Buzz Light Year

So, Squirt and company came to visit the office. As we're on the way up in the elevator (the freight elevator was the one working that day), Grandma took a look at the construction cone in the corner and asked Squirt "Do you think Buzz Lightyear is under there?"

And then Grandma looked... just to be sure.

There's a Floor

I got the hard board installed Tuesday night... finally. The first piece was a pain to cut. I measured & cut, then recut, because it was too big to fit, and cut some more (you get the idea). The second piece had many more corners, but I got a bit smarter. I took one of the cardboard boxes (which weighs quite a bit less then the hardiboard, cut it down to a 3' by 5' piece, then further cut it down for water pipes and doorways. Once the cardboard fit, it was an easy job to transfer to the hardiboard, then cut & it fit the first time!

Tonight, I cut the holes for the mirrors; tomorrow, I need to reposition some wiring... seems the light switch for the adjacent room is in the wrong place.

Squirt on the slide

New home; different toys.  Here's Squirt going down the slide backwards:

No More Mildew

The good news is that there's no more mildew in the corner by the bathtub.  

However, on the other hand, there's no more floor...  We'll see what trouble I can get into tomorrow.  There has not been a great deal of time to work on the bathroom since Monday - Tuesday was our Ward's night at the Temple; tonight was the youth activity night; tomorrow there's a moving project; Friday, a Ward dinner / talent show.

Friday the new mirror arrives, so hopefully we'll find a way to be ready to paint by then...

The deconstruction of the bathroom

The reconstruction of the bathroom is underway.  We ordered new cabinets & counter top a month ago, but didn't want to get serious until after the new parts had arrived, which they did while David & Sarah were here.  Today I was off work for my annual physical & for an eye exam, so in between trips to the doctors, the deconstruction of the bathroom was mostly completed.  Pictures before & during demolition:

 

Removing the mirror was a bit tricky, but a trip to the internet advised us to cover the mirror in duct tape (to make cleanup easier when it breaks), wear safety glasses & long sleeves, and to pry carefully, using shims to slowly pry it from the wall.  Turns out the advise worked & we didn't break the mirror, although the sheet rock got a bit ripped up.

 

This project got started because there was a soft spot in the floor.  I went downstairs to the furnace room so I could view the damage to the floor from the bottom side.  The view was obstructed by heater ducts, but I got a different view... a puddle by the water heater...  CHANGE PROJECTS!!!  The condensation drain pipe from the A/C was not draining in the drain, but next to it.... and leaking through the floor to the crawl space / storage area.  Some PVC fittings were required to add a leg to the drain to make it drain three inches into the floor drain.  While I was at it, I also modified the drain for the water heater catch pan so that it would drain into the same drain... rather than next to it.  The picture, worthy of "there I fixed it" is forth coming.

Still to do: repair the weak spot in the floor and treat the mildew by the tub; patch sheet rock, paint, ...  not tonight.

Miscellaneous Picture Updates...

One picture is worth 1000 words. This post is worth 8000 words.

Graduation:

Funeral:

The Help Button is located WHERE?... not the upper right corner of the keypad!!!

Pearl at WDW/Japan:

Off Kilter - the best (only?) Celtic Rock Band I've seen:

All caught up

Or at least more so than I've been in a long time.  Normally I just skip over all the emails that look interesting or that can be dealt with later... the google alerts, group messages, etc.  and then catch up on them when I have time. 

When the Inbox has 743 unread messages, it's time to catch up.  Now, not only am I down to 10 unread messages, but I've caught up on blog reading AND anything I'd care to look at on Facebook.

I need to leave town a bit more often; however, this "funeral trip" has been a lot more like a family reunion and a vacation than a funeral... at least thus far.

And the rental car company didn't have the "economy car" that we rented available, so we got "stuck" with a VW Beetle.  Kind of fun to drive!!!