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May 142012
 

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We grew up together in a town where our graduation class had just over 100 students.

One of his best friends from school is Dan. One of my best friends from school is Lois.

We are all from the same graduation class. Dan & Lois eloped the weekend after graduation. They are still married.

Jim & I connected through FaceBook & when I said I needed someone to do work at my house, he offered up his skills. I took him up on it … on a whim. I thought spending the weekend with him here was going to be strange. It wasn’t.

It’s like an old friend you’ve never known.

 Posted by at 8:40 pm
Apr 222012
 

***bark bark bark***

What’s wrong Suzzie?

***bark bark bark***

You laying there like a big lump is not helping me.

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***snort*** (Translation: The pillow is hogging my space.)

Poor you. Move it yourself.

***snort*** (Translation: Nevermind… I’m too sleepy.)

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 Posted by at 1:15 pm
Apr 162012
 

I’ve only had her since August, but feels like I’ve had her a lifetime.

After a $400 vet bill, I was happy to see her sleeping like “normal”.

 Posted by at 10:14 am
Mar 312012
 

Being a construction manager, I know that there’s an order that you should do things. Finishing the floor before the walls is not the correct order.

But … I did it in my own house. It just worked out that way with the timing of the availability of the guys to help me strip the floor and the guy I wanted to do the drywall work. I figured we could put down paper and drop cloths to protect the floor to during the drywall work.

That didn’t happen (because I decided to do it that way) and it worked out for the best.

After two coats of polyurethane … satin … on the floors, they turned out too smooth & slippery for my liking. I also need to fix a few spots where the poly dried a bit hazy.

I didn’t protect the floors for the drywall work since they needed to get sanded again anyway. They got a few more dings in them & heavy traffic with shoe soles full of drywall mud wore of the finish quite nicely. They are looking a lot more like that handscraped flooring that I originally wanted to go with. Once all of the drywall finishing & priming & painting are done, I’ll have them lightly sanded just to put on a thinned down coat of poly.

 Posted by at 5:54 pm