What did you do today?

[zannej]

I went over to my friend's burned house to help with painting the drywall with some primer. No electricity on there & no lights. The friend that owns the house was over there helping us. To clarify: I have two friends who had their houses burn. One back in 2016 and one in December last year. The one who had the fire in December suffered a total loss. Roof & burned out & most of the house collapsed. The one back in 2016 is still standing but needs a lot of work. Some of the floor has been replaced & new drywall is going up over studs that weren't damaged. One of the rooms had been renovated shortly before the fire & didn't get as much damage except for the ceiling.
We were painting in the room & the friend who had the recent fire was complaining of shoulder pain (from a recent injury). I told him he should take a break if it was bothering him & he didn't need to hurt himself on my account. I think he didn't want to leave me painting alone. So he went to go do measurements while I painted. His girlfriend showed up & when she found out I was having kidney stones she offered to go get the bottle of cranberry gel capsules & a cold bottle of water for me. The friend who owns the house had the cranberry gels because he is having kidney stones too. I was having one of my fatigue days & the girlfriend was worried about me. She's very sweet. I told her I was OK but mostly just tired. The naproxyn worked for me but I'd lost sleep from having to try to pass the kidney stones multiple times during the night to no avail.
We got most of the room done but still need to get the ceiling. It was hot in there & we were losing daylight-- no power or lights on over there yet. Well, there are no actual lights to turn on because they were destroyed. An electrician is supposed to come Monday.
We all took a break before it got dark so we discussed where things will go in the kitchen & what the measurements are and such. If things work out today, I'll be going back over for more painting.
I have a painting suit in XL size but getting it off wasn't easy. I had to do the same thing as Tom-- putting my arms behind my back to pry the thing off. I'm 5'5" but I'm fat so I need the extra girth on the suits. It's baggy on me, but I prefer it that way.
Damn roll kept slipping off the paint roller, but other than that, the painting went smoothly.
Tom, sounds like you got a good deal. I'm hoping it will be less than $5k for the bathroom/laundry reno I need to work on. Will work on Mom's bathroom first. At this point, we need to order the shower wall set & pan as well as the drain & we'll have just about everything we need for it. My friends are going to help with the heavy lifting.

 

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Watched a shoe repair video this morning........ and I'm not sure why.
I skipped ahead a lot, but it was interesting. Never gave any thought as to the skill level required for that trade. He charged almost as much to repair some shoes as I did for replacing carpet in a bedroom and hall.

 

[Floorist]

I tried to buy some 1x10s and 1x12s but the lumberyard had none. Found a 1x12 in my lumber stash. Fixing an old roll-top desk.

 

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I tried to buy some 1x10s and 1x12s but the lumberyard had none. Found a 1x12 in my lumber stash. Fixing an old roll-top desk.

Probably same hoarders the took toilet paper alcohol and sugar off the shelves.

 

[Floorist]

Probably same hoarders the took toilet paper alcohol and sugar off the shelves.

Next up is meat. The media is trying to start a panic on it.

 

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Meats gone, I already bought all of it.
......next? Probably tomato plants. Gotta plan for fall when the "second wave" media panic machine gets into gear.

 

[zannej]

I'll have to watch the shoe repair video later. I find stuff like that fascinating.
Any pics of the rolltop desk, Flyover? I love rolltop desks. My friend's bathroom ceiling reminds me of a rolltop desk.

One of my friends had a migraine & I didn't wake up until late so we didn't get anything done at the burned house today. I cooked for Mom and my brother made red beans with bacon.
Still waiting on the friend's check to land so we can go get his cabinets & he can grab the repair flange for me (or at least show me where it is in the store because I can't seem to find it on the website). It fixed his "rodeo toilet" for him.

 

[Floorist]

A little hail not far from here. We only got pea size.

 

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I'll take pea sized. I bet you wouldn't even feel one of those hit.

 

[Floorist]

One from Arkansas.

 

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What was the death count? O can't imagine the damage those would do..... to anything. Cars, roofs, trees....... and them thar save the earth solar panels.

 

[zannej]

Damn, that's some big hail. I'm glad we don't get that stuff here. It's been rather warm to hot out lately. I went outside to cut some weeds & blackberry bushes that were encroaching on the porch & sidewalk (as well as around the parking space for the truck). Unloaded dog food & cat food from the truck & felt overheated and exhausted. My left hand wouldn't stop shaking for over an hour. Not sure why. I'm waiting for Mom to get up (or at least see if she's feeling better) and to hear from my friend on going to get his cabinets. I don't want to go too late in the day bc I want to get started on staining.

 

[zannej]

Got the cabinets yesterday. Friend saw a really cool microwave cabinet & wanted it instead of the 27" one. I was trying to do measurements to figure out if it would fit & was thinking it was too large. He teased me about how women always think about inches. We all laughed & I forgot. Turns out I was right that it wouldn't fit though, but we found that out when we got it to the house & I was ready to stain them. Microwave cabinet will become a laundry cabinet that will fit to the left of the washing machine. The opening for the microwave is large enough to store the bottles of detergent.
I was really bugged by the knot-hole on the 3rd cabinet as well as some other minor holes. It looked like a cockroach & a couple others looked like spiders or ants. I went over with some wood filler to get rid of the holes & then went back a few hours later after the cabinets were up & covered them with stain. I did a little bit more touching up. I still have more touchups to do in some spots but it was late and the smell of the stain bothers the pregnant fiance. Cabinets ended up a bit lower than my sketch & we still need to get 1 more. Found out the 30"x30" is cheaper than the 27"x30" so we'll get that one. I'm aiming to go in the morning on Monday to get it so I can stain it as soon as we get back.
My friend adjusted the lower cabinets to make them level & lined up better, but that left too much of a gap in front of the pantry cabinet. He's got leftover flooring to fill the gap though.

 

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Been trying to come up with a plan or design for my router table fence.
I decided on 3"by3" angle aluminum for the fence.... the main fence. Being this will probably be stored in my carport, everything I have thought up is about components not warping.
Aluminum doesn't warp.
I found a couple of flawlessly straight, anodized aluminum pieces just over the length that I needed.
Had I devised s configuration using plain aluminum stock, I would have had to face the fence with Formica because aluminum isn't very hard till it's anodized
Got the two pices cut, sanded so it will bond then clamped together just before sunset. Hope that the JB Weld didn't "shmoosh" and let these two pieces go out of alignment. Stacked one above the other it will make the fence 2 1/2" tall. Probably taller than most of what I will ever use it for.
I'm expecting these two square tubular aluminum pieces stacked one over the other, will make a super smooth fence once combined.
Only image that I have so far is...... what I started with. Clamped together overnight and the result will be flawless....... right?

 

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Pretty boring looking at aluminum isn't it?
......aluminium to the upside down folks.

 

[zannej]

I like aluminium so I don't find it boring. I like to see your projects. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.
It rained all day. We had tornado watches & stuff. Rain lulled me to sleep (plus I kept waking up over and over the night before so I didn't get good sleep). Cooked dinner but was so tired I forgot to add the stroganoff powdered mix in. I kept trying to figure out why the color and texture in the pan didn't look right. I didn't realize until it had finished cooking & I was mixing in the sour cream when I saw the full packet sitting on the counter. Fortunately, I was able to mix it in at the last minute & it went in just fine, but the texture of the sauce was too thin. Mom actually liked the flavor better because the spices were stronger. LOL. I was worried it was going to be a disaster but it worked out.

 

[Floorist]

My wife is not feeling very well, so I made taco salad. Hamburger is $6.29 a lb.

 

[zannej]

Sorry to hear your wife isn't feeling well, Rusty. I hope she gets feeling better soon.
Meat prices are getting insane. It's gone up over $5/lb here. Gonna need to find different meal ideas soon. Mom sure loves the stroganoff though.

 

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Hope she gets over what she's got soon.

 

[Floorist]

On another forum, a guy said hamburger, the 73% stuff, is $9.98 a lb. I think he lives in Arizona.