In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Getting early and I'm still at it.
I still have to paint the bottom shelf area out of 4 and the sides/back. I'm going to go ahead and hit the backs of the linen closet bifold door since it's had plenty of time for that first coat to dry, and I'll also paint the 4 pieces of trim that I cut to frame out the bottom of the doors to hide the fact one door is about 3/8" shorter than the other. Getting real close on that now.
Bookcase is going to need 3 coats for sure. 2 coats tomorrow should be a breeze, along with any other final paint I might need to do on those doors before putting them up. Hopefully I get to putting poly inside the box tomorrow too.
Way too late for pictures tonight, but I should have some good pics tomorrow.
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Two things accomplished yesterday (if I'm not counting sll the usual chores)
Hubby had an ablation this AM, and all went well
Dear daughter and I got all the stuff out for St Vincent de Paul for today.
So over the past couple of months that's hazardous waste, a couple of boxes of e-waste, 10+ boxes of giveaway stuff, a couple of big trashbags of trash and a couple of binsful of recycling. I have a few large waste items to get rid of and a bunch more other stuff to give away or sell, and some of my own messes to clean up. It's a work in progress, but at least progress is being made.
I still have big stuff to either repair or get rid of. But that's $$ stuff that hubby will probably resist, like a really uncomfortable recliner and speakers that we can't appreciate (given our hearing) and don't have the amplifier for bc our 40-year old one gave up the ghost.
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Well, not quite all done for today. Have to cancel my trip to Alberta because of a strike. Can't afford to get stuck out there.
So going out in a bit to talk to travel agency and tell them to cancel it.
So, double ugh! Have to another restart because I locked the taskbar again. No lost icons but clock and weather froze. Need clock.
This year hates me.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Two things accomplished yesterday (if I'm not counting sll the usual chores)
Hubby had an ablation this AM, and all went well
Dear daughter and I got all the stuff out for St Vincent de Paul for today.
So over the past couple of months that's hazardous waste, a couple of boxes of e-waste, 10+ boxes of giveaway stuff, a couple of big trashbags of trash and a couple of binsful of recycling. I have a few large waste items to get rid of and a bunch more other stuff to give away or sell, and some of my own messes to clean up. It's a work in progress, but at least progress is being made.
I still have big stuff to either repair or get rid of. But that's $$ stuff that hubby will probably resist, like a really uncomfortable recliner and speakers that we can't appreciate (given our hearing) and don't have the amplifier for bc our 40-year old one gave up the ghost.
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BRENDA, it's a good thing SIX knows so much about computers. You can rely on his advice. But it's also good to go online. You'll get contradictory info, but over time you'll become more familiar with the items and terminology. Keep at it. You'll get there and become stable with your systems and, more importantly, you've got your major effort - your book- backed up.
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I do look on line and believe me SIG. I do appreciate his help.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Two things accomplished yesterday (if I'm not counting sll the usual chores)
Hubby had an ablation this AM, and all went well
Dear daughter and I got all the stuff out for St Vincent de Paul for today.
So over the past couple of months that's hazardous waste, a couple of boxes of e-waste, 10+ boxes of giveaway stuff, a couple of big trashbags of trash and a couple of binsful of recycling. I have a few large waste items to get rid of and a bunch more other stuff to give away or sell, and some of my own messes to clean up. It's a work in progress, but at least progress is being made.
Nice. Sounds like you're getting the crap out too, Sigs.
Two more large bins of crap out of my house today. I've pretty much run out of stuff to throw out now though unless I actively do more dehoarding. There's nothing left in the basement that isn't current projects, power tools, paint or some chemical that shouldn't be stored outside, tools I need for projects I'll be doing soon and just a good set of standard tools that you should always have in the house.
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I still have big stuff to either repair or get rid of. But that's $$ stuff that hubby will probably resist, like a really uncomfortable recliner and speakers that we can't appreciate (given our hearing) and don't have the amplifier for bc our 40-year old one gave up the ghost.
Does he use the recliner? That's going to be a tough sell if he actually uses it. If he doesn't push hard on it.
I wonder if those speakers are even worth money anymore. I have had a nice set up in my attic for at least 10 years now. I just had no desire to have cables all over the places to those wires when a decent soundbar I got on sale for around $40 does the job for me.
I think I mentioned before that I'm going to bring all of that stuff down and eventually I'm going to install it in the garage. Probably just leave it all here when I sell the house, honestly.
Haven't done anything today after being up all night working last night. I ended up putting 2 coats on the doors and the bookcase. Doors are ready to start putting hinges on and probably only a day away from being finished when I get back to them. Bookcase needs 1 more coat of paint.
I might get to some of that today if I feel it.
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The speakers are for audiophiles. Someone will want them.
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Wow, getting on the site was an exercise in patience. 9 out of 10 times I'm getting an error message. How's it working for you?
Been busy so kinda short replies, but I wanted to add ... no he doesn't use the recliner.
I'm starting another collection of things to give away/ recycle/ trash as I find them. I've already set up a big box and found a few more items.
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Been getting the error message too for a day or so SIG.
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All done for today.
Major icons gone again but taskbar isn't frozen so don't know what happened. Not touching anything as I don't want to do so many restarts in a short period of time. I will say that my icons on the taskbar like chrome do flicker once in a while.
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Everything I was working on is finished except for the chest for my aunt.
Just finished hanging those doors, and it took me about 4 hours.
What a nightmare. Could have made it way easier on myself if I had swapped the doors so the naturally shorter one was on the left side, but I didn't realize that until after everything was done and there was no reversing it. You've got enough adjustments in a new kit to make it work eventually through a ton of trial and error.
3 coats of poly on the inside of my aunt's chest. I also drilled the holes for the new handles and did a dry fit. They're going to look AWESOME. I think for now 3 coats might be all I do inside. Looks fantastic. I can always go back and do more later, but I wanted the stain and a good 3 coats of poly down there before I sand the lips again and stain them along with the outside with the different color. I'm hoping to get a nice crisp line on the color change, and if I get stain on the water based poly it should wipe right off. The outside though? We're talking probably 6 coats. I want that to shine like a bowling ball. 
Except for the bathroom, the basement is spotless now. Nothing but a plastic tarp and two empty horses in the overlook room.
I'll probably have a good deal of pictures later. I'll try to keep it to the best ones though since I'm about 3 days behind on photos now. Tons of stuff got done.
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