Category: lakehouse

Hot? Not as hot. Humid? Not as humid. Pretty dang close though would be my guess. The rain yesterday evening did cool things down a bit. It was 77F around 10pm. I think today will be damp and hot, if it’s not actually raining.

I spent yesterday morning doing office stuff, and afternoon doing auction pickups, with evening used for auction prep. Most of the time prepping was doing something with the movie posters I have. I’ve been buying super cheap frames for them, just really enough to keep them flat and make them easier to sell. So I took the time to put some in frames. A Harry Plopper promo poster, a Frozen lobby poster, and a Tatiana lobby poster all got some sort of frame. The Tatiana posters are actually cooler than the movie. I know people would prefer well framed posters ready to display, but that costs more money than I’m likely to make from the sales.

Goodwill and thrift stores are great for finding frames, sometimes even with mattes that work, but the lobby posters are a weird size, bigger than 24×36 in both directions. And they still cost more than I’d like to spend. Now, if I was doing them for myself, if I had a home theater, I’d do something a bit nicer. But I’m not. Hopefully it’ll be worth the time.

Today I’m loading up and heading to the BOL at some point. If it’s nice out, I may even leave before W and the kid. If not, I might delay and hope the weather clears. Either way, I’ll be there tonight.

And then start working on the list. Weather permitting.

Always something more to do… but I like fixing things. It would be nice to make progress instead of falling farther behind.

Stack what you need. Use it to improve your situation.

nick

Hot and humid. Still dry too. Crunchy grass. It got well above 100F yesterday and was still 84F at midnight. There was a breeze which helped. I mostly worked indoors, but going out to cut stuff was like an oven. Probably the same today too.

Did my interior trimout for the window. I have two “soldier course” bricks to mortar back into place and the project will be finished. I might try to do that today, depending on my back mostly. Had some drama with the A/C in yesterday’s comments, so I didn’t get home last night.

My plan for today is to sleep, get up, maybe do the brick work, and then head home. I’ve got a ton of stuff to do to get ready for my event, and I feel a little behind. A lot of it is “winging it” and just doing what I did last year, but I do have some new stuff to sell too. That should at least get a quick checkout.

We’ll see what actually happens. It’s always something…

So stack and prep, then the big things turn out to be smaller things, and the drama goes away.

nick

Still hot. Still humid. Still no rain. Grass is crunchy, and something is seriously distressing the peach tree. I’m hoping it’s only heat and drought. More of the same expected for today.

I spent most of yesterday doing the trimout for the exterior of the window. My general plan of attack took some finagling but I got it done in the end. I’ll take off two boards and put the last two bricks back into place today. I also got started on the interior trimout, but most of that will happen today.

Which is the plan. Sleep for a bit, because of the muscle relaxer, then get busy putting the wall back together from the inside. If it was drywall, it would be straightforward, but it’s paneling. We’ve painted all the paneling in the house (all shades of grey that my wife insists are different but all look blue-grey to me) and I saved paneling whenever we took it down, so I just have to find pieces that match and can be cut to fit. W will paint later.

Everything takes longer and costs more… so stack while it’s cheap and available. And then you’ll have plenty to work on later.

nick

It’ll be hot. Of that I’m certain. And humid. It was plenty hot here yesterday, although the breeze helped. Even at midnight it was still high 80sF. In fact I think it may be hotter here than at home.

In the morning I slept, did the things I needed to do, and finally got on my way. Did my pickup, and the blower is in rough shape. Didn’t try starting it yet, but it’s not one of the expensive models. It might not be worth the time to replace all the worn out things. Then I hit a Lowes store on my way and bought more trim. I’ll put that to use today.

Plan is… do more work on the window. Start outside before the sun really bakes that side of the house, then move into the airconditioned living room to work inside later. We’ll see if it goes that easily. If not, I’ll find something to do. Plenty to choose from.

Always be working to improve. Stack what resources you’ll need to keep working.

nick