This weekend, my sweetie finished painting her closet. I waited about 24 hours for the fumes to dissipate before beginning the final phase of our bedroom renovation. It only took a couple of hours, and the hardest part was undercutting the door frame so the flooring could slip underneath it. OK...maybe piecing the underlayment together was ( Read more... )

Darn it. I just discovered a sale in progress for furniture I would dearly love to have in my home to replace the hand-me-downs that we've agreed don't really suit us any more. That favorite chair of mine from my childhood is NOT nearly as comfortable as it once was, and my wife's reluctance to give up the solid wood Danish Modern (because it is ( Read more... )

Cooler temperatures mean snuggly kitties! AElfgifu has been firmly tucked in next to one of us by the time we go to sleep, and when I awoke this morning, she was curled up next to the Momma and gently purring. Josie attempted to paralyze my legs by laying across my calves again, and Ignatius started bunting me as soon as I appeared to be awake.

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What a gorgeous day for a Coronation! Others have said it, but I will repeat it--it was a bit of "old home" and "old school" day. I won't say it is my favorite site, but the rustic nature of the site and old CCC camp amenities help me with my illusion of medieval times. OK, so the buildings are of 1930's National Park rustic construction, but ( Read more... )

Forty-five minutes spent mowing the remainder of the yard followed by a couple of hours of effort converting electricity and wood into sawdust and noise, yielded a mowed lawn, a broken sanding belt, and a cache of escutcheons for the Golden Rose tourney tree. I'm a little bit behind on my goal for working on this project, but only by a day. I'll ( Read more... )

I traded yardwork in for crossbow making last night. There were a couple of pieces of walnut that have been sitting down in the shop for a few years--very well seasoned--that I am using to make the stock. The center will be cherry to provide a nice contrast. I had considered making the entire thing of walnut, but the other bows that people are ( Read more... )

Although the flyer indicated that we would be having a kyudo competition, it was merely substituting a Japanese word in place of an English one. Kyudo would have had me making more sophisticated & expensive equipment than was desirable, so I decided on a Japanese-themed novelty shoot ( Read more... )

University classes are slowly being entered into the online registration system. Before anyone (virtually) runs to the website to see what is offered, the curriculum won't be visible until we hit the "approved" switch ( Read more... )

I'm a little disappointed. No one at work has shown the slightest interest in what I did for the two weeks I was out of the office--even though some of them were aware of it. It is either a mark of just how disconnected we all are here or just how swamped everyone is that no one can take the time to show an interest. Feh.One of the other ( Read more... )

ealdthryth has already recounted part of the saga of raising the roof for the gate house. I ran a couple of errands on the way home Friday and the heat index was a little too high for comfort. We waited for things to cool down Friday evening before our attempt. We set up in a level place in the front yard because I really didn't want to carry everything ( Read more... )