Warm and dry (but humid) is continuing. Our well is iffy (the new one we had dug just a couple years ago), chasing the well guy down (for 3 weeks, but I think I have his attention at last). Near 90 yesterday, low 90s today and tomorrow.
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We're tapped into an underground river according to the well guy....Remove the top cap and water gushes out...Once during an ice storm and thru several hurricanes a downhill from the well hydrant has supplied our water while the power was down...You haven't lived until you've taken a shower under a hydrant...That said cross your fingers for a hurricane free NC this year....
Prepping to stain Mom's deck and repaint her kitchen including the cabinets....Never does it end....There will be a paycheck at the end of the torture....
Prepping to stain Mom's deck and repaint her kitchen including the cabinets....Never does it end....There will be a paycheck at the end of the torture....
I have projects I'm itching to get planned and started, but stuck waiting until I know without a doubt that the house is mine! At least I'm not having to work out in the heat right now...silver lining 
Is there any question on that?? I'm hoping not.I have projects I'm itching to get planned and started, but stuck waiting until I know without a doubt that the house is mine! At least I'm not having to work out in the heat right now...silver lining
Originally it was agreed upon that a friend of mine {he's a painter} would stain the deck and paint the kitchen...That whole ordeal with the septic tank has me way behind on everything I own...I've got two people I'm putting off working on their cars....Dodge I purchased in Feburary that I would really like to get in the shop for some El Dee touches....Toyota still has that dent in the bed....Little boat has occupied the shop for months waiting on about three days of maintenance...Big boat is now paid for even though Sis still hasn't found all the paperwork....I plan on selling the big boat but it's gotta be cleaned and serviced beforehand....Ordered a dolly to hold the backhoe off the Kubota last Thursday....Still no shipping notice...Ordered items from England two weeks back and no tracking update since last Wednesday when it was in Queens, NY....Kubota came factory equipped with the hoe so no 3 point hitch....I purchased the 3 point last week and it awaits the dolly so I can actually move a trailer and get that big boat into the wash pit area....I'd like to keep the big boat but there comes a time when to much is just that....The heat ain't helping none of the above....Only good about it is the deck will drink the stain in this heat and trust I'll push that beech in the stain pool....Got bags of useless sheet in the Tacoma from a little garage cleaning from yesterday...Dump here in a few....After the deck and kitchen....well....there's the neighbor at the beach beechin' about that tree.....It's a nice tree and I've decided she can kick rocks...It's mine and I'll do as I damn well please....Going forward I wanna sell that boat and use the profit to bring my debt down....Gonna try and downsize my guitar collection this afternoon....After that selling off all but a couple of firearms....The debts are good and I'm not behind....Just all this sheet is starting to look excessive to me...Some tracking updates would really be nice though...........
There's always a question until the closing contract is signed! We can't start the loan process until next week, but no, I'm not expecting any problems.
Damn, Dee! I need a nap after reading all you need to do
Got the decking boards in the shop drying a bit....Pretty sure they were still growing limbs yesterday...dripping chemical they were....I like to lay they out on a flat surface out of the sun until they are dry...They're gonna shrink....in the sun they will curl....They're still gonna shrink a bit when they do get in the sun and the deck is 24 feet wide so there are joints on the deck surface...That's the main malfunction with the deck boards I gotta replace....curling at the joints...screws or nails doesn't matter that sun is relentless....Mom has managed to destroy two hose reels in the last 12 months...Got a 4X4 plumbed and drying right behind the concrete pad I poured for the hose reel...Got a hose hideaway to hang the hose on so no more reel...I like those hideaways for the little compartment for storing sprayers when you got them off the hose...I got several scattered about and so far Mom hasn't destroyed one of those....
Katie used to be bad about buying the cheapest hose reels and they would fall apart trying to roll 150' of hose onto them. It also never occurred to her to lock the sprayer open (or remove it) so the hose would drain as it was rolled
I miss that ornery ole gal!!
I miss that ornery ole gal!!
The first hose reel I poured a concrete foundation and added bolts in so the reel was secure....Snapped the handle using it to winch the hose on...Full of water and 100 feet out....Snapped the handle on the replacement the first week...Also somehow busted the lid on the first one....I had intended on repairing the first as it bolted down and is no longer available new....Somewhere along the line the handle is lost...I've looked at every available reel and they all seem cheap no matter price....None that will fit the bolt pattern on the foundation...When I reel in hose I reel with my right hand and pull the hose up with my left...Under pressure or not doesn't matter as long as you're not using a plastic reel as a winch....I gave up and put the 4x4 in yesterday.
Yay, got my knee tuneup done this morning.
Did some walking around at a restaurant and grocery shopping, back at home with leg up and an ice pack, ready for Netflix [emoji5]
Did some walking around at a restaurant and grocery shopping, back at home with leg up and an ice pack, ready for Netflix [emoji5]
Here's hoping for a quick recovery Mark !!!!!!
Got a hose hanging on the new deal....Started my motorcycle and let a little Royal Purple fuel injection cleaner circulate through the carburetor...All was good with my battery in the motorcycle...ran fine....Gonna change the oil and burn some miles tomorrow....
Got a hose hanging on the new deal....Started my motorcycle and let a little Royal Purple fuel injection cleaner circulate through the carburetor...All was good with my battery in the motorcycle...ran fine....Gonna change the oil and burn some miles tomorrow....
Sweet on the motorcycle being good [emoji5]
I'll be fine. Doing laps up and down our little driveway hill every couple hours.
Local anesthetic has worn off. A couple ibuprofen for now, avoiding the heavy duty stuff until bed time.
(I've got a good doctor. He knows I'm active, encourages pushing at whatever pace I am comfortable with, said I can try the exercycle at low stress tomorrow, to work range of motion. I'm good with a bit of soreness, know when to stop.)
I'll be fine. Doing laps up and down our little driveway hill every couple hours.
Local anesthetic has worn off. A couple ibuprofen for now, avoiding the heavy duty stuff until bed time.
(I've got a good doctor. He knows I'm active, encourages pushing at whatever pace I am comfortable with, said I can try the exercycle at low stress tomorrow, to work range of motion. I'm good with a bit of soreness, know when to stop.)
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Glad you got that knee done, Mark. Healing energy your way!
Finally decided to put the money out on that 10" compound miter saw. Went down to my local HF and it was no longer on sale. Not to worry tho, it's a regular sale item every couple of weeks and I can wait
Finally decided to put the money out on that 10" compound miter saw. Went down to my local HF and it was no longer on sale. Not to worry tho, it's a regular sale item every couple of weeks and I can wait
Sending speedy knee recovery thoughts and good wishes your way Mark!
I ouch at the thought! Take good care.
I ouch at the thought! Take good care.
My dang old Cuzzo went somewhere a couple weeks back and had both knees injected with something that required they extract his bone marrow for the mix...Didn't do a damn bit of good and very painful...He's just the one to fall for some quackery.....
908 I gotta keep the pedal to the metal.....Or at least make "em think I got the pedal all the way down....
I'd long known where the hanger for my OG Terry's Body Shop sign was....The sign had disappeared many years back...I'd looked as I wanted to display it...I found it today tucked safely away right where I put it in 1988...behind a LP heater I bought because I thought I needed it...Gonna wash the sigh first chance I get and post a pic on the FB....Is there any easy way to post a pic here if I got it on my desktop???????
908 I gotta keep the pedal to the metal.....Or at least make "em think I got the pedal all the way down....
I'd long known where the hanger for my OG Terry's Body Shop sign was....The sign had disappeared many years back...I'd looked as I wanted to display it...I found it today tucked safely away right where I put it in 1988...behind a LP heater I bought because I thought I needed it...Gonna wash the sigh first chance I get and post a pic on the FB....Is there any easy way to post a pic here if I got it on my desktop???????
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Thanks Mark...That's me in the back when my little Cuzzo shot a short film in Mom's basement...Little Cuzzo graduates from film school in September....
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