by CJ | Dec 10, 2015 | Journal
Meaning another stall in our work, with surgery Monday. I’m not going to get that fish tank moved before then, and after surgery I’ll have another month before I should be clear to do heavy lifting, with second surgery scheduled for January 6. After which...
by CJ | Dec 9, 2015 | Journal
We have a 4×20 area of floor laid, including 3 hours on the first row, which is always a bear!—and I am so sore I may spend the night in this recliner because it hurts less.
by CJ | Dec 9, 2015 | Journal
We have a 4×20 area of floor laid, including 3 hours on the first row, which is always a bear!—and I am so sore I may spend the night in this recliner because it hurts less.
by CJ | Dec 8, 2015 | Journal
In the gallantry department, however, remember I mentioned a house down the street with a tree down whose exposed roots stand higher (equal to the missing part of their lawn) than their house eaves? They’ve decorated the fan of exposed roots with giant red...
by CJ | Dec 7, 2015 | Journal
This is a great relief. Got to calculating weight, and the water in that tank weighs a thousand pounds. We’ll remove that, but not quite all the sand and rock; we’ll bucket the fish and corals. And remove 40 lbs of canopy, which we’ll set aside. But...
by CJ | Dec 6, 2015 | Journal
…of room refinishing. Poor Jane’s stuff had to ‘splode out of her room and into kitchen and living room until we can get the work done in there. The good news is, the floor is level, and we’re nearly finished with the painting. Everything is...
by CJ | Dec 6, 2015 | Journal
…of room refinishing. Poor Jane’s stuff had to ‘splode out of her room and into kitchen and living room until we can get the work done in there. The good news is, the floor is level, and we’re nearly finished with the painting. Everything is...
by CJ | Nov 30, 2015 | Journal
Headed for 17 tonight. Not sure what we hit during the power-out, but it was 20’s-like. Thank goodness this place is insulated. And if you have windows that are a problem during winters or summer sun,...
by CJ | Nov 29, 2015 | Journal
Yesterday we leveled the floor in Jane’s bedroom. Two 50 lb bags of Quikrete leveling underlayment, and an ordinary power drill. Because we couldn’t use a 5 gallon bucket-type mixer, we divvied it into 5 pound lots with a kitchen scales, added 2 cups...
by CJ | Nov 29, 2015 | Journal
Yesterday we leveled the floor in Jane’s bedroom. Two 50 lb bags of Quikrete leveling underlayment, and an ordinary power drill. Because we couldn’t use a 5 gallon bucket-type mixer, we divvied it into 5 pound lots with a kitchen scales, added 2 cups...
by CJ | Nov 28, 2015 | Journal
The thought of what it would have been had this happened on the tail end of Convergence is pretty persuasive. I turned that book in literally on the deadline, with a lot riding on that date: miss your publishing ‘slot’ and a whole series can lose out,...
by CJ | Nov 27, 2015 | Journal
Attempts just to clear the obvious filter have succeeded. But there seems to be another filter inside, inaccessible without special tools, and that is clogged. We are not pleased. It’s a pain to service, Jane has had it, and I am putting my foot down. We are...
