One of the best things about rennovating our own house…is we can do it our way. Another fun thing is we get to torture the UPS man with all the wierd and wonderful stuff that shows up at our doorstep. This showed up yesterday. Anybody care to take a guess? CUAgain, Daniel Meyer

Sooo… We have this Sunroom you see… Note the air-conditoner on the far left of that pic… At some time in past generations one of the windows was removed and AC was installed: That’s the air-conditioner again on the right of that pic (we’ll talk about the car-port later). Now, I can’t blame them…here in [...]

I don’t know why…but I have this sense of urgency about the project…like I *must* get (insert whatever list of stuff needs done here) completed *right now*. Since there is a LOT to do about the house, you can probably imagine this is causing me some strife. I’ve got wiring to do, air-conditioning to install, [...]

The Sun Room…soon to be my art studio…was on the agenda this again this weekend. Seems we’re having guests for the Arts Festival *NEXT* weekend and needed two operable guest rooms. “Operable” here means a place to sleep, a bit of privacy, and most important…air-conditioning so the guests can actually sleep, as opposed to simply [...]

The Sun Room…soon to be my art studio…was on the agenda this weekend. The ceiling was covered in 1×1 foot fiber ceiling tiles, circa 1960′s I would guess. One section had water damage, and the rest, even though there was no water damage, were very wavy and…well…ugly. The looked similiar to this pic (which is [...]

Well, here’s a pic after this weekend’s work: If you pretend the sill has been painted the same color as the trim against the roof line (very dark slate blue), and that I’ve given that same piece of trim up against the roof a second coat…then I finished the painting this weekend. Finished! Okay, yeah, [...]

Imagine this…show up at your local “Homeowner Hell” big box home improvement store and ask for one of these: “Yes, I’d like a 16 foot long, one inch thick, and none of that 3/4 inch means 1 inch crap…I want true 16 foot long by 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide, red cedar tongue [...]

I attacked them from behind… An excerpt: I held down the button. Full auto fire! “SPRITTTTTTTTTTZZZZZZzzzzzzz…….” Gawd that ammo goes fast! “Another! Quick! Agh!” I hollered as another nest, far to the left, emptied out. Some took flight. I cut them down ruthlessly. “Die you gravy sucking bastards!” Ammo flew with impunity. I might have [...]