In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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I was having me one of those days where I knew I was just going to get angry if I sat around watching youtube videos all day.
I was going to go down and prime the bookcase and the back of the two bifold doors that still need it, but I got sidetracked after pulling the bookcase downstairs...
So far, between the bathroom and the stupid hot and humid garage, I've gotten rid of nearly 1 and 1/2 big blue trash bins of stuff, and I've nearly doubled the size of the pile of scrap metal I'm going to give to somebody who loves cashing in on that stuff at the scrap yard. It'll give me a good reason to call him up out of the blue and maybe do a house call on the way to my dad's one day or something since they're around the same neighborhood.
Had a funeral for my first bad Ryobi battery after all these years. That really sucks. I knew it was bad at least since the storm, but I kept trying to plug it in again during rotation to see if maybe it just needed a few times to "get right". I even set up a single battery charger out in the garage while I was burning through batteries with all that sanding and it was a no-go out there too.
And then I found my 1st Ryobi square sander that I thought I'd thrown out years ago when I was trying to fix it in my garage. That thing is pure poison on wood now and will gouge the hell out of anything you put it to. Not only did I keep the damn thing, but it made its way back into my basement, taking up valuable shelf real estate where all my other ryobi tools were crowdedly stacked.
OUT WITH YOU, BROKEN TOOLS!!!
I've got a lot more room for everything in the basement room so far. What hasn't been thrown out and isn't regularly needed or isn't going to be needed for several future projects I intend to do all went out to the garage for sorting (on a much nicer day). And between the 3 gallons of paint I've finally finished and thrown away, as well as some stupid ass colors I took from my friend's hoard that I know I'm never going to use, I have plenty of room for all of my paint and stain that is currently open on a single shelf with all of the "markings" I put on them saying what rooms they were used in pointing to the front so I can see all of that now with a quick glance.
So now I'll have 2 nice BEEFY wood shelves that I built to put all my Ryobi tools too, and I should be able to start hacking away at what I don't need in the other 3-shelf unit I built and put in my unfinished closet down there. I know a lot of that stuff is free after rebate BS I don't want or need. It wouldn't surprise me if I've got something like 30 rolls of box tape that I got for free down there and couldn't give away. All that stuff is going.
In retrospect, I probably should have primed stuff first and it would all be ready to paint now, but I didn't think this was going to turn into a several hour project today like it has, especially since it was in the 90's today. Going outside at all wasn't on my bingo card.
My god... you could almost park 2 cars in my 2.5 car garage now...
Almost.
Sorry Brenda. I wanted to relax and enjoy the day with you. Apparently I'm too fired up to do that. Maybe tomorrow. It's even hotter tomorrow.
and/or :(
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Nice!
I found a 200 box of kitchen bags I forgot I bought a long while ago and wasn't in the right place. And I also found all the black trash bags I took from my friend's hoard early last winter, or maybe even 2 winters ago now. I had a nice extra box with the lid cut off that was perfect for that purpose after I rolled them up in batches and got them organized. Now they all fit nicely in the single small cabinet under my coffeemaker where the trash bags already go, and they aren't packed so tight that I won't be able to get what I need out of there.
I won't have to buy any trash bags for 10 years.
I got the final coat of spray paint on that light fixture. I'll probably get the paint off the glass and get that cleaned up real nice later. It's all inside in the laundry room ready to install whenever I get to it. I looked at the ceiling down there and although it could probably use a final coat of paint at some point, there's no ceiling damage anywhere I can tell, so I will just pull down what's left of the ceiling fan (everything but the blades/blade holders) and I'll put that up there. I'm good at cutting paint. I'm not afraid of that thing being up there already when I still have to paint it a few years down the line.
If I get to that today I'll have pictures, but I might not. My miter saw is on a table right underneath it, and that's part of the mess that needs to be reorganized and put away. There's just so much stuff on top of that table right now.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Sunday, Sunday and I know there are little things I should be doing around here now but I don't feel like it.
Heh. You and me both, Brenda.
I think it's time we took a day off. Enjoy your day.
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Day hasn't been bad. Right now just watching the rain out my balcony's windows.
No rain up the Interior though. 2 fires have merged into one. That's the problem. These fires are burning so hot and moving so fast. Another little town being threatened called Clinton.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Day hasn't been bad. Right now just watching the rain out my balcony's windows.
That's so chill, Brenda. My step-dad would do that all the time. He got my mom to do it a lot too over the years. Same with making a fire. He could just sit there watching the rain fall or a fire burn for hours and not say a word.
He was the person who introduced me to the concept of Balance and Yin & Yang. He wasn't very good at it a lot of the time, but that was because of the wine and he knew that. But for the most part otherwise he was always striving for that balance. I think he did a pretty decent job all things considered.
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No rain up the Interior though. 2 fires have merged into one. That's the problem. These fires are burning so hot and moving so fast. Another little town being threatened called Clinton.
Uggh... We have to figure out how to stop this. I grew up my whole life with them talking about how we were cutting all the forests down to make all the stuff we use and we weren't replanting anything. Now everything just burns down every year and nobody's using any of it for anything.
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Yeah... I don't think any painting is going to start today.
But I've been on a mission. I got a few more bags of trash out from the basement and I'm really going to make it so the only things down there are my power tools and batteries, my paint and paint tools, just the most basic of tool sets that you would need around the house if it wasn't half ripped apart, and some other useful things that do get used around here. Half of that stuff can go out to the garage and doesn't need to be in the house unless for some reason in the future it's needed in here. And because I've already gotten so much out of the garage with the remodeling and dehoarding out there, I should actually have room for most of it when I take a little time to organize things in the cooler weather.
Oh... and I did spot 2 totes out there that are totally getting thrown out.
If I haven't done anything with two huge and heavy washer/dryer motors as well as other various smaller motors and fans and transformers that came from appliances like microwaves and refrigerators by now, I'm not ever going to do it. This opens up two very valuable heavy-duty totes for more important things.
Eventually I'll get the the miter saw and table out there too, but I do want to make sure that I'm done using it for any trim in the near future before I do that. It's nice having it right in the house for that, and it is absolutely frigid some winters and it sucks going out there to cut something when it's 20 degrees outside.
I don't know how long I'll keep at it tonight. I suppose until I lose the will to work on it. Doing a pretty deep clean and wiping down the windowsills and ledges around the perimeter and sweeping and vacuuming everything up too. Looks like hell down there no matter what you do, but it doesn't all have to be covered in a layer of dust and a half a shop-vac worth of sawdust and garbage wood I never got around to throwing out because, hoarder.
Maybe I'll even clean the bathroom down there sometime soon too. Toilet has been gross for quite a while, but I bought some bleach and The Works at the dollar store and I've been alternating both of them in there in between flushes over the last week and about half of what was in there is gone now without getting my hands dirty. Shouldn't be bad by the time I get to it.
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Serendipity Abound.
I've found two super-bright LED lamps I bought years back, but they take 4 AA batteries. They'll last a long time on the low setting, but I don't want anything that requires batteries that aren't rechargeable anymore if I can help it. I remember my buddy saying he liked the few his Dad had, which I might have even given to him as gifts years ago if I remember right. They would have been steeply clearanced out in the electronics section and I doubt I would have paid more than $2 for each of them. So he's got two more of them now.
I've found 2 new tubes of caulk and 1 Liquid Nails that are good. I've got a bucket of tubes from my friend that I still have to go through and see what is good and what isn't.
And I dug out two boxes on the top shelf of my unit in the closet that has been covered with bed linens for a few years and though I didn't find 18 rolls of box tape that I must have finally given away, I found all sorts of free after rebate stuff up there that I forgot I still had. Better quality stuff than the stuff I've already photographed to see if anybody wants, so I might get even more takers on whatever I don't keep for myself (And make use of!!!).
Looks like I've got 6 new kitchen wash towels that will make it up into the kitchen cabinets now that there is a place for them.
I also found another brand new high quality black colored power strip, which I prefer to the white ones that always seem to turn yellow over time even if it's in a smoke free house. I knew I had another one around here somewhere. It was from the power company when they do those student discount bundles. There was also a desk lamp from that in there too. I guess I'd need to get a desk for a desk lamp. I might hold on to that. It's a nice one.
Whatever I keep isn't going back down there. Just because I have a lot of temporary shelving down there doesn't mean I need to use every square inch of it like I've been doing because that just leads to overflow and never cleaning up your messes.
NEW RULE: No more free after rebate stuff just because it's free. Only if it's necessary or you know it will be useful to other people. Future Jack doesn't find this stuff amusing anymore, Past Jack.
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No worries SIX. After I brush my teeth tonight I am going to get some recycling done then I while watch a movie before bed.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Day hasn't been bad. Right now just watching the rain out my balcony's windows.
That's so chill, Brenda. My step-dad would do that all the time. He got my mom to do it a lot too over the years. Same with making a fire. He could just sit there watching the rain fall or a fire burn for hours and not say a word.
He was the person who introduced me to the concept of Balance and Yin & Yang. He wasn't very good at it a lot of the time, but that was because of the wine and he knew that. But for the most part otherwise he was always striving for that balance. I think he did a pretty decent job all things considered.Quote:
No rain up the Interior though. 2 fires have merged into one. That's the problem. These fires are burning so hot and moving so fast. Another little town being threatened called Clinton.
Uggh... We have to figure out how to stop this. I grew up my whole life with them talking about how we were cutting all the forests down to make all the stuff we use and we weren't replanting anything. Now everything just burns down every year and nobody's using any of it for anything.
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Yeah. I also like watching snow falling too. That's pretty good as well.
I know and I live in a province where outside of fishing, logging was the other big industry. We have been replanting trees here but we are far behind the game it isn't funny at times. And a seedling has to be in the ground over 20years before it is ready to be logged. Which is why the logging companies want to go onto protected lands. Not good. There are trees in my province that are between 500-1,000years old and they are huuge both in trunk width and just height. Those are called "Old Growth" and are protected.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Yeah. I also like watching snow falling too. That's pretty good as well.
I used to until I owned a home.
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I know and I live in a province where outside of fishing, logging was the other big industry. We have been replanting trees here but we are far behind the game it isn't funny at times. And a seedling has to be in the ground over 20years before it is ready to be logged. Which is why the logging companies want to go onto protected lands. Not good. There are trees in my province that are between 500-1,000years old and they are huuge both in trunk width and just height. Those are called "Old Growth" and are protected.
Huh...
Not trying to get political or anything, but perhaps tariffs on Canada for lumber would actually deter some of that potential behavior?
How good are the local/regional/countrywide politicians when it comes to protecting all of that. Do you trust those in power to keep good on those promises.
Native Tribes and promises aside, nobody should ever think of touching trees with that kind of history anywhere in the world that they're still growing is my belief. Regrow everywhere we can, and use that to replenish our needs. We don't need to destroy everything with history like this. Because if we do that, we'll still be in the same position we were, short on everything we need, but now nothing is still left that wouldn't take another 5 to 15 lifetimes to regrow from scratch, assuming that our planet is even capable of doing that under different circumstances than those which these large trees flourished.
I would think if it's too expensive for logging companies in Canada to even consider cutting that stuff down, it can't be a bad thing. I don't even know, Brenda... are there even still tariffs against Canadian lumber imports?
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JACKPOT!!!
I am finding SO MUCH GOOD STUFF NOW.....
I know at one point I inventoried this and I do have a sheet somewhere on my computer that has most of this stuff cataloged, but what good is that if you never open it and would have to do some digging to even find it???
I've actually got 3 more totes, and half of it is being given away.
Why did I buy 30 boxes of drywall screws meant to screw into metal studs when I'm not putting them in my current house? Don't know. They were free. No Jack... We are not saving half a giant tote of drywall screws that you might one day use in an unfinished basement at some theoretical time in the future. They're going. You can keep two boxes.
There's a bunch of stuff like that I'll never use, but I did find a giant unused roll of Duck brand duct tape, a few more new rolls of that awesome aluminum tape, a backup toilet seat, Ten 25 packs of 50/80/120 grit sandpaper, giant sized and meant to be cut away for your sanding needs. If I wasn't planning on replacing that toilet hopefully soonish, I'd put the new one up there now since that old one is looking pretty groady. I might just do it anyway. I know this one is a better seat than the one that's in there currently besides the fact it's new.
And then I found an entire tote full of various blades and bits for all my power tools, masks and safety glasses and a full unopened box of what looks to be about 50 carpenter pencils. Some of those bits are cool things like brand new countrsink sets, as well as those bits that you use to drill out enough of a bad screw with one side, so you can put the thing in reverse with the other side and it will tap into the remains of the screw and pull it out for you.
That's the good stuff. That's what I'm keeping but putting somewhere easier to get to when I need it. Somewhere out in the garage that makes sense when I get rid of more of the crap out there I don't need. I know I already have 2 totes of this kind of stuff in the garage, but didn't realize I had more in the basement too.
You forget about all of this cool stuff that you have on the ready when you put it in opaque totes and bury it with a ton of crap you're never going to use.
ETA: Sweet. Not only have I found 3 of these really cool various drill driver bit sets that has the torx and square bits as well as the normal ones. I got a bunch of them for a song after rebate with enough bits for 2 complete sets and only 4 missing from the 3rd set, but I found 3 more of them unopened and wrapped. I've never had a bit from the set go bad on me yet. They're nice.
I'm giving one of those to my Dad next time he comes over. I gave one to my buddy a while back.
Got a bunch of dupes of other various drill bits and stuff I'm just going to throw in the box I was already planning on giving to my friend.
There's going to be so much open shelf space down there when I'm done. I could actually put all of my electricity stuff I plan on getting to eventually in the new spots and off the 2nd small work table down there that used to be really nice to use until it had crap put all over it to keep it off the ground in case of water.
Plan is coming together.
I'm going to know exactly what I have, exactly what I need, and I'm finally going to get everything I don't need the hell out of here for good.
ETA2: Another bag of trash ready to go out along with 2 totes for the garage when I sort through everything out there. 3 boxes of stuff for my friends and family to claim, otherwise it's going to Goodwill or that thrift shop near me.
Got all of my electric spread out in 2 boxes now, with wire and flex conduit next to it outside of the totes on the same shelf. What's left of my electric in the garage is likely 90% garbage, so it will probably mostly end up in the scrap pile.
I've been driving some screws into the shelving unit I built to hang thing
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