One Man’s View of the World
House
News about the home front.
Adventures in Plumbing
Mar 10th
It had felt like everything was dripping. The faucet in the bathroom was dripping. Not a lot, but enough to drive me nuts. Then the tub started leaking! The tub wasn’t serious either – it leaked into the shower stall in the basement (if its going to leak, I couldn’t have picked a better place). So my dad was super nice to come over early Saturday morning and show me some of the tricks of the trade. We replaced the bathroom faucet and then worked on the tub plumbing (replaced the trap and connecting pipes). It was a LOT of work. We did get a little help from Powder (look in the center of the pic). My dad hung slept over to finish the job on Sunday (again, thank you!). So far everything is leak free.
I returned the ’05 Acura TL on Tuesday (the car in the background). I HIGHLY recommend taking one out for a spin (and bring an audio DVD). We went to Home Depot at least 6 times on Saturday and enjoyed the comfort of the TL. Although my dad said it has too many buttons.
Tree
Aug 25th
The oak tree out in the backyard has a broken trunk. I get to figure out how to cut it down. Its just high enough to be a little too high for me and a ladder. Although my dad recommended some tools. I think this will be a a next weekend project.
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Making Concrete Progress
Jun 4th
The old concrete has been ripped out. Its possible the new stuff will
go in today.
Concrete
Jun 3rd
Looks like its going to be about 3 days before it rains again! The guy
who is going to put my new concrete in said he’d be out today. He’s
going to have some competition for street space since my neighbor across
the street is having their concrete put in too. All their trucks and
equipment has them blocking a good chunk of the street.
