LOL. I used to joke that when my dad and I were together we were missing a stooge. He would be holding a board and turn and bonk me (accidentally of course). I had to wear a hat when painting with him because he would paint up higher & I would paint down lower and he would always splatter paint on my head. One time I was trying to help him cut something and he pushed down on it after he cut it so it flew up and hit me in the chin. LOL. We were like a couple of monkeys sometimes. I miss working on projects with him. Even if all I did was hand him screws or nails or hold something still, it was nice to have that bonding and teamwork.
CJ, even 1 layer of scaffolding is too high for me. LOL. I watched some horror movie where a kid fell out a window (I think she was actually pushed) but for some reason after that I was afraid of heights. I've gotten over it quite a bit (I can now look out windows without getting vertigo). I got to the point that I was able to climb on roofs and clean leaves off, but can't do that anymore bc my ankles got messed up so I can't do inclines. Cows are adorable but they can be dangerous. I'm constantly having to dodge my cow's horns. She's not trying to hurt me, but she doesn't have much of an awareness of them. Even though we hadn't planned to breed her, I'm glad a bull broke the fence & she has her daughter. Cow stopped being as obsessed with me once she had her baby to spend time with.
Don, I'm glad they tested for asbestos before you did that job. Those lower tiles looked pretty old.
On the wages front, I feel sorry for the poor buggers that fall for that signing bonus hook. They have to work there 6 months to get that bonus and if the businesses are run the way things are where I live, they will fire them just before the 6 months is up and hire new people so none of them will ever qualify for the bonus. The joys of living in an "at will" state where they don't need a reason to fire people. Of course, they make up BS excuses to justify firing people anyway. Local walmart pulled some garbage where they changed people's schedule constantly & would do it without prior notice. One of my friends had a day off scheduled but her supervisor put her as having to work that day (but only made the schedule change 1 hour before the shift was supposed to start-- against corporate policy but they don't care). They did this to make an excuse for firing her as she was close to "pointing out". She'd gotten a point off for going home bc she had a seizure on the job and got points against her for having to stay in the hospital when her uterus prolapsed during childbirth & she nearly died. They refused to accept doctor's notes. It's a real racket they have going.
Highup, I'm not surprised that people signed up for the router forum without looking at the pictures. LOL. Of course, there might be some trolls in there.
I've been planning some of the accessories for the guest bathroom. I think I mentioned I grabbed some cheap shelves on clearance. They crappily made (secured only with staples) but fixing them up is inexpensive and easy. I can get some cheap angle braces/brackets. They are already cut to size so it's just a matter of sanding, securing, painting, etc. I may go with more than one of the shelves in the bathroom depending on how things work out. Hell, I may even use one or more in my bathroom. I'm going to take the one for the shaving area and add a wooden dowel as a towel bar. I'm thinking 1" or 3/4" thick should work. The other thing I'm working on is plans for the recessed tp holder. Since I'm lazy & couldn't find any picture frame wood locally, I bought a metal picture frame from dollar tree. I'm going to use it to hide the front of the recessed tp holder that will be in the vanity. I'm making tops and bottoms of the holder out of 3/4" fir (buying 1x6s bc they are the right depth) and some cheap 1/4" plywood in small sections. 3/4" will be for top and bottom. 1/4" for sides and back. I will sand all of the sharp corners on the inside to blunt them. I'm going to use scraps to reinforce the vanity & use leftover braces from the shelf project to secure it. In order to fit the frame, I will need to make it wider (which will also make it so the shelf area below can hold phones & wet wipes) so I will use plinth blocks and washers to make the spring-loaded rod fit. If I can find the right cutting tools (which I probably have already), I may make my own wooden washers. I want to be able to nail and glue them in place. The front will be secured with caulk & doublesided tape. (It may actually be large enough to fit a 2nd tp roll standing on it's side since the tp rolls are now only 4" wide).
This is my sketch of the plans thus far (tp rod not drawn in yet as I need more specific measurements)
Yesterday I as a little productive. I got my brother to pull the trash bag out of the trash can (it was stuck & my shoulder was not cooperating with trying to lift it). I helped him haul the bags outside. Then I started cleaning in the kitchen more. Got a bunch of stuff cleared up. I should probably throw away the empty grape juice bottles that look line wine bottles but the hoarder in me feels they can be repurposed somehow. I might put them in a bin and take them to the workshop. There's a lot of dirt on stuff and I don't wear gloves. My brother doesn't like to get dirt on his hands (which is funny because we both used to play in the dirt/mud as kids). I still remember a mud fight in the duck pond. I got a handful of mud and duck crap and threw it right in his mouth. Poor Mom did not have fun washing our laundry-- especially since she had to search our pockets for frogs, worms, and other stuff. She was not amused by the ribbon snake I picked up.
Time to clean litterboxes and do some re-arranging in the front room and them more cleanup on the kitchen.
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