I really worked today!

Now that I did work all day, I have little or nothing to report about it.  Working all day just doesn't make for a good blog.  But I have to get going here because the contractor dude, has plans to get the dry wall hanger folks here by next week.

So with that deadline swarming about in my mind, I was up and at it fairly early.  But hanging insulation is a nasty business.  The fiberglass gives off a dust, that seems to work its way thru all the protective clothing you are wearing, and the very same clothing makes you perspire, which makes the dust stick to you all the more.  Can you see me digging away at all those itchy places?

So when I went after more rolls of insulation at the local Lowes store, I was certain that I was nuts.  But when I returned home, the contractor dude was here building the last side of the shower walls and finishing his part of the deal.

At some point the plumber has to come back, and it is rumored that it will be tomorrow, but we will have to wait and see if that comes true.   Without the plumber and myself getting done, the drywall will have to be rescheduled.  I am determined that it will not be me that causes problems.

As of tonight I am about two thirds done, and I am hopeful to knock  out the rest in the next couple of days.  But for now, I turned the lights off at about 5 PM tonight and went for that extended scooter ride!  Remember, I had a full tank of gas!

Retired Rod

More fun than work.

As far as accomplishing anything worth while, today was a complete bust.  It started with a visit to the Doctor's office early in the morning, and that included a tad bit of waiting around. But after that we came back home with the best of intentions.

I even called the plumber and the contractor to see if they wanted to go forward, but in mid morning, I ended up on the phone to my investment councilor in Des Moines.  And that turned into a long phone call.  I'm not sure what we accomplished, but we talked for quite a while.

And I later learned that the plumber was on the phone trying to get thru at the same time.  Ooops,,, but we did manage to purchase a stock or two and make some futher plans for future investments.

And since I was on a financial roll, I started to pay this months bills, and the day just slipped out of hand.  Especially since the slow computer time caused me to slip away to nappy time....

So my best intensions were blown away anyway, so it was out to the scooter at about 3:30 where I rode over to Wendy's for a Junior Cheese and small fry combo.  But it was 92 outside and the sun was warm and comfortable, so I headed West and South out into the country.

I didn't come back to the house until almost 7 PM, after stopping at two different lakes and riding a lot of country.

On an RV note, I went thru the Olathe Ford RV lot looking over the many RVs they have in inventory.  And then a spin around the buildings where they were working on rigs in for repair.  I was somewhat surprised to find my storage neighbor's Allegro Bay having its bin doors replaced.  It was parked in the next row from mine at storage when the baseball hail hit us in April.

I did not see any old bent doors sitting around, so I am assuming that they straightened and filled the old ones.  That is what I did not want to happen to mine, so that confirms why I decided to go to Red Bay for replacements.  I saw my old doors stacked in a pile to be disposed, when I went to retrieve the repaired coach!

But this RV place is our source for repairs here in our community, and are the only facility  in town.  So they are way behind, and if you didn't purchase your rig there, you will wait forever.  So that is how we got into the habit of going back to Red Bay, Alabama.

Any way perhaps tomorrow will be better for some accomplishment in the basement, but don't count on it!!  The scooter has gas.........

Retired Rod

Basement work continues.

I was thrown right back into the forray this morning, as the pulmber was to be here at 8 AM.  Up at about 7:30, I didn't worry much about him showing up, because they never come at the time they say they will.

And by 9:30 he was still a no show.  I went over to Lowes and purchased 8 big rolls of insulation.  So that became my job for today, cutting and stapling the insulation into the 2x4 walls that are up against the concrete walls of the basement.  I was in a long sleve shirt, and had a face mask over my nose and mouth.

I had about 4 of the eight rolls cut and installed, when down the stairs walks the plumber and his assistant.  Unbknown to me, Loyce had left a note on the door to come on down!  It was after lunch.

So the plumbers worked on the rough in of the bathroom and wet bar for the rest of the afternoon.  The work is somewhat tedious, and requires a lot of trips out to the two plumbing vans that they brought along.  They finally declared that enough was done for today, and turned the water back on about 4:30.

About 6:30 this evening I went back down to install another TV cable to the office room, and found that the shower head installation was leaking rather severly onto the floor.  I stapled some plastic from the insulation wraping onto the studs and shaped it so the water would drain into the floor of the shower and its drain.

After calling the guy and some use of a 10 inch pipe wrench, I think the leak is stopped or slowed to a very small drip.  The plumber lives in a small town about 15 miles South of here, so I think he was greatful that I had it under control, and he didn't have to make a late night trip!!

There is a whole lot more insulation that needs installing, and some of it still needs to be purchased from Lowes, as I only bought what would comfortably fit in the back of the pickup on this first trip.  I'm not looking forward to the rest of the job.

Retired Rod

The last day of the holiday.

The actual Fourth of July is usually anti climatic for us when it falls on the Monday of the holiday weekend.  By then we have been celebrating all week end and it is now time to get organized to get back home.

So that is kind of how today went.  We began packing things to go home after the big morning breakfast of waffles and sausage patties.  The kids mostly packed that breakfast away, while us older folks kind of picked at the fattening stuff. 

But as the mid part of the day came we were all back down on the dock, and the jet ski was going non stop as folks took turns riding it out and about.  The kids swam, and we finally went off in the boat until about 4 in the afternoon.  We rode around coves nosing into what everyone else was doing to celebrate on their docks.

We all have it down to about the same routine.  Float out in the water with a beverage of choice in you hands held above the water line.  Lake water in your beer is nasty!  The kids run and jump over your heads doing their best cannon ball to try and get that lake water into your beer.

The jet skis are kind of like bees buzzing around the coves you go into, as the kids follow the big boats and jump over their wakes behind their sterns.  This practice is mostly unsafe, and it is a wonder that more folks aren't hurt.  They cross each other behind the heavy boat, in a weave like pattern, and tend to time their arrival to be close to the stern.  When I had the heavy boat, sometimes I would slow down all of a sudden just to see what they would do next.  Sent the message to go follow someone else!

Any way it was almost 6 PM when we finally left for KC, and after dark when we were unloading here at home.

We have more work planned for the basement project tomorrow, so I need to hang up this keyboard for now.

Retired Rod