Diverting my energy
Since we’re going to be so busy the rest of this summer working on our new old house, Brandon and I made it a point to go up to Clear Lake this weekend and work on our other house. We did some outdoor...
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The ball is rolling. (Demolition day 2)
Day two and amazingly our team came back! Craig must be a glutton for punishment, because he stuck with us at the house from 9am to just after 5pm! I could barely keep up with him! I started my day at...
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My husband the sexy hand model
We bought a whole bunch of tools at Ace Hardware’s 20% off sale! They came in a cool carrying bag. We got a circular saw… A work light… A reciprocating saw… A drill… A jigsaw… Two rechargeable...
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Early Christmas presents for me!
I have been wanting to get a heat gun and start stripping the woodwork in our house. Several people have said that I HAVE to get a respirator mask if I’m going to do that, so I went shopping around on...
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Iron Chef Kelli-san
Today, this gross and smelly kitchen becomes Kitchen Stadium! But on this version of Iron Chef, we do not have a theme ingredient. We have a theme power tool! Witness the stunning culinary prowess as...
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Apprentice for a day, Part 1: Off the rails!
A few weeks ago I attended Bob Yapp‘s workshop about weatherizing windows. It was sponsored by the Center on Sustainable Communities. Bob showed us a system of adding metal rails for the original wood...
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Are your sashes slotted? Would you like them to be?
When I left off in my last post (Window Prep Continues) I had removed the glazing putty and taken all the panes of glass out of the sashes to prep them for stripping at Shull’s. I hope to do a more...
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