What did you do today?

[havasu]

I have a white peach tree, where one limb was touching my roof. This is how the ants got into my house. I used 2 gallons of indoor/outdoor poison around the perimeter, then used granite sealer/cleaner to kill the ants on the counter. $ hours later and they were still on my counter, so I douche'd them again with granite cleaner/sealer (just because it kills ants and I get a clean granite countertop out of the deal.

Yesterday, I had a crew replace 14 and add 5 new rainbird oscillating sprinklers for the front grass. Tomorrow I have a company who is going to repaint all the phony rocks around my pool and waterfall. The day after tomorrow I will officially be broke!

 

[Floorist]

I have a white peach tree, where one limb was touching my roof. This is how the ants got into my house. I used 2 gallons of indoor/outdoor poison around the perimeter, then used granite sealer/cleaner to kill the ants on the counter. $ hours later and they were still on my counter, so I douche'd them again with granite cleaner/sealer (just because it kills ants and I get a clean granite countertop out of the deal.

Yesterday, I had a crew replace 14 and add 5 new rainbird oscillating sprinklers for the front grass. Tomorrow I have a company who is going to repaint all the phony rocks around my pool and waterfall. The day after tomorrow I will officially be broke!

I'm ahead of you, I am already broke.

 

[Nick]

Thought i saw you in line Floorist .

 

[zannej]

Sucrets is good for swollen tonsils Z . Numbs them up .

You can get them anywhere .

Honestly, sore throats don't bother me much anymore because I had tonsil issues for years. I went for several months in a row of having throat/tonsil infection because I couldn't get an appointment for a long time (I was on Guam and the regular doctor wouldn't do squat and said I needed to see a specialist, but there was only one specialist on island). By the time I finally got in, I had white patches/spots on the back of my throat. The doctor looked horrified and said "Doesn't that hurt" and I told him that my throat had been sore for so long I'd become desensitized and it didn't really bother me.

I also used to get calcium deposits that would build up and get stuck in the pockets behind my tonsils. They would cause irritation and they smelled awful so I would have to reach in and try to dislodge them with my finger (and throw them in the trash). It was pretty gross.

Anyway, before I digressed, it is the fatigue that bothers me. I have chronic Epstein-Barr Virus and I may actually have had mononucleosis back in Guam but they never tested me. The fatigue was so debilitating that I didn't finish college (although I ended up getting my degree about 10 years later). I would sleep more than 24 hours without waking up and still not feel rested when I did wake up. My symptoms sort of mirror Klein Levins syndrome at times (well, before I ever heard of that syndrome).

Fortunately, I don't get the extreme fatigue as frequently nor for as long now, but every once in awhile it comes back to kick my ass.

Today I'm planning to see if any of my weedeaters can tackle those damn weeds that are now about as tall as me.

 

[havasu]

My neighbor gave me a slightly used Roomba automatic vacuum cleaner, so it can easily pick up lint and dog hair throughout the main portion of the house. I charged it for a few days and after mama went to bed late last night, I figured I would give it a whirl to see how it worked. Boy, that thing went all over my tile and throw rugs, in between all my dining room chairs and seemed to not miss a spot. Then, the smell of dog crap was everywhere.

I was unaware that one of my dogs had a bad case of diarrhea, and that damn Roomba hit that hershey squirt pile in the livingroom and spread crap from one end of the house to the other. Worse yet, the crap was oozing out the lint trap of the Roomba, and was all over the wheels. I spent the next two hours cleaning, sanitizing, and mopping the floors. I also had to go outside to hose my new Roomba, and now fried the circuits, and it is now dead.

So much for my easy floor cleaning.

 

[Nick]

Now that the RNC, & DNC is over , I took off my hip boots, and reinstalled the Carpet.

 

[zannej]

Oh man, Havasu that is horrible!

This morning I decided to take my brother's puppy for a walk because I needed the exercise and the puppy needed it too. I was hoping it would tire him out so he would calm his tits. He decided not to come back inside. Anyway, when I opened the front door, I didn't see that there was puppy crap right in front of it so it smeared across the carpet.

I also got bored and found a discussion forum for gun owners where they were talking about a book where Secret Service agents were interviewed about the presidents and their wives:
http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=909786

It confirmed what my father's friends in the SS had said about Carter. I don't know if it mentioned how he would make the SS fold his laundry for him and one time they didn't fold his pants the way he wanted so he screamed at them and called them "stupid". He cut x-mas bonuses and ordered every other lightbulb to be removed from Federal buildings because he thought it would save electricity but it violated OSHA standards and reduced morale so they had to put the bulbs back. The SS used to refer to him as "Old *******" and he walked around the White House barefoot so they could hear him coming.

According to the book and posts, Bill Clinton was nice but Hillary was horrible to male employees. She was apparently sometimes nicer to female employees but I think they said she fired a female employee for talking on the phone to Barbara Bush or something like that.

Al Gore was a pompous ass and Tipper was a raging bitch and both looked down on the SS.

Ronald Reagan, both Bush families, and the Obamas were nice to the SS agents and treated them with respect.

Nancy was controlling and the Reagan children had to get permission from her to see their own father.

 

[Floorist]

Now that the RNC, & DNC is over , I took off my hip boots, and reinstalled the Carpet.

I did not watch either one.

 

[Incognito]

60 ctns VCT
4 ctn 4" rubber topset base
me and an apprentice 2 days (Thur-Fri)

Someone was there Tues to prime with Ardex P-51 and skim coat over the CHEMICALLY removed adhesive after asbestos abatement

We had to sand the **** out of his "prep" and do minor patch

It's done and I'm on to the next one.

This is what I DO

For those of you who ever dabbled in philosophy there's a school of thought that believes that what you do is what you are--------known as Existentialism.

So this is what I am. Give or take a few cold beers here and there.

 

[Floorist]

Looks good.

 

[Nick]

Ditto.

 

[havasu]

Pool repaint before and after...

 

[Jon]

When we having the BBQ?
Looks good though

 

[zannej]

Havasu, that is so awesome!!
I miss having a pool.

 

[highup]

That's one cool pool.

 

[Nick]

That is one awesome pool Hav .

 

[zannej]

Is the slide smooth enough to slide on without water running on it?

I'm going to have to add that to Pinterest and Houzz because it looks so nice.

 

[havasu]

The slide was reground and recoated yesterday. We have water that is pumped to the slide and waterfall (just out of the picture) so it should be as slippery as snot now.

 

[zannej]

The slide was reground and recoated yesterday. We have water that is pumped to the slide and waterfall (just out of the picture) so it should be as slippery as snot now.

Nice!!
Today I've been watching the I Want That marathon on Diynetwork. I saw some neat stuff but the prices are insane. It's season 7 but DIY network doesn't have the details on the products for that season. Bummer.

 

[Ernesto]

Cool looking pool hav. Wish i had a slide. We recently resurfaced our pool with pebble tech.