In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Well, the rain is back for my walk.
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Back in from the rain and all is accomplished for today.
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Curio cabinet is fully primed and ready for paint. No more repairs needed.
I hope to have the paint finished on Sunday at the latest. The doors and drawer may or may not make that challenging, but that's okay if I'm still doing some of that later. I'll give it a few days before putting down the contact paper and putting the hardware on the drawers, and one of these warm days I'll clean up the old hinges and door catches in the garage and spray paint them.
One step closer to getting the 1st floor complete.
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I take it the wood is in too bad shape to refinish?
So, since I'm very curious, what color is it going to be? Whatever color, I'm sure it will look great!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:So now you can pat yourself on the back and enjoy being toasty dry!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back in from the rain and all is accomplished for today.
I don't recall if you like chocolate, tea, or coffee, but a cuppa sounds good about now!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:I'm sure we will. Problems are being addressed. Not sure how successful all will be, but I'm at least doing something.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
it will be great to have your brother over for sure!
Yeah. It will.
He didn't come in last Christmas, so the last time he was in was in May of last year. My Grandma's memory isn't what it used to be, and she can't believe she hasn't seen him in nearly 2 years now. I'm going to make sure we get to visit with her and my aunt at least twice while he's in.
I actually did end up doing a lot of priming after making that post that day. It takes a LONG time to paint cabinetry like that by brush, so I only got to the cabinet itself and didn't do the drawers or the doors.
It looks like I had some caulk shrinkage/cracks in 3 spots that were pretty deep (and I should have probably used some backer rod on), but there is primer on top of it for more caulk to stick to, so I'm going to hit that real quick and prime everything else and hopefully at least get the first coat of paint on it today.
I know I haven't been posting in here much, so I can't remember if I ever put any status updates on the house flippers that bought the foreclosure behind me recently. They were getting work done, but then the city tied them up on permits for about a month and a half.
Well a few weeks back they poured a beautiful new concrete driveway, so no more weed garden there anymore.
And just Tuesday they put the posts in for the new privacy fence and I think today they'll finish it. It's BEAUTIFUL. And they installed it right and I got the "good" side. (I'm so glad I have before/after pictures of this).
Maybe next summer I'll consider getting permits in order and building what little I'd need to fence in my yard on both sides of the garage with a few gates. I've never built a fence before, but I know a person or two who have. We'll see what wood prices are like. I'm only doing it if they're cheap. I've gone 10 years without it already.
It really would be nice to have that done though. The biggest reason I haven't ever gotten a dog is because I've never had a fenced in yard that it could play in. It's a gigantic back yard, so when it does get fenced in properly it will have plenty of space to play.
Sorry to hear about the health issues on your end. :(
I hope you still manage to have a nice Christmas.
So now your house won't be dragged down by the house nearby! Between the two of you, you will have lifted up the neighborhood. Good on you!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:So now you can pat yourself on the back and enjoy being toasty dry!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back in from the rain and all is accomplished for today.
I don't recall if you like chocolate, tea, or coffee, but a cuppa sounds good about now!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I did give myself a nice pat on the back along with a nice sit down.
Didn't feel like a cuppa but it was good to be inside and dry and warm.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I'm sure we will. Problems are being addressed. Not sure how successful all will be, but I'm at least doing something.
Sometimes that's the hardest part.
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So now your house won't be dragged down by the house nearby! Between the two of you, you will have lifted up the neighborhood. Good on you!
Yup. Curb appeal is up big time on the block.
I ended up painting the first coat of finish paint on the cabinet, doors and drawer.
Almost 4 hours with breaks included, but time well spent. I should be ahead of the game now as long as I stay on track tomorrow.
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Winds tomorrow are going to be high enough that BC ferries has cancelled some sailings.
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I believe it, Brenda. You're probably getting what we got around 10PM through early this morning.
Yesterday, during the day, was a high in the mid 40's, and today is colder. But it got to over 60 degrees around midnight because of winds from the south.
While I was painting last night I heard the thunder settle in and then I heard the city's raid sirens going off, just a little after 10PM. I looked online and there was a tornado warning until 10:30. Strong winds all night.
I suppose I'm going to have to go out and survey the damage.
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