November 2005 - Posts
Day 3 involved more thinking and research. I found a forum to ask questions about that Toto Aquia toilet, which were answered by a dealer who carries that model here in Seattle – how convenient! I will have to move the rough-in a couple of inches, but
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Day two wasn’t nearly as productive as Day 1. I spent most of yesterday between projects, contemplating (or procrastinating?) what to do next. In-between these long periods of silence I had several short bursts of efficiency, primarily finishing up some
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I’m on vacation this week with the intent to work on the house. Yesterday was Day 1, and I got quite a lot accomplished in the kitchen. One of the features of the new kitchen design is a “wall of appliances”. This wall is really just a large built-in
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Nick's on vacation. This is awesome for this weekend, but will be a new experience when I go to work on Monday. I'm usually the one with the vacation time and Nick's at work. I'm looking forward to checking in during the day via the webcam and seeing
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This weekend saw a couple of long-standing projects get crossed off the list: First, I installed the vents for the kitchen drain and the laundry-room drain. These 1 1/2" ABS pipes run up one of the kitchen walls, then cross the ceiling inside one of the
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It seems like I've been out of the houseblogging for awhile. The school year has been very busy, but I think now I'll be settling down into a somewhat normal routine & be back to focusing a bit more on our home. I'm of to pick Nick up at the airport
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My goal today is to get the kitchen window hung, such that we dont have to have a sheet of plywood hung across it. I started at 9am this morning and it's now lunchtime (1pm). I've got the entire window frame stripped, sanded, and ready for primer. After
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I went to the hardware store and got some window glazing compound. I dont know if I like it better or worse than the caulk-style glazing. What I had considered in my mind a 2 hour project has taken all day and I'm not yet done. Trissa will be dissappointed,
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This morning's project is to reglaze the kitchen windows. Trissa has to work this weekend, so it's all up to me. Last weekend, after I found a single ounce of my missing motivation, I stripped, sanded, and primed the sashes for our nook window. This window
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