Category Archives: house

Pleasant Good Morning To You

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New Stove.

I have not yet taken a sip from my first cup of coffee from the new stove. I imagine it will be much the same.

Pleasant good morning to you, happy Friday. I had a good sleep last night.

some people from the department of agriculture came over yesterday and evaluated my “farm”. I learned that the lemon tree in the yard is actually a Suriname Cherry, and not a lemon at all.

And my lemon tree that has been dying for a year has. A plethora of problems. I looked many times and saw nothing, but the Department Of Agriculture people showed me well camouflaged caterpillars, eggs, these weird flies and now that I’ve seen them I can see them, but before that they were invisible.

Happy Friday and have a good weekend!

New Stove

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Today I’m getting a new stove. Mine’s ok, but a burner is intermittent. Plus it’s white when everything else in the kitchen is black and stainless.. Plus there’s a 20% off sale.

I can’t help but feel sad for the old stove. I know it’s dumb, but it’s been around a long time and part of the family. Just throwing it away when it’s finished just doesn’t seem fair.

Goodbye old stove!

The new one is being delivered today at approximately 10AM.

Cracked Icons

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Some Cracked, Some Not. Travel is done but Legendary levels remain.

Happy Friday! I’m still doing Duolingo every day. I notice that when I complete a lesson, sometimes the icon gets “cracked”, others don’t. In the image above, the modules are as done as they can be, except travel is done but Legendary levels remain. If you click them, (any except travel) the only option is practice. But why the cracks and why not the cracks? I’m going to find out!

We’re expecting a rainy weekend. It did rain yesterday, and it’s cloudy now. Probably more rain coming, but, I brought my sun-sensitive plants in, just to be safe.

This can be a housecleaning weekend if the weather cooperates. Or a yard work one if it doesn’t.

Hava a fabulous weekend!

Suddenly Seemingly Overwhelmed

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Seems like suddenly, things around the house are out of control. The yard is a disaster because I didn’t mow. (weed killer experiment). The inside needs cleaning really bad. The floor especially. And I have repairs to do and a tree to put in the ground and I need to make a list.

Maybe I should take a couple vacation days and do some work around the house.

We’re almost half way through the week. Looking forward to the weekend already. There’s not much to report on around here.

have a good day!

Weed Killer Ineffective

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i put down some weed killer on a 10 x 100 test area of my yard. Precisely measured according to the manufacturers instructions, I see no effect. It’s supposed to kill broadleaf weeds and not any grass that may be there. Maybe it needs a little more time.

Im also looking for a more effective bathroom cleaner. Soft Scrub doesn’t seem to keep it clean for long, and doesn’t stick to vertical surfaces.

Any homemaker helpers out there, I appreciate your input.

Have a wonderful day!

Mission Failed

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All i planned on doing this weekend was cleaning the house. I failed gloriously. Saturday I went to breakfast with friends, then lunch with a different group of friends, then saw the Batabanu Carnival Parade.

Sunday I went diving then went to a yoga class, and then mowed the yard . Below are some underwater pictures from yesterday.

And now it’s back to work on a Monday and I don’t mind going.

Have a great week like I’m going to have!

Seis De Mayo

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Yesterday at work we had mandatory staff meetings, so no Cinco De Mayo lunch for our department. But today we’re going to make up for it by going out to lunch as a Department. All four of us.

Should be good!

And it’s Friday, I have tons of work in the yard and inside the house to do. Mow and clean mostly.

Have a good weekend!

Good Morning!

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Im all sad my visitors are gone. It’s back to work today. Below is a picture I took this morning on the dog walk. It looks how I feel.

I will be Okay once I get back to work and get going. Yesterday I cut the drywall and installed the box in the wall for my new internet ADSL line jack. Today I will probably run the cable. If it is not raining. It rained almost all day yesterday.

Have a good day!

Ditch Digger

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sooo , my internet cable is still exposed and I’ve decided to run a new conduit instead of cutting drywall to find the break. Yesterday I started and I will continue today and over the weekend. I’m going to drill a hole near to where the air conditioner drain goes out, and my ADSL jack will move to another wall.

Today, probably, is the drilling part. Where the hole comes out determines more precisely where the trench I dig will go.

I squirted myself in the eye with peppermint soap this morning and I’m typing this blind. Not too bad for a blind guy, huh?

Have a good day!

Prestigious Award

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My phone gave me an award. For heroically going to bed on time and bravely waking up on time. I’m hoping that a large check will arrive in the mail to go with this magnificent prize.

I can’t seem to run the internet cable. The wire snake seems to come all the way in and stop just short. Going from the inside out, it doesn’t feel like it’s sliding along the conduit, but rolling up somewhere inside the wall. I can’t hear anything inside the wall. I’m now thinking now I have to cut some exploratory holes in my drywall. Which sucks. I dug up the yard, albeit not pointlessly, now I’m going to end up ripping out the walls too.

My life: never one problem, always multiple problems with the simplest task taking excessive amounts of time and money.

Anyway, it almost Friday. Have a good day!