some shrimp??? A third possibility, something completely different - a Thai red curry with pork, lots of Thai basil, potato, red sauces, and coconut milk. You'd have to find a recipe for it tho, it's too complicated to post!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
So, I'm looking in my freezer. I have
- 'leftover stew' that has potato, onion, some Tuscan kale and riced cauliflower, and chicken thighs
- 'marinara' which is intended to be a complete meal, it's savory tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, spices, herbs, aromatics, and ground beef
- mashed cauliflower that's like mashed potatoes, with chicken thighs and gravy.
I have room for one more batch of something. I'm thinking maybe stir fried beef and stir fried peppers and onions (of course with all the flavor of home-made teriyaki sauce, ginger, garlic, and green onions!) Or maybe potato+ frittata. Or pork, cabbage and potato stew! Or ham, bean, and vegetable stew ... They all sound so good! Oh dear. How do I decide?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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