The tour of homes was today and four houses were open on Corbin Park. Susan and I set up a booth for our Home Owners Association. We were just making an appearance and handing out a little pamphlete that is a walking tour of the houses around the park.
Our neighbors, Ted and Rhonda took over for us at 2:00 and we toured the houses. Only one of the houses was one we had not been in before so it was worth it to get in and snoop.
It turned out to be a little bit of a chilly day but it's the end of September. What do you expect?!
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Prepping for Tour of Homes
It is 2:30 and I am beat. It's not that we did that much. I just have very low stamina.
Nonetheless, we got the Carriage House painted on the alley side of the building where we scraped and primed a couple of weekends ago. So that project is in the books.
Then we went to work on the front yard to clean out the flower beds and make the yard look half way presentable. We can only do so much with what we have.
Hence the beatness of me. It doesn't take much.
The Spokane Preservation Society, of which we are a part, is having it's annual tour of older homes tomorrow and it's all here around the park. There are only four homes on the tour whereas usually there are six to eight.
But we thought we should clean up as best we can to show a good face for the neighborhood.
Now I'm going to get cleaned up and prepare to go to an OctoberFest celebration somewhere in the Valley.
Mmmmmmmmm, Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
Nonetheless, we got the Carriage House painted on the alley side of the building where we scraped and primed a couple of weekends ago. So that project is in the books.
Then we went to work on the front yard to clean out the flower beds and make the yard look half way presentable. We can only do so much with what we have.
Hence the beatness of me. It doesn't take much.
The Spokane Preservation Society, of which we are a part, is having it's annual tour of older homes tomorrow and it's all here around the park. There are only four homes on the tour whereas usually there are six to eight.
But we thought we should clean up as best we can to show a good face for the neighborhood.
Now I'm going to get cleaned up and prepare to go to an OctoberFest celebration somewhere in the Valley.
Mmmmmmmmm, Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
Monday, September 24, 2018
DryWallin'...Finally
It is my Monday off and today we tackled the drywall. Phil got here about 10:00 and we went to work on completing this project.
There were a few little obstacles that kept our progress from going through fluidly. But we overcame the obstacles and got most of the drywall up.
The obstacles all dealt with electricity. I had to change out a fourplex box of outlets that will be used for the TV. There was another outlet that had to be disconnected and then reconnected once the drywall was in place.
We ended up running out of sheets. I purchased 12 sheets for a total of about $150.00. I'm not sure we used the sheets as efficiently as we could have. But it's hard to parcel out the sheets when every sheet we used had to be cut down in some fashion.
I think I'm going to try and use up the small pieces of drywall I have and then Phil and I can finish up on Saturday.
There were a few little obstacles that kept our progress from going through fluidly. But we overcame the obstacles and got most of the drywall up.
The obstacles all dealt with electricity. I had to change out a fourplex box of outlets that will be used for the TV. There was another outlet that had to be disconnected and then reconnected once the drywall was in place.
We ended up running out of sheets. I purchased 12 sheets for a total of about $150.00. I'm not sure we used the sheets as efficiently as we could have. But it's hard to parcel out the sheets when every sheet we used had to be cut down in some fashion.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
The Painters
So Susan and I got out there with the scrapers and peeled a crap load of weathered paint off the siding.
Then we broke out the primer paint and slapped it up there. There was also another portion of the house that needed a little touch up.
Sunday, September 02, 2018
Labor Day 2018
Because of my new work schedule where I am working 4-10's, I am into day two of a four day weekend. And so far, productive it has been.
We just put up the last repaired panel in the Dining Room. Our support bracket is in place and we will have it there until tomorrow. Susan will do a little touch up on the woodwork and then we will never have to deal with that issue again. Cuz it's never going to be leaked on because of a dumb ass mistake.
I have completed my fourth phase of projects in the TV Room. Phase four was to center the light fixture in the room. I had to use a ceiling fan bracket that I happened to have in my collection of electrical supplies. There was nothing else to attach the can to in the area of the center of the room.
The bracket worked fine and now if anyone ever wants to hang a fan in there, they have the support to do it.
My car is still in surgery and the price has jumped another thou. Had I known that, I would not have gone through with this repair.
The good news is that the whole top end of my engine will be rebuilt so I'm hoping that will get me a few more years of mileage.
In the meantime, I've been riding my bike a lot. I'm going to go to the General Store a bit later to get some stuff I need and I'll be on the bike for that trip.
In the meantime, it's noon. Time for a beer!
Later: The rest of the day has been lazy. We took a nice long nap and I fixed a couple of items with help from the General Store.
Now we are waiting for Mark so we can go downtown to Pigout in the Park.
Much Later: We made it down to Pigout and enjoyed food, drink music and friends. We stayed for the first part of "Too Slim and the Taildraggers", a local well known blues band.
About half way through the show, we headed for home where we lit a pit fire and toasted some S'mores while watching Raccoons try to eat up our grapes.
A lovely day!
The bracket worked fine and now if anyone ever wants to hang a fan in there, they have the support to do it.
My car is still in surgery and the price has jumped another thou. Had I known that, I would not have gone through with this repair.
The good news is that the whole top end of my engine will be rebuilt so I'm hoping that will get me a few more years of mileage.
In the meantime, I've been riding my bike a lot. I'm going to go to the General Store a bit later to get some stuff I need and I'll be on the bike for that trip.
In the meantime, it's noon. Time for a beer!
Later: The rest of the day has been lazy. We took a nice long nap and I fixed a couple of items with help from the General Store.
Now we are waiting for Mark so we can go downtown to Pigout in the Park.
Much Later: We made it down to Pigout and enjoyed food, drink music and friends. We stayed for the first part of "Too Slim and the Taildraggers", a local well known blues band.
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