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Wave Without A Shore

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 I STILL...

We have a 4x20 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.

We have a 4x20 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.

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 Christmas...

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 the shipping...

...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 fresh and new---we have...

...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 fresh and new---we have...

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,...

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 water, and mixed...

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 water, and mixed...

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, bigtime....

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 getting a...