Job Well Done
No posts other than this today, because The Wife and I spent all day putting down the hardwood floor in the guest bedroom of Soffit House. We’re both sore in places we forgot we had. There’s finish work to do… Continue Reading
Soffit House
Curing Concrete
Laying a hardwood floor is a much more complicated task than I had anticipated. Now it seems that we need to cure the concrete subfloor before applying the mastic to lay the bamboo flooring. That’s going to take two-thirds of… Continue Reading
Observations Of A New Dishwasher Owner
Since The Wife and I got a new dishwasher, we’ve been using the dishwasher a whole lot more. I don’t think it’s a function of our staying in and cooking more. We’re simply more willing to use the new dishwasher… Continue Reading
It Got Better
Scanning in three years’ worth of old pay stubs and other personal records (a job still not yet completed, as there are home purchase contracts and another retirement account to go) has been a tedious job. But it was a… Continue Reading
Scan and Shred
On New Year’s Day, I raked up the back yard. About ninety minutes’ worth of moderate physical labor produced a garbage can full to the brim with compacted willow and oak leaves (and no small amount of the results of… Continue Reading
Grilled Cheese Night
The Wife and I were going to meet a friend at the art museum last night to tour some exhibits and have dinner together. However, we were all trapped on this side of the Newhall Pass by a wildfire that… Continue Reading
So Here’s What I Want To Know
My automatic lawn sprinkler control device fritzed out this morning. It won’t turn off (there must be a power feed from somewhere I can’t control) and one of the gates stayed open for four hours, watering one portion of my… Continue Reading
Invasion Of The Mealworms
We’ve seen dozens of creepy little tan-colored worm looking things in the house. Our best guess is that they are mealworms. We have no idea how they got in the house. The pets, of course, are all oblivious to them.… Continue Reading
The Painful Hole In My Finger
…is a ruptured blister caused by my rake. The rake saw considerable use yesterday because my lawn mower did not pick up any of the pine needles on the front lawn. So I raked them up, to re-expose the grass… Continue Reading
Gardening Update
Our adventures as fruit and vegetable farmers for the season are coming to a close. For a $96 investment, our usable yield has been: All the chives, parsley, and rosemary we’ve wanted Two small yellow peppers of high quality One… Continue Reading