Thomas
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Safe travel have heck of good time Buppies....don't forget to wave at the camera. 
Good morning!!!!
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daugen
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Good morning all. 32 going up to 50 today in sunshine. Clear weather mostly for the next three days, then a rain spell coming in before Christmas.
I've been pulling what's left of my hair out on my entrance hallway. Put a new wood floor in there to replace the warped one, and the installer "I''ve been installing floors and carpets for 40 years"... decided to not replace the underlayment "did you want me to tear your house apart?" sigh...., yes, actually I did, because now the floor sits too low and I have to bring the door casing moldings down to meet it. I just refuse to rip it out again.
So, my new good old boy carpenters who I am thrilled with looked at the situation for a while, and then cut out the bottom of the casing, inserted a hand built pedestal looking thing in there, with some nice custom beveling, and now the molding ends are almost entirely hidden and the whole thing looks wonderful. What a difference in skill levels between the handyman/rug guy and some true finish carpenters. However, I now have to stain all those little blocks and that I will do slowly and carefully, using a whole lot of blue tape to protect things. Bought the contractor pack of that stuff; will use the good 3m tape on the closest piece and the cheap Ace stuff on the outer tape. Good way to use up the look alike but doesn't work alike tape.
Just wish it wasn't down so low; frankly hard for me to bend. But if I wait for the painter to come back it will be Easter; all those guys are going crazy trying to get things done for the holidays. Particularly the painter apparently. Must be a lot of Last Minute Louises out there.
I also might start painting the shelving in the bedroom closet that is now mostly done.
I am very pleased with the way the bathroom is coming out. It looks a lot "fancier" than I thought it would, and I am a very no bling person. But they say put the money in the bathrooms and kitchens, and yeah, I'm doing that, plus it seems most other places too....
The bathroom was one huge room before with two walk in closets on opposite ends, one that you had to walk past the toilet to get to. Nutty design.
So the whole thing was gutted and made "conventional", with a bathroom on one side and a closet on the other.
I've now been here almost four months and I'm still not in there. Soon, relatively.
I don't think anyone is coming back until Monday and I can enjoy some peace and quiet. The local Kubota dealer brought my tractor back after a full service and they even spotlessly cleaned the FEL for me. You know, all that black grease that gets everywhere? My PA dealer wouldn't do it, cited environmental restrictions. Well, these guys didn't seem to have a problem with that, and boy was it nice to get the tractor back degunked.
I keep the rest pretty clean but that was, as it is I think for many of us, not a high priority cleaning area. Particularly if you keep things well greased. Now some cleaner wax for that faded Kubota orange paint.
I've been pulling what's left of my hair out on my entrance hallway. Put a new wood floor in there to replace the warped one, and the installer "I''ve been installing floors and carpets for 40 years"... decided to not replace the underlayment "did you want me to tear your house apart?" sigh...., yes, actually I did, because now the floor sits too low and I have to bring the door casing moldings down to meet it. I just refuse to rip it out again.
So, my new good old boy carpenters who I am thrilled with looked at the situation for a while, and then cut out the bottom of the casing, inserted a hand built pedestal looking thing in there, with some nice custom beveling, and now the molding ends are almost entirely hidden and the whole thing looks wonderful. What a difference in skill levels between the handyman/rug guy and some true finish carpenters. However, I now have to stain all those little blocks and that I will do slowly and carefully, using a whole lot of blue tape to protect things. Bought the contractor pack of that stuff; will use the good 3m tape on the closest piece and the cheap Ace stuff on the outer tape. Good way to use up the look alike but doesn't work alike tape.
Just wish it wasn't down so low; frankly hard for me to bend. But if I wait for the painter to come back it will be Easter; all those guys are going crazy trying to get things done for the holidays. Particularly the painter apparently. Must be a lot of Last Minute Louises out there.
I also might start painting the shelving in the bedroom closet that is now mostly done.
I am very pleased with the way the bathroom is coming out. It looks a lot "fancier" than I thought it would, and I am a very no bling person. But they say put the money in the bathrooms and kitchens, and yeah, I'm doing that, plus it seems most other places too....
The bathroom was one huge room before with two walk in closets on opposite ends, one that you had to walk past the toilet to get to. Nutty design.
So the whole thing was gutted and made "conventional", with a bathroom on one side and a closet on the other.
I've now been here almost four months and I'm still not in there. Soon, relatively.
I don't think anyone is coming back until Monday and I can enjoy some peace and quiet. The local Kubota dealer brought my tractor back after a full service and they even spotlessly cleaned the FEL for me. You know, all that black grease that gets everywhere? My PA dealer wouldn't do it, cited environmental restrictions. Well, these guys didn't seem to have a problem with that, and boy was it nice to get the tractor back degunked.
I keep the rest pretty clean but that was, as it is I think for many of us, not a high priority cleaning area. Particularly if you keep things well greased. Now some cleaner wax for that faded Kubota orange paint.
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wngsprd
Super Member
29 heading to 46 and sunny, which may be our nicest day for the next few.
Larro, I'm also a John Prine fan - one of my first concerts was seeing him open for Poco in a movie theatre when I was in high school.
Larro, I'm also a John Prine fan - one of my first concerts was seeing him open for Poco in a movie theatre when I was in high school.
daugen
Epic Contributor
RS, come back, I'm going through withdrawal not seeing pictures of the Eiffel Tower getting built.
And no, I'm not going into UnFriendly Politics to find you.
Billie, we've got the nice weather, time to do something outside.
And no, I'm not going into UnFriendly Politics to find you.
Billie, we've got the nice weather, time to do something outside.
bakerg
Elite Member
Good morning, 27F heading to 34F. A little slippery on the way to work this morning but roads should be good once the sun comes out.
ronjhall
Super Star Member
Coffee has been poured. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 63° with lots of sun. Should be a good day to sit on the patio today. 60's may seem like a low temperature to sit on patio. But the sun sure warms you up.
Good Morning All.
Good Morning All.
daugen
Epic Contributor
63 degrees. Hmmm, I think Ron is starting to brag...all warm and comfy down there while our friends up North slip slide away. Be careful driving guys, no job is worth getting hurt. Well, other than EMS. And they are the guys you don't want to meet.
Ron must have flowers blooming there too. Sigh. And TxDon will be staying warm too. And even FarmGirl.
Maybe she'll come back and say hi for Christmas in a nice elf costume. Driving a tractor of course.
Ron must have flowers blooming there too. Sigh. And TxDon will be staying warm too. And even FarmGirl.
Maybe she'll come back and say hi for Christmas in a nice elf costume. Driving a tractor of course.
dave1949
Super Star Member
Drew, the house is coming along nicely. The walk-in closet looks very useful.
The door trim pedestals look good. I think, if you care, the challenge will be blending them in color-wise with the other trim while staining. They should come out pretty close though, or go with a darker complementary color stain on those and let them stand out?
26F, still mostly cloudy but looks like it will clear. Should warm to 32F today.
I'm going into town today to find a couple small manly tool type gifts for my boys.
Be safe.
The door trim pedestals look good. I think, if you care, the challenge will be blending them in color-wise with the other trim while staining. They should come out pretty close though, or go with a darker complementary color stain on those and let them stand out?
26F, still mostly cloudy but looks like it will clear. Should warm to 32F today.
I'm going into town today to find a couple small manly tool type gifts for my boys.
Be safe.
farmer2009
Elite Member
30 this morning and headed to 40 today. No rain in forecast till middle of week. Looks like a brown (no snow) Christmas for us right now. Which soots me fine my wife being in the school system gets more excited about snow than I do. It just makes more work for me. As larger snows I plow out to the state highway. 2.5 miles one way.
Back into the chicken coop today. Going to try and be done by Christmas.
Sadomo was told yesterday that propane around here had come down about 30 cents since October.
Drew nice pictures. Your guys are doing good work again.
Back into the chicken coop today. Going to try and be done by Christmas.
Sadomo was told yesterday that propane around here had come down about 30 cents since October.
Drew nice pictures. Your guys are doing good work again.
farmer2009
Elite Member
Drew the green Frog tape has worked better for me than even the good blue tape. I like to place some tape down then tape a piece of plastic down big enough for my painting supplies to set on at each location.
