Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y’all!  I’m pretty beat up after my adventure changing a tire yesterday.  I did a number on my shoulder.  I decided to use some of the 1,700 hours of sick leave I have accumulated.  I called the boss early this a.m. and he agreed. So I’m kicking back today. I might take the truck to town for a new set of tires or I may just slob around the shack.  Undecided.

[avator]

I hope things take a turn for the better for you guys.

The bedroom cover up is done. The walls in here are covered in the typical paneling of the times when the mobile home was built... late 70s early 80s I suspect. Apparently dampness from a window a/c unity had been an ongoing issue because the paneling below the window delaminated. The rest of the wall above was not affected.
So I cut and took the paneling down to the bottom of the window across that wall (10') and replaced it with dark stained 1/4" luan. Then I put in a new sill and chair rail above the luan. If I actually owned this place I would have done something very different but I am not going to remodel this place for the owner to benefit from when Betty Lou and I go away (one way or the other). The upgrades that we have and will do are things that make us happy.
The downside... The internet/cable guy that put our system in a couple years ago didn't seal in the 3/4" hole he drilled in the floor to pass the cable in. We never knew it because the night stand hid it. Evidently wasps had built a nest just below the hole. 2 of them got me on my right arm and on got in my sweats and got my lower legs 3 or four times before I could get to it.
I'm not allergic to them but, dam they sting.
That hole got plugged.
Think I may need to use an old family remedy... soak the stings in alcohol... from the inside out.   

"Everything in lower Alabama wants to hurt, kill or eat you"

[Matchstickshooter]

Well, I tweaked my lower back Friday morning.  I pressed through my marathon shifts at work and had a day to “recover” yesterday.  My back is still very touchy.  It feels like if I move just wrong it’s going to clinch up on me again and I’ll be flat out.  I had started to build a hot water heater closet on the exterior of my house.  I need to continue on that project and get that wrapped up by next weekend so I can move to the inside part of the project.  The clouds are burning off and it’s looking to be a sunny a 70s day so it’s perfect for outside activities.  It’s the end of the season and fall is definitely in the air so there is lots to do outside.  Fall makes the most yard work for us around here out of all of the seasons.  We have been able to enjoy some outdoor fires 🔥 and I’m looking forward to many more!

 You should seek chiro...been helping me for years.
 And once I started the exercise "Planking", I don't go nearly as often.
 It strengthens your core.

[bReTt]

Well, I tweaked my lower back Friday morning.  I pressed through my marathon shifts at work and had a day to “recover” yesterday.  My back is still very touchy.  It feels like if I move just wrong it’s going to clinch up on me again and I’ll be flat out.  I had started to build a hot water heater closet on the exterior of my house.  I need to continue on that project and get that wrapped up by next weekend so I can move to the inside part of the project.  The clouds are burning off and it’s looking to be a sunny a 70s day so it’s perfect for outside activities.  It’s the end of the season and fall is definitely in the air so there is lots to do outside.  Fall makes the most yard work for us around here out of all of the seasons.  We have been able to enjoy some outdoor fires 🔥 and I’m looking forward to many more!

 You should seek chiro...been helping me for years.
 And once I started the exercise "Planking", I don't go nearly as often.
 It strengthens your core.

Long story but the gist of it is chiro doesn’t help me other than take my money.  After an MRI with results showing everything as it should be, they said that I have Sacroiliac joint pain or Sacroiliac joint dysfunction.  This has been a thing for me for years.  Sometimes it hits harder than others.  Core strengthening exercises is a regular for me.  It is what it is.  I could only imagine how bad it could be if I didn’t???

[bReTt]

Back to the grind today.  Gonna get the work done and wrap it up a couple hours early.  I need to pick up one of the boys on the way home.  Mrs. P is going out with a couple of our girls tonight.  The fellas and I will make homemade pizzas.  I’m selling a dust collector so a guy is supposed to come over tonight and look at that.  I also plan on making more progress on the WH closet.  It’s been a fun project so far, very satisfying to build since it wasn’t straight forward.  Everything has been specifically measured, leveled, marked and cut.  It’s all screwed together, not nailed.  This thing is SOLID! 🦾🦾🦾

[Ronfiveo]

I've got to go get filled up with some weird chemicals 🤬🤬. I just hope I end up with a different nurse this time. She only wants to put the IV in the hand.😡😡😡🫨 Man did it HURT. She had to try 2 different places.

Good luck.

Ron

[Sqrl Klr]

Bill I wonder if that's where the mice and resulting snakes were getting through. Before I lived at my home a guy drilled a 1" hole through a upstairs wall to run internet line then years later when my grandfather got someone to remove it they didn't plug the hole and there was a desk hiding it so years later he passed on and I moved in discovering it and plugged it which stopped years of wasp and scorpion problems.

Brett you did it right good job.

[avator]

Bill I wonder if that's where the mice and resulting snakes were getting through. Before I lived at my home a guy drilled a 1" hole through a upstairs wall to run internet line then years later when my grandfather got someone to remove it they didn't plug the hole and there was a desk hiding it so years later he passed on and I moved in discovering it and plugged it which stopped years of wasp and scorpion problems.

Brett you did it right good job.

The door to the outside in the utility room had a gap which I plugged with a threshold and the enclosed water heater nook in the bedroom closet had a good size hole that someone didn't fill when they replaced the water heater at some point. I fixed that too. Also when they added the screened in porch on the back of the back they didn't fill the gap to the mobile home. When I closed in that room I stuffed it with plastic shopping bags and expanding foam. We haven't had any snakes in since I last reported. Putting the wood on the back wall of the utility room tomorrow is also going to go along way to keep spiders and the like out. Right now it's just framing and the outside wood siding. I'm going to put Tyvek and insulation board between the studs.

[Sqrl Klr]

Now that right there sounds like a good plan.

[bReTt]

Brett, that will be nice to get the water heater out and free up space. Take it easy with the back, those things have a way of coming back to haunt you later in life..

It will be nice.  It should make the laundry room less cluttered looking.  This house was originally built in 1930.  It has been a hodge podge of additions over the years.  We have been no different in making our own changes.  What I’m doing isn’t ideal but it will definitely be an improvement. 

Not much building progress today.  Too many distractions along the way.  At least I was able to prep some wood to be cut and added on.  Tomorrow evening should be more productive, I hope.

[Ronfiveo]

A tree limb broke off on the tree in the front yard.
Spent a some time yesterday and finished it up this morning.
Cut it up and piled it by the street and just in time, before the city crew came
by and loaded it up and away.


A lot of it was cut off yesterday. This was for this morning.








It was a pain in the butt.

Ron

[avator]

Morning....
I woke up at 2:30 and could not go back to sleep. I didn't want to toss and turn and wake Betty Lou so I came out to my recliner and dozed in and out with a recorded football game on the tv. I put the coffee on at around 5 and snacked on some cantaloupe that Betty Lou had cut up in the fridge. I hit the shower at 6.
Today's plan is to measure and cut some base and crown trim for the utility room while Betty Lou paints the wall. I also have a shutter type deflector to put back on the front window where we put in the new a/c. It's purpose is to prevent debris from coming off of the roof and onto the top of the a/c unit. Like garages and basements, gutters are not common in lower Alabama. I know if I were to build a new home here it would have a garage and gutters. Too close to sea level for basements in the sandy ground here.
Then comes the daunting task of clean up and reorganizing.

[Madd Hatter]

A tree limb broke off on the tree in the front yard.
Spent a some time yesterday and finished it up this morning.
Cut it up and piled it by the street and just in time, before the city crew came
by and loaded it up and away.


A lot of it was cut off yesterday. This was for this morning.








It was a pain in the butt.

Ron

Ron, you're using the wrong part of your body. It's suppose to be a pain in the back neck and shoulders! 😜🤣😂🤣

[maraudinglizard]

Good morning, working on installing gable vents, then it's tint the south facing windows. Start rounding up hurricane stuff again, check everything and make sure it's all running and charged up. Got one brewing around central America that has caught the NHC's attention and the models are not very promising right now but that can change in a few days, it's a wait and see game right now. 

[avator]

Morning..
Up at 5:30.
Caught up on the planned projects around the house.. for now so today I'll get in the shop and get all the tools and mess cleaned back up.
Then I have a new 5x8 black area rug for the castin' shack and I'll move the desktop PC that Betty Lou brought home from Ohio into to the shack. It will be used for airgun related stuff.
Maybe even shoot an airgun or 2.
A new security camera dvr and a new 12" chop saw blade are due to arrive tomorrow so those are on tomorrow's plan.

[maraudinglizard]

Gable vents installed, finishing up the attic door, tint the windows later today, and  mow the grass again before the next flood comes. Need to trim the water hyacinth back before they over run the pond. I keep them for shade for the fish and turtles and they also filter the water so the pond stays balanced naturally.

[Ronfiveo]

A tree limb broke off on the tree in the front yard.
Spent a some time yesterday and finished it up this morning.
Cut it up and piled it by the street and just in time, before the city crew came
by and loaded it up and away.


A lot of it was cut off yesterday. This was for this morning.








It was a pain in the butt.

Ron

Ron, you're using the wrong part of your body. It's suppose to be a pain in the back neck and shoulders! 😜🤣😂🤣

I also discovered a similar misunderstanding when I found out more about the "cheek hold".

Ron

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Good Morning!  I was up until 2:30 and then went to bed. I slept about 5hrs 45min and got up. I trimmed my beard and showered.

  As far as plans for the day I am planning to keep activity light as I can because my neck muscles are still very sore.
  The good news is my range of motion for my neck continues to improve as the stiffness and pain of turning my
  head lessens too.

  I think I will be back to normal soon, I am not going to push it though!

  There is a bunch of stuff I need to do and I am going to piddle at accomplishing something.
  My Truck is filthy from the trip and needs a good washing and detail. I don't think I am up to that task yet so, I
  think I will take it to a carwash in town that runs cars through a automated carwash and then has a group of
  workers that finish it by hand. Before taking it to get washed I need to empty it because when we got home the
  only things I took out of it was my Thermos, and my travel laptop.

 I am going to finish my coffee and get started unpacking.

   

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y'all.  Y'all a buncha slackers if I'm up and posting for y'all.

Woohoo!  It's my weekend!  Nothing to do for 48 hours but sloth and dissipation!  Right now I'm high on Geritol and Ibuprofen!  Might get really crazy later and walk the dogs!

[Madd Hatter]

Mornin y'all.  Y'all a buncha slackers if I'm up and posting for y'all.

Woohoo!  It's my weekend!  Nothing to do for 48 hours but sloth and dissipation!  Right now I'm high on Geritol and Ibuprofen!  Might get really crazy later and walk the dogs!

Be careful of that Geritol stuff. I hear it's very addictive.😆