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The neighbors all love me

Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Finally got motivated enough to tackle the tile in the bathroom. Got off work, swung by Harbor Freight to buy the tile saw, they didn’t have tile pinchers (cuz ya always need to pinch some tile ), so I had to stop at Home Depot and pick them up th
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The Tile that Binds

Monday, 15 November 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
I am not getting motivated to get stuff done while Lovely Wife is at her mom’s. Today was a slow day at work, it rained all day today, my lunch buddy got shanghied and had to miss lunch, and now I’m not wanting to DO anything.I forced my self to
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My Public Disgrace revealed

Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
My public disgrace...my garageTwo full shelves of boardgames. I keep saying I'm going to sell them on ebay. Anybody see anything they like?My workbench, now you see why I can't get any work done.If you see anything you want to purchase, get for free,
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Busy week, Game Night, & Public Shame

Friday, 17 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Blogging has been light, cause things have been busy (even though I feel I don't have anything to show for it.) Among the highlights: Got all the draperies put up in the bedroom, so that is officially done. Worked on Eldest son's back brakes at night
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The arguement for wireless routers

Sunday, 5 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Went to early service at church this morning, came home and did dishes while Lovely Wife fixed White Chili. Afterwards, Eldest son and I ran ethernet cable from the dining room (location of our PC) to his bedroom in order to share the DSL "LUV&q
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Solatube, before & after

Tuesday, 24 August 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Here are the before & after pics of the room with the SolatubeBEFOREAFTERmakes a big difference, doesn't it?
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Quickie Note

Wednesday, 11 August 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Having to run to work to try to miss the worst of the storm, but I thought I'd throw a few pics of the bedroom up. It is almost complete. Have to get can lights over the sink, hang the mirror, touch up paint, yadayada.Here's a pic of the bedroom befo
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1st rule of Furniture Fight Club....

Friday, 6 August 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
OK, here's the skinny on what has been happening. My lovely wife & I have been talking about updateing the bedroom, getting all the el-crap-ola out of there, get some 'bedroom furniture' (i.e. not the stuff we had when we were kids) and all in al
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Why I've been so quiet

Friday, 6 August 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Well, here's why I've been so quiet this week. We are tearing up our bedroom, scraping popcorn texture off the ceiling, tearing down wallpaper, moving out furniture. My eldest posted some pics on his blog, so I thought I'd toss a link his way. Maybe
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BLACKMAN MOORING!!!!!

Wednesday, 19 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Checking my counter stats, I find once again the folks in Texas just can't get enough of Blackman Mooring or as other folks call it "BlackmOn Mooring" I promised some time ago to write about our experience with this company, so here goes: B
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Some more updates

Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Looks like we have almost everything done with the remodel. Blackman-Mooring came yesterday to clean the air ducts, Barb has the baseboards painted and the cabinets glazed, hmmmm, can't think of anything else. Oh, I have to hang a mirror in the dinin
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Sealing the grout & covering the windows.

Sunday, 14 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Back home from Ogden and today we are having Michael seal the grout and his wife will be putting up the window treatments (I think they may be called curtains, but I'm a guy) :) Youngest Son and I moved everything back out of the dining room again
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Oscar the Grout (bad pun...sorry)

Friday, 5 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Well, we finished the grout. Michael came over around 7 PM and we finished at 12:45. The grout went a lot easier this time. We mixed it up a little thinner and I finally figured out how to use the grout bag. Here is a pic of the proper technique to u
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And the grout goes in...(but what about the paint???)

Thursday, 4 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
First off, about the paint. The paint that was put in the kitchen was the wrong color and we'll have to repaint. That ugly story will appear at a later date. Michael came over around 6 PM to start the grout. We mixed it up and laid it down on 4 tiles
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All the gory details: The tile story, part 2

Tuesday, 2 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
I started around 0930 Sunday morning by measuring and cutting pieces that we would be needing. Michael showed up around 1130 and mixed up the mastik and he started laying tile in the dining room. I started working in front of the patio door and thoug
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Quick Update

Monday, 1 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Michael was supposed to drop off a new blade for the saw and I was going to finish the laundry room tonight. Change in plans: He can't find a blade; we're going to the movie (family night); I don't know how to mix mastic; and I'm too tired to get it
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All the gory details: The tile story, part 1

Monday, 1 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Part 1 starts Friday night when I start moving everything from the dining room into the living room. Now remember, in the living room we still have the coffee table; recliner; piano; entertainment center; couch; chair; & corner table. The plan wa
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Tile Laying

Monday, 1 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
 Friday night I moved everything in the kitchen into the living room and onto the patio. Mike came by Saturday around 0800 and we finally laid our first tile at 0930. It takes quite awhile to determine the best starting point. We started in the entr
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Photos!!! We have photos!!!

Friday, 27 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
The much promised, often delayed photos are here!! This first series shows our kitchen before during, and...during still. (I'm not wanting to show the completed photos until we get the door handles on.) These pics were taken from the living room look
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Cabinets are almost done. On with the Floor!!

Thursday, 26 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
The cabinet guy should be done tomorrow. I've been taking pictures right & left, but haven't gotten them loaded. Maybe tomorrow? This past week has seen more cabinet cleaning, the paint going on the cabinets and Youngest Son coming up with a go
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Weekend work update (Work Days 30, 31 & 32)

Sunday, 22 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Friday night Lovely Wife and I picked up the new drawer pulls. They are a flat black but once she gives them a layer of Clearcoat, they'll be nice and shiny just like our hinges. Saturday I did all the laundry in the house in preparation for pullin
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A bigger better update (several days at once)

Sunday, 22 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
 Here are some updates from between the 18th and the 20th: * The cabinet guy started on the cabinets (for that is what he does) and we decided that the pecan stain just wasn't going to lighten up the kitchen enough. We are going to go with a creme/y
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A quick update (Flood - Day 43/ Work - Day 27)

Tuesday, 17 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
I've been out of town for a week and in the time between my last post and now we have : * Picked out some various tiles. After our decorator blessed one of them, we purchased it and brought half of it home. We managed to get a little over half of it
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Some more photos (Flood - Day 30/Work - Day 14)

Wednesday, 4 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
I thought I would post some photos of the new dining room lamp and the new kitchen and entry lights (they are the same style). The tile will be going in on the 27th. I was going to move our monthly 'game night' to the 20th but Lovely Wife is talkin
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A quick update as work slows down (Flood -Day 29/Work - Day 13)

Tuesday, 3 February 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Like the title says, a quick update. I hung the blinds back up in the entry and now Lovely Wife has noticed that they are not even with each other or with the top of the door frame. So, down they come, the holes get patched and repainted and the bl
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