by CJ | Oct 12, 2017 | Journal
We have spent 3 days fixing a wiring problem in our attic, which is one of those low-profile roofs, requiring a body to be jockey-sized. Or smaller. Today—noonish—we got the sucker. When wiring has to connect across an old ‘addition’ boundary,...
by CJ | Oct 11, 2017 | Journal
He views with felinest dissspleasure the removal of the cabinetsss and the ffflloorrr… His food is in another room, but if you go in there in the small hours of the night, you will find him parked in the center walkway, to be sure nothing else leaves and the...
by CJ | Oct 10, 2017 | Journal
Get another can of salmon paint from Benjamin Moore, a can of Vintage Apricot from Ace, get mouse eliminator for the garage (they’re back!) and food for stirfry, plus pick up the T-molding for the thresholds from United Flooring. I head for the grocery, and am...
by CJ | Oct 9, 2017 | Journal
As in—shades of adobe. Which (a light version) is what the kitchen is. After looking through every paint chip in Spokane, we settled on a color from Benjamin Moore, which went perfectly with the cabinets we are not now getting. By sheer luck and the fact we had...
by CJ | Sep 30, 2017 | Journal
Or in this case, the cabinetry, the one thing on which we had based all color and design choices… Fell out from under us. Turns out there are some real problems that did not turn up, which we found out at the last moment, quality issues that are a no-go, hidden...
by CJ | Sep 25, 2017 | Journal
This is where you’re real glad you paid attention in geometry. Doorways where you have to leave a 3/4″ slot for a threshold are another joy, fitting tile under doorway frames, etc. The good news is it looks great. And the wall, formerly pinkish, now plays...
by CJ | Sep 22, 2017 | Journal
The floor is ready to be re-floored. The ceiling is painted except for some cleanup and the bit where Scott (our carpenter) is ready to remove the old vent fan that doesn’t vent; then we are going to install 3-4 recessed lights, and also move the ceiling fan...
by CJ | Sep 20, 2017 | Journal
Our sink arrived. The poor UPS guy had to schlep what’s labeled ‘team carry’ pkg up two sets of steps. We have much of the ceiling painted. Some of the walls. We have the broom closet mostly built. We are gaining weight from fast food and from the...
by CJ | Sep 14, 2017 | Journal
I have a story in it: each of us was to choose a famous sword and write a short story based on it. Mine was Hrunting, from the Beowulf epic. I think it’s a pretty darned good story.
by CJ | Sep 11, 2017 | Journal
I’d studied the weather forecasts for two weeks trying to decide on Oregon, Casper WY or Idaho Falls…and best promises seemed for Idaho. But hotels were pricing up to a thousand a night in the area. No way. I priced a Motel 6 in Butte, MT, and yep, about...
by CJ | Sep 11, 2017 | Journal
A live bird. A relatively unscathed bird. He laid it on my new bedspread…which I had had the foresight to cover with a blanket. I gathered up the offering and carefully set it in the Japanese maple outside, so it could recover from the experience. Our bird...
by CJ | Sep 10, 2017 | Journal
She and her parents are sheltering in one of the towns people go to for shelter—she lives there; and they and the entire apartment complex have barbecue units, a lot of charcoal and drinking water, and plans to cook up everything in their fridge and freezers in...
