In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Hey Jack
THANKS!! for the pix!
I thought Rionaeire had a progressive genetic eye disease and was, sad to say, going blind. Last I knew, computer work was getting really hard for her.
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That's so sad about Rionaeire. :( Hope she's coping with it.
Yeah. I was surprised all of those pics were still up there. There is more, but I didn't have time to sort through them all.
Got a lot done today, but I'm beat. Picked up all the lumber I needed for the step and got a bit of a deal by buying some pre-cut stuff. They didn't have any for the 4x4's though, and the ones I had were kind of shoddy so I bought new.
Finally got to use my miter saw my step-dad gave me when they moved. :)
Cut everything to size, then I took the time to sand all of the sides and even round off every single edge by hand. My back actually is hurting me now. I must have overused muscles I wasn't working out while at the old job or something.
It really looks great. I took some pics of the building blocks I'm working with as I was letting them bake and dry out in the sun. Might give it one more day of drying out before I primer them.
My plan is to primer each piece individually, then build the thing and throw another coat of primer on, then when it's ready I'll put the finish coat on. Between the rounded edges and three coats of quality paint, I don't imagine the ants are going to be living inside of this one anytime soon, even if the gutters don't get replaced right away. :)
I put the thing together without screwing anything down and just stood on it and even not secured it's built like a tank and doesn't wobble in the slightest.
Pretty proud of myself on this one. I'm not a woodworker, and although it's interested me as a potential hobby I've never really done anything with wood that wasn't rough cuts that would be hidden behind walls before.
It took me quite a long time to get what I got done today, but it's going to look great when it's done. 
I've got pics, but I don't know when I'll get around to uploading them. I think I'm going to shut my brain off for the rest of the night and relax.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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How's your brother doing Brenda?
Sorry, I've been way too self involved recently and haven't expressed my concern about it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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The plan today...
If my boards for the steps are dry enough, I'm going to be putting the primer coat on before I put them together and before the second primer coat goes on.
And, weather permitting, I am going to also primer the columns on my front porch, the minor bits of exposed sub-facia under the shingles in front of the house where gutters *should* be, and primer this really cute piece of furniture I've had for years that has hearts etched in the side of it that I've wanted to do something with for my niece.
I'm going to have to look around and see if there is anything else I wanted to start up so I can kill a whole bunch of birds at once. Nothing comes to mind at the moment, but since this is only the first coat on the stairs I'll have another opportunity later this week.
Not sure when I'll get them up, but I'll take pics along the way.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Beautiful sunny day here today.
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Hey SIX, pix of your house make me nostalgiac for my hometown (pop 25,000) They don't look exactly alike, but close enuf that I would feel right at home there. *sigh*
Your house looks quite nice. Since you've been posting about all of the problems, I wasn't sure what to expect but your description didn't do justice to the 95% good. I really like that access panel idea, we were thinking of doing that to our own shower fixtures. How did you place it into the wall? Is it clips of some sort?
Seems like being young(er), fitter, and far more muscular than me, you're able to tackle and complete much bigger projects than I would even envision. I usually can only put in three hours of effort on days when schedule allows (when doctors appointments or other significant errands don't interfere) and then only small things like painting and cleanup and moving things around (with help). Demolition and construction? FUGGEDABOUDIT! I wish I had your energy!
BTW... your prepwork is awesome. When I painted our bedroom I got an up-close view of the walls and trim and decided the NEXT paint job would be preceded by a much MUCH better prepwork! I never really took close notice of the walls, and my so-so eyes let me not see a bunch of defects. Well, live and learn! My plans for the day: walk the dog, see the doctor, move an old bookcase out of the hallway and move over a metal shelving unit that will be set up as a "mudroom" catchall for shoes, phones, shopping bags, purses etc with hooks for umbrellas, dog leashes, hats etc. It's just a(nother) temporary setup that will make the house more functional. I hope to get rid of that bookcase and if thise setup comes close to working out it may be replaced by actual cabinetry.
Which reminds me, better call St Vicent de Paul, I have a couple of boxes of items to give away.
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Just started reading Robert Clary's autobiography today. He played Louis LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes. The way he writes sounds just like Louis talking.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hey SIX, pix of your house make me nostalgiac for my hometown (pop 25,000) They don't look exactly alike, but close enuf that I would feel right at home there. *sigh*
Yeah. Smaller population around here too, although it's surrounded by suburbs everywhere and close to Chicago subs in Illinois so it's not as if there aren't a ton of people everywhere. At least it's a nice quiet block and all the neighbors are nice.
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Your house looks quite nice. Since you've been posting about all of the problems, I wasn't sure what to expect but your description didn't do justice to the 95% good. I really like that access panel idea, we were thinking of doing that to our own shower fixtures. How did you place it into the wall? Is it clips of some sort?
Thanks! The inside itself looks nice, but that doesn't really matter if it's not structurally sound. I think I've figured out potentially why the roof is doing what it is, but it's not good news and it's not a very easy fix. I've got some thinking to do here.
I bought a kit for that access panel. I'm just going off memory aided by the picture for it, but I believe that the bulk of it was just a hollow square that was placed inside of the wall after the hole was cut, with the flat end right up against the inside of the wall and the protrusion sticking out as far as the drywall on the outside of the hole. Then I would have cut away enough to get a good deal of mud inside everything, sanded it flat and painted over it. The panel itself was designed to be painted on and isn't just flat plastic that paint would easily fall off of. I'm sure I painted that somewhere else and let it dry for about a week before I put it in. Otherwise if I just used a roller over the whole thing it surely would rip paint off the first time I opened it. It was tested a few times to see if it worked good without ruining the paint job and it was fine. I had already fixed my problems before installing it and I never had another problem since though, so I've never actually used it in years. Nice for piece of mind though.
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Seems like being young(er), fitter, and far more muscular than me, you're able to tackle and complete much bigger projects than I would even envision. I usually can only put in three hours of effort on days when schedule allows (when doctors appointments or other significant errands don't interfere) and then only small things like painting and cleanup and moving things around (with help). Demolition and construction? FUGGEDABOUDIT! I wish I had your energy!
Yeah... I hear ya. There is no way I would have been able to do half of what I've done if I was still in terrible shape. It's still not as easy as it was when I first bought the house too...
My main problem is staying motivated and not being crushed. I found out two more things about my house yesterday that made me throw my hands up in disgust and almost fall back into panic mode. I'm trying not to get scared again.
The racoon is back or never left in the first place. It has been weeks since I heard it, but yesterday as I was fixing some rotted facia (a long story I don't want to get into right now), I heard it over the soffits of that porch. I went up into the attic of the porch (somehting I haven't done in more than a month, and the smell almost made me faint and fall back down the stairs. It's a dutch oven up there at easily over 100 degrees on these hot summer days and the stench was unbearable. There is SHIT EVERYWHERE! Smells like a goddamned zoo up there, and these turds are worthy of a small-to-midsize dog.
I had always assumed that at least mama racoon was going somewhere else to shit, but apparently she doesn't mind shitting where she sleeps and eats. Nasty vermin.
I'm going to figure out how to make ammonia bombs and throw them everywhere up there. That porch has to go. I'm not qualified to fix it
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How's your brother doing Brenda?
Sorry, I've been way too self involved recently and haven't expressed my concern about it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
As far as I know he is doing okay. He was transferred to a hospital in the city he lives in. His wife said that his left leg is getting stronger. Still not sure how long he will be in the hospital.
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