My god, it's all coming together, I think...
I have successfully constructed new stairs for my decks, and I have a plan to finish the upstairs balcony and paint it... Mmmm... plastic paint. (supposed to be SUPER durable) I think this will also require me to buy another power tool (a pneumatic paint-gun). DANG! I SAY DANG!
In fact... with a little luck and some good weather... I may have the balcony done this weekend!
Not including the fabulous solar lamp that I'm sure exists that I want to put on it.
Something like the lamppost from Narnia, but solar.
29.7.09
13.7.09
Housely things!
I did a big, long-overdue houseclean this weekend. It's funny how it is getting easier to do as I settle in more and more. There's a definite sense of knowing where everything goes. I got rid of a bag of clothes I don't like anymore. I rearranged my closet to my satisfaction.
I have two big scary things left to do that are not going to be easy:
The basement:
My basement is a combination of craft supplies storage and costume storage. It needs to stop being those things. I'd like to get it completely empty and there's no really good reason why it isn't.
The garage:
This where I keep the REST of the craft supplies and costumes. I'd like to get it so empty that I can a) walk around in it, and b) insulate the ceiling, so that I can use it in the winter-time.
Well, back to work!
I have two big scary things left to do that are not going to be easy:
The basement:
My basement is a combination of craft supplies storage and costume storage. It needs to stop being those things. I'd like to get it completely empty and there's no really good reason why it isn't.
The garage:
This where I keep the REST of the craft supplies and costumes. I'd like to get it so empty that I can a) walk around in it, and b) insulate the ceiling, so that I can use it in the winter-time.
Well, back to work!
8.7.09
Full speed ahead!
How to make it rain:
a) remove your eavestroughs and rainbarrels,
b) leave the wheelbarrow out in the yard, upright,
c) lay new paving stones under where your eavestroughs used to be,
d) Put your rain gear for your bike in a closet and forget where, and
e) Bring in some building supplies and put them behind your garage in the open
RAIN = GUARANTEED.
a) remove your eavestroughs and rainbarrels,
b) leave the wheelbarrow out in the yard, upright,
c) lay new paving stones under where your eavestroughs used to be,
d) Put your rain gear for your bike in a closet and forget where, and
e) Bring in some building supplies and put them behind your garage in the open
RAIN = GUARANTEED.
7.7.09
More busier!
And on top of the work madness, a good friend is now in hospital.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
I know I'm too tired when I don't have the energy for long rambling metaphors.
In any case, I'm eating much better. I bought all my non-perishables for the summer on the weekend (except 5 doz. bagels) and am slowly working my way through eating them. My fridge is very very empty, and my freezer is very very full.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
I know I'm too tired when I don't have the energy for long rambling metaphors.
In any case, I'm eating much better. I bought all my non-perishables for the summer on the weekend (except 5 doz. bagels) and am slowly working my way through eating them. My fridge is very very empty, and my freezer is very very full.
1.7.09
Holding on
Busy busy busy!
I'm at work. While that's laudable, it is a statutory holiday today and I shouldn't be here. But I'm getting a fair amount done. It's not like there's a sense of warm self-satisfaction because there's still a lot to do.
I'm at work. While that's laudable, it is a statutory holiday today and I shouldn't be here. But I'm getting a fair amount done. It's not like there's a sense of warm self-satisfaction because there's still a lot to do.
26.6.09
Woooo!
26 km in 1:22, average speed of 19.6 including 3 climbs out of the river valley.
I can do better.
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First!
(First family member to blog on Michael Jackson! I win!)
Anyhoo...
So I learned yesterday via IM that Michael Jackson had died, or maybe not, or maybe so, and then yes for sure.
There are two epitaphs for him:
"Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson and the best-selling album of all time"
and
"Jacko Found Not Guilty on All Counts"
Both need to be considered for a complete picture of the man, but ultimately the first is paramount, and may in a certain light be the cause of the second.
I have noticed in many of my peers, and certainly those people who have never seen the Thriller album (I mean, phsyically SEEN it (aka "young whippersnappers") a tendency to dismiss epitaph number 1 because of epitaph number two, and that's not correct either.
Michael Jackson was The King of Pop, and like many other monarchs, he died insane, in exile and a polarizing figure.
Anyhoo...
So I learned yesterday via IM that Michael Jackson had died, or maybe not, or maybe so, and then yes for sure.
There are two epitaphs for him:
"Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson and the best-selling album of all time"
and
"Jacko Found Not Guilty on All Counts"
Both need to be considered for a complete picture of the man, but ultimately the first is paramount, and may in a certain light be the cause of the second.
I have noticed in many of my peers, and certainly those people who have never seen the Thriller album (I mean, phsyically SEEN it (aka "young whippersnappers") a tendency to dismiss epitaph number 1 because of epitaph number two, and that's not correct either.
Michael Jackson was The King of Pop, and like many other monarchs, he died insane, in exile and a polarizing figure.
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