Kitchen fires, house fires, Romax and pornos.
Things have been going well around here, still working half the night on the house each day, but calling it quits around 11 pm instead of 2 am. Anyway, things are going well but projects are always just that…a project.
Here is a slice of the last two days around here.
1. Picket fence quote came in at a million dollars for a puny weakling of a picket. Not to mention the amount to rebuild the existing fence. So that is a no-go. Will add the building of hefty picket fence to the list of do-it-ourselves.
2. Ordered new living room chair, did school clothes shopping/dance clothes shopping for Cupcake, and registered her for dance and martial arts all in one day.
3. Put out a medium-sized fire in the oven while Hubs was sawing an opening in our front door for a new million dollar mail slot. It has been a while since I have used an electric range and those buns under the broil went fast!
4. Riped out some plants, cut out some sod and added some bark outside. Looking better out there!
5. Asked Hubs to replace the old ceiling fan with the new one…easy. He said he would do it, but didn’t want it to explode into a bigger project. So of course it did. And it ended with a call to the electrician to get the old wiring switched out. (How much of the ceiling will it destroy? Our fingers our crossed)
6. Since the electrician is coming out tomorrow, I suggested Hubs have the electrician look at a couple of other areas including the TV outlet that needed to be upgraded to a three-prong outlet. So Hubs figured he would save a little money and do it himself and replace the old knob and tube with romax. So much for an exploding project. This included the biggest lot of profanities I have heard on a project so far, a bit of remodeling of the basement ceiling, and coat hanger shoved in an outlet and a lot more profanity. But then I heard whistling and knew something must be working. So after a test run, the new outlet was up and running with romax running to a new box, running to a new panel. Ahhh. So we plugged in our TV, realized that we get 26 free channels in HD and couldn’t be happier. But then…I ran down to the basement to get my camera and flipped off the light on my way up. That is when the TV went off. Basement lights off–TV off. Um. Hmm. So hubs is back downstairs. Hehehehe. I couldn’t help but laugh at that one.
7. OH! And the highlight of my night. While ripping out a jerry-rigged ceiling panel in the basement (conveniently wedged under a jerry-rigged load bearing beam), Hubs found the best hidden stash ever. Two bottles of whiskey, Issue 1 of Threesome Sluts magazine and a condom box. That is what I am talking about.
8. Oh, another discovery…as surprising, but not as entertaining. While trying to track down a knob and tube path today in the attic, it appears that the whole second story of the house was burned to a crisp at sometime in its 80 year history. Nice.
Ok, here are some pics from the last couple of weeks. I have been really bad about taking pictures, but I will get better. The house house is actually looking really nice despite all of my scary stories and scary pictures, and the landscaping is beginning to revive after years of neglect.
The Stash
Unhappy husband tracking down an electircal wire
That hanger looks professional...
Pruned...used to be down to the ground in leaves. Now has bark mulch, and all the other plants are ripped out.
Hanging a door for my pantry. And cutting a phone line?
Making room for the fridge! Ripped out 3 cabinets.
Newly painted kitchen window. Old ugly window shelf ripped out.
Front yard after a couple weeks of revival work.
- Hubs’ favorite project…pressure washing concrete. Ok, it makes a pretty spectacular update.
Fenced area out back--before
- Fenced area out back–before
Out back-before
Out back--before
The back area has been cleared of all the brush, and we have actually found, pavers, and cobblestones back there. Will give update photos in a few days. When I have a project that is totally completed (ha) I will post more after pics!

