Happy Near Year.

So 2011 ended well. The dog wasn’t too strung out from the fireworks. The drugs sure helped that. Yesterday I finally finished the replacement of the condensation gutter in the living room. Previously it was sheet steel with a rope … Read More

Heros is coming on

I’m too sore to do anything else. We’ll see if it is good a second time. Build a platform to go over the sum and pump. Make the pump mount more permanent. Aw hell, it works fine how it is. … Read More

I’ve been stuck with the fork.

I’m done for the day. I have spots that are sore that I didn’t even know existed in this plane of existence. Plugging away at the list… Finish the gravel Lay out the styrofoam wall. Lay out the new vapor … Read More

Productive day thus far…

After 3 trips to Home Depot… Finish the gravel Lay out the Styrofoam wall. 1/2 done :-) Lay out the new vapor barrier it’s 3/4 done :-) :-) Make the pump mount more permanent. first attempt failed. Build a platform … Read More

Getting there is half the fun

I tried to make the pump mount more permanent. Here is what I learned: 7000 Gal. per hour is equal to 1.944 Gal. per second. It takes two seconds for Melissa to realize that the pump needs to be shut … Read More

Carrots of Pirrabean II – Jack’s Back

The house is clean enough that our guest should not be able to kill himself tripping over all the stacked trails of bills, tools, receipts, cleaning products, towels, dog hair and cat hair, piled around the house in various interesting … Read More

Almost Done?

Finish the gravel Lay out the new vapor barrier (it’s only half done. Kind of) Make the pump mount more permanent. Build a platform to go over the sum and pump. Possibly dig a trench from way up in front … Read More

thtill thor.

But strangely I feel good. The two of us have started taking fish oil supplements. It’s funny, my attitude IS better. I’m not getting as frustrated as easily, and when I do, I seem to be able to stay focused … Read More

Ouch.

Very sore today. Whole body.We have a trench dug from the back of the crawl space to the front. in the trench is a french drain and that is hoked up to the Sump. in the sump is a pump. … Read More

That was expensive.

Just got back from Home Depot. We paid $80 for a sheet of plastic. $80 for a 6 mil thick sheet of plastic. For those that don’t do thickness measurements, that’s 6 thousandths of an inch. 0.006″ or 3/500 inch. … Read More