GETTING THINGS DONE(MORE OR LESS)

HELLO EVERYONE,

WELL, I AM ACCOMPLISHING SOME PROJECTS, AND TRYING TO STAY SAFE AS WELL. THE SCREEN DOORS CAME IN AND I GOT ONE OF THEM ALL FITTED AND MOUNTED UP. THERE ARE SPRING LOADED HINGES A ON OUR SCREEN DOORS AND THEY SHUT SO HARD IT ACTUALLY MAKES THE DOORS COME APART. SO, I TRIED A PNEUMATIC CLOSER ALONG WITH THOSE HINGES AND SO FAR THE EXPERIMENT IS WORKING OUT WELL.

INSTALLED BUT NOT PAINTED YET!(THE WIFE'S JOB)!

 

I FINISHED EXPANDING THE PATIO SO THE DINING TABLE WOULD FIT. MOVED ALL THE ROCK TRIM BACK TO FILL IN THE SPACES AND SPREAD THE PEA GRAVEL BACK OUT. MY SON FINALLY FINISHED THE ROOF OVER THE "LIVING ROOM".

YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE BEHIND MY WIFE, ALREADY ENJOYING THE SPACE!

THE OLDEST BOY CAME DOWN SUNDAY AND WE SHOT TARGET PRACTICE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

MOSTLY HIS GUNS!

AND FINALLY, I SCORED THE SPEAKERS I HAD BEEN WANTING FROM THE GUY SOME TIME AGO. I MANAGED TO GET THREE OF THEM INSTALLED AND HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK GET THE REST OF THEM INSTALLED. SO FAR THEY SOUND MUCH BETTER THAN THE BOSE AND MUCH BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS! SO EXCITED, ONLY WATCHING FOR THE TV NOW. OH, AND I SCORED AN AIR REEL THAT I HAVEN'T PUT UP YET, HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK I'LL PUT IT UP AND THEN FIGURE OUT THE PIPING LAYOUT.

FINALLY!!

WELL, I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

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SAME OLD,SAME OLD

HELLO EVERYONE,

AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE TITLE SAYS,  CLEANING UP, MOVING WOOD, GETTING TO SOME MORE PROJECTS, GOING TO WORK.

STARTED ENLARGING THE PATIO UNDER THE NEW LIVING ROOM STRUCTURE. THE WIFE WANTS ROOM FOR A TABLE AND STOOLS. WE HAD ENOUGH LIME STONE TO MAKE IT BIG ENOUGH, BUT, I HAD TO MOVE THE STEPS OVER ABOUT FOUR FEET.THE STEPS WERE ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED POUND STONES AND THERE WAS ABOUT TEN OF THEM, I'LL GET SOME PICS FOR THE NEXT POST.

THE SCREEN DOORS DIDN'T COME IN LAST WEEKEND, BUT, SHE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THEY WERE AT THE STORE SHE ORDERED THEM FROM,SO, IF THE WEATHER IS COOPERATIVE, THAT'S ONE OF MY PROJECTS FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

THERE IS A LOT OF WOOD CUT OUT IN THE WOODS.  IF THINGS GO OK WITH THE SCREEN DOORS, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT THING GOING ON.

THE PROGRESS ON THE LIVING ROOM STRUCTURE HAS BEEN PAINFULLY SLOW, NO PARTICULAR REASON, JUST SLOW. I'VE LEFT THE RUNNING OF THAT JOB TO ONE OF MY OLDER SONS, AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT IT'S DONE BY THIS NEXT WEEKEND. I ONLY HAVE TO ELECTRIFY THE THING, SO IF IT'S DONE THAT MAYBE MY PROJECT NEXT.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

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JUST KEEPING ON TRUCKING

HELLO TO EVERYONE,

WELL, THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL. THERE ARE SOME GUYS OUT CUTTING TREES THIS MORNING, SO THE WEEKEND WILL BE PICKING UP AND SPLITTING WOOD AGAIN. HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SMALL PROJECTS TO WORK ON AS WELL. THE WIFE ORDERED TWO NEW WOODEN SCREEN DOORS FOR THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. FOR SOME REASON THOSE THINGS TAKE A TERRIBLE BEATING AT MY HOUSE. SO, IT'LL BE FITTING AND SHIMMING AND ADJUSTING THEM ON ONE OF THE DAYS ALSO.

THE OLDER SON WHO IS DOING THE STRUCTURE FOR THE LIVING ROOM OUTSIDE IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS. WE SHOULD HAVE RAFTERS AND HOPEFULLY TIN ON THIS WEEKEND. I'M GOING TO PUT SOME ELECTRIC TO IT, NOT MUCH, JUST FOR A CEILING FAN AND SOME LIGHTS. I'LL PROBABLY DO THAT NEXT WEEKEND.

THIS WHOLE QUARANTINE THING IS WEARING ON MY PATIENCE, BUT AS AN OLDER GUY, I NEED TO KEEP WATCHING MYSELF. I'M STILL GOING TO WORK EVERYDAY BUT, MY JOB SORT OF KEEPS ME AWAY FROM PEOPLE ANYWAY.

I'M WORKING ON MY RETIREMENT PLAN, LOOKS LIKE POSSIBLY SOONER THAN I WAS THINKING. I HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON NEXT YEAR IN MAY, LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THIS YEAR BEFORE WINTER SETS IN. I'M PRETTY READY TO BE DONE WORKING FOR A LIVING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET TO WHEN I HAD THE TIME. SO, WE'LL SEE.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

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BEEN BUSY AND WORKING MY "ESSENTIAL JOB"!

HELLO EVERYONE,

HAVING TO DRIVE AN HOUR TO WORK EVERYDAY HAS GOTTEN A LOT EASIER WITH THIS QUARANTINE THING, BEEN A BLESSING OF SORTS. I HATE DRIVING ON I65 EVERYDAY, SO LESS TRAFFIC MEANS LESS FOOLS TO DEAL WITH.

THE SHOP PROJECT HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS OUTDOOR PROJECTS HAVE ZOOMED TO THE FOREFRONT. ONE OF MY OLDER SONS HAS PRETTY MUCH COMMANDEERED THE SHOP AND KEPT ME FROM DOING ANYTHING IN THERE.

WE FINISHED THE ROOF ON THE WOOD SHED, HE PUT THE ROOF OVER THE OUTDOOR KITCHEN, AND IS NOW BUILDING THE OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM STRUCTURE.

THE NEW ROOF ON THE WOOD SHED.

 THE NEW ROOF ON THE OUTDOOR KITCHEN.

THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM.

THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD SOME TREES CUT DOWN AND SPENT SATURDAY SPLITTING AND STACKING FIREWOOD FOR NEXT WINTER. I CUT DOWN FIVE PINE TREES THAT GOT BAGWORMS IN THEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WERE DYING A SLOW DEATH. STARTED A BURN PILE AND TOOK CARE OF SOME OTHER STUFF THAT WAS THE LEFTOVER RESULTS OF WINTER. 

AS USUAL, THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S CLEAN UP AND START OVER FROM WINTER TO SPRING. STILL MOVING THE GIANT PILE OF MULCH, SCRAPED SOME OF THE EXTRA PEA GRAVEL OFF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE BARN AND PUT IT IN PLACES IT WAS THIN.

WELL, WITH THE CORONA VIRUS THING AROUND AND ME HAVING TO GO TO WORK EVERYDAY(SO FAR), IT'S SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS. STILL HAVE MUCH TO DO AROUND THE ESTATE(!). WITH A FEW BREAKS ALONG THE WAY.

BREAK TIME!

WELL, THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF FOR NOW. STAY AS SAFE AS YOU CAN AND DON'T GET TOO STRESSED OUT.

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