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Ugh, I hate the dentist. Hope they get you fixed up, Nancy.
Never thought retirement would be like this
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Teeth? What teeth? I'm not even thinking about teeth. A couple of pictures just to prove I've run out of excuses and got back to the closet last night...
Finally hit me how to proceed. I'm going to use 2x4's like "furring strips" on the ceiling. Almost as cheap as thin boards, much stronger, easier to attach wallboard to, easier to get straight, and I've got plenty of height to spare in there.
How to lift boards above your head and attach by yourself---string and clamps. There is space above the rafters for clamps.
There are 15 things you need to check before attaching each board permanently to get it right, because there are so many odd things in there to deal with. Nothing can be done the normal way. And afterwards you realize there was a 16th thing.
Around the bend... This is where I left it last night.
Hope to make some progress today, after checking on Rusty.
Finally hit me how to proceed. I'm going to use 2x4's like "furring strips" on the ceiling. Almost as cheap as thin boards, much stronger, easier to attach wallboard to, easier to get straight, and I've got plenty of height to spare in there.
How to lift boards above your head and attach by yourself---string and clamps. There is space above the rafters for clamps.
There are 15 things you need to check before attaching each board permanently to get it right, because there are so many odd things in there to deal with. Nothing can be done the normal way. And afterwards you realize there was a 16th thing.
Around the bend... This is where I left it last night.
Hope to make some progress today, after checking on Rusty.
Nancy, you amaze me..with the tooth deal ,Rusty, and your starting a major project? Slow down gal! I was proud of myself when I got one flower bed cleaned up Friday because the weather was so nice! Even had to go to the Dollar Tree today to get some garden gloves because I had worn out the last pair I had! Are you for hire? I need some help with this floor upstairs! LOL I promise I am going to finish it! Almost there!
Did you decide to redo the whole floor after all?
Maggiemae, putting up three boards is not a major accomplishment. I'm sitting here trying to figure out which one to do next. This is like a gigantic puzzle. :eewwk:
Daffodils are out! While trying to take this picture I hear a snap, snap, snap,... at the bottom of the left post. Electric wires go under the gate. Dug down and pulled wires apart, couldn't see anything wrong, but snapping stopped. Turned out to be in the middle of a flattened fire ant mound. Got a couple of bites, but gained 400 volts.
Why are daffodils planted in front of a gate? Years ago one summer we needed a few shovels full of dirt to fill in below the gate, and I picked the wrong place to get it. Gate only swings the other way, anyway. This would be a good time to move them, and I can put that job off until the daffodils dry up that way.
My daffodils are just now coming out of the ground and just a few blooms. You are further south than me, so you have a "head start"! I have them come up where they were never planted but I think the squirrels dug some up and decided to plant them some place else! I guess they did not like my garden plan! LOL And speaking of squirrels, they have been very active the past few weeks. Digging lots of holes in my yard and running suicide missions back and forth on the street! Atleast they are leaving the bird feeder alone for now.
And no, I am not redoing the whole floor (just half the room) because I had two boxes of flooring left over. But in hindsight, it would probably have gone faster just removing the entire floor and starting from scratch! Note to self...........!
And no, I am not redoing the whole floor (just half the room) because I had two boxes of flooring left over. But in hindsight, it would probably have gone faster just removing the entire floor and starting from scratch! Note to self...........!
The squirrels must be digging up the nuts they buried last fall. One time a squirrel planted a pecan in a flower pot I had sitting way up on the deck. Silly squirrels. We are getting overrun with ground squirrels now that the neighborhood cat has become indoor only.
I've found the best motivation for completing a project, is to have another one on the back burner that you can't wait to get started on. So upcoming work in your yard, might help motivate you on the flooring. Do you have any outdoor projects planned for the summer?
These are my double daffodils in town. They came from a field out at the farm. They are big clunky ugly things, too heavy to keep their heads up. I've been kidded that they must come from the Savannah River Project area (radiation experiments). This will have been the first time they didn't get frozen right at blooming time in about 3 years.
I've found the best motivation for completing a project, is to have another one on the back burner that you can't wait to get started on. So upcoming work in your yard, might help motivate you on the flooring. Do you have any outdoor projects planned for the summer?
These are my double daffodils in town. They came from a field out at the farm. They are big clunky ugly things, too heavy to keep their heads up. I've been kidded that they must come from the Savannah River Project area (radiation experiments). This will have been the first time they didn't get frozen right at blooming time in about 3 years.
I think they are beautiful! They may be "King Alfreds". I had two bunches but they are not coming back this year. Makes me sad, They have huge blooms. Cannot wait for the Hostas to poke their heads out of the ground. My project for today....we got our grandson a portable basketball goal to put at the top of our driveway for Christmas. Well, we have a slopping yard right by the driveway that ends up where I blow fall leaves into a low area and the idiots that built the house buried construction debris that has since decomposed and left a "sink hole". And when he and his friends play basketball here, sometimes the ball goes down the hill and into the leaves and hole. So I went today to Home Depot and bought silt fence to stop the ball from going into the wooded area. Patrick (my grandson) helped me install it (he is 12 and taller than me)! I was actually sweating on a February day?! But we got it done. Don't want any kids falling in a "sink hole" and being sued! LOL And in the Fall I can pull it up and blow the leaves in the area and put the fence back. Win, Win!
You got me curious so I started searching daffodils. Sounds like it might be a Van Sion daffodil. This is a better picture of what mine really look like most years.
Some excerpts from the link below:
“When people ask us to identify a daffodil they’ve found in an old garden, a vacant lot, or way out in the middle of nowhere, it’s often ‘Van Sion’. In part this is because ‘Van Sion’ is all over the place. It’s been sold and passed-along for centuries, and it’s so exceptionally tough that it multiplies where many other daffodils can’t even survive.
Most of these bulbs will produce quite different blooms — shaggy powderpuffs with no sign of a trumpet. And in some years or some gardens, these blooms will be heavily marked with green, or they’ll open gnarled and imperfect. Though they’re weirdly charming, these mop-headed blooms are rarely pictured in books or catalogs. The amount of green varies with the weather.
All ‘Van Sion’ bulbs sold in the US today are grown on a small island off the north coast of the Netherlands where the climate is perfect for ripening bulbs which will bloom with the doubling neatly contained within the trumpet."
A Confusing, 400-Year-Old Classic
["Marilyn Gist of Raleigh, NC, calls hers the Phyllis Diller daffodils, after her wild-looking hairstyle."]
Some excerpts from the link below:
“When people ask us to identify a daffodil they’ve found in an old garden, a vacant lot, or way out in the middle of nowhere, it’s often ‘Van Sion’. In part this is because ‘Van Sion’ is all over the place. It’s been sold and passed-along for centuries, and it’s so exceptionally tough that it multiplies where many other daffodils can’t even survive.
Most of these bulbs will produce quite different blooms — shaggy powderpuffs with no sign of a trumpet. And in some years or some gardens, these blooms will be heavily marked with green, or they’ll open gnarled and imperfect. Though they’re weirdly charming, these mop-headed blooms are rarely pictured in books or catalogs. The amount of green varies with the weather.
All ‘Van Sion’ bulbs sold in the US today are grown on a small island off the north coast of the Netherlands where the climate is perfect for ripening bulbs which will bloom with the doubling neatly contained within the trumpet."
A Confusing, 400-Year-Old Classic
["Marilyn Gist of Raleigh, NC, calls hers the Phyllis Diller daffodils, after her wild-looking hairstyle."]
Sounds like a fun project for the day, with your grandson. I really like my sinkhole too. I've been emptying the shop vac in there, lots of sawdust. I think whoever built my house did the same thing with the debris, right near the foundation.
Oral surgeon today. Popped out the implant, it wasn't broken, just came loose from the bone. This one had a short fat root. He will try a longer one this time. No infection. I think that's odd because it's been loose for 9 months. Scraped around a little, packed it with ground up (cadaver ) bone, stuck a plug in it, and put in a couple stitches. Thirty minutes including wait time. The worst part was the first shot, and that was over in 3 seconds. I didn't, and still don't, feel a thing. I'm not making this up. It was a "nothing burger," as they say.
Now I wait 3 months again. Tooth is in the back. I'll barely miss it in the meantime. Surgeon said I have what is called a "hard bite." That means you attack your food with your teeth. He is right. I even chew jello. I'll be more careful from now on.
Surgeon moved his office since last year. Got lost on the way home trying to get on the loop/bypass. Haven't been on the west side of town in a long time. It has been building up so fast I don't even recognize it!
) bone, stuck a plug in it, and put in a couple stitches. Thirty minutes including wait time. The worst part was the first shot, and that was over in 3 seconds. I didn't, and still don't, feel a thing. I'm not making this up. It was a "nothing burger," as they say. Now I wait 3 months again. Tooth is in the back. I'll barely miss it in the meantime. Surgeon said I have what is called a "hard bite." That means you attack your food with your teeth. He is right. I even chew jello. I'll be more careful from now on.
Surgeon moved his office since last year. Got lost on the way home trying to get on the loop/bypass. Haven't been on the west side of town in a long time. It has been building up so fast I don't even recognize it!
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All I know is they tell you not to chew on ice, or bite on anything equivalently hard, but I've been told that with real teeth also. I fractured a couple of real teeth by doing just that back in my ice chewing days, and I stopped that habit. I can just stop eating popcorn, or sort out the ones that didn't pop completely. LOL!
This particular tooth had a short fat root, because there was less depth of bone at that location. He knew it would be the weakest, and I just happened to chomp on the popcorn kernel with that tooth.
The surgeon told me he is a teeth grinder. The night guard doesn't do a thing to *stop* teeth grinding at night. It just provides a soft surface to grind on. I tried one of those once and apparently tried to bite it in half overnight. Always woke up with sore jaws. You can get your jaws messed up as well as your teeth. I think I got that problem solved anyway.
It's going to be fine now. You just grow new bone and start all over again, but this time I'll be a little bit more careful.
This particular tooth had a short fat root, because there was less depth of bone at that location. He knew it would be the weakest, and I just happened to chomp on the popcorn kernel with that tooth.
The surgeon told me he is a teeth grinder. The night guard doesn't do a thing to *stop* teeth grinding at night. It just provides a soft surface to grind on. I tried one of those once and apparently tried to bite it in half overnight. Always woke up with sore jaws. You can get your jaws messed up as well as your teeth. I think I got that problem solved anyway.
It's going to be fine now. You just grow new bone and start all over again, but this time I'll be a little bit more careful.
Pappy
Living the Dream
Funny thing is, we had a grinding wheel like this on the old homestead.
Another good day working in the yard getting flower beds cleaned up! I want to start buying new plants but I know how Georgia can have some late freezes! My hydrangeas are starting to leaf out! But working outside leaves the inside work unattended! Not enough hours in the day!
Sounds good. I've got some of the last autumn leaves that fell, still sitting in the driveway that need raked, but they aren't going anywhere. I'd like to swipe the wild onions with Round Up before the grass greens up, but don't think I'll make it. The maples are coming out already! If the onions don't come up you don't have to mow the lawn so soon. Ha!
Yesterday I moved forward a little bit with the closet, although it sure doesn't look like much... :lol:
The new (light colored) boards that are clamped up there are now all level to the planet Earth, and the lengths of the short ones across the top (ceiling) are *almost* the same length. The old ceiling sloped down and I couldn't stand it. Things should move faster now for a while. Hopefully I've thought of everything that can go wrong in the future, with the ceiling at least.
I'm trying hard not to go into mindlessly boring details about every little thing that had to be modified.
Yesterday I moved forward a little bit with the closet, although it sure doesn't look like much... :lol:
The new (light colored) boards that are clamped up there are now all level to the planet Earth, and the lengths of the short ones across the top (ceiling) are *almost* the same length. The old ceiling sloped down and I couldn't stand it. Things should move faster now for a while. Hopefully I've thought of everything that can go wrong in the future, with the ceiling at least.
I'm trying hard not to go into mindlessly boring details about every little thing that had to be modified.
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My first job was at small store when I was nine. I worked through high school and college. I loved working I retired at 66. after working 80-90 hours per week in the offshore oil production industry. I have always been a loner and life-long bachelor. My retired life is a dream life. My health at 70 is fine-just left the doctor this morning and all system are go. Free as a bird is a good way to fly.
scdawson
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yes, that is a great benefit of retirement. Time to do the things you have always wanted to do. - Shirley
scdawson
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We are back to colder weather again here in NW Arkansas. Boy am I ready for spring and warm weather. I want to sit on my deck in the sun and kayak on the 7 lakes near our home. Just started kayaking last summer and found we loved it. I also want to get outside and do some photography. I'm in a wheelchair because of back and hip pain and cold weather "hurts". Bring on the warmth! - Shirley
C'est Moi
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I'm enjoying your diary as usual, Nancy. Looks like good progress on the closet. How's your mouth healing from the dental work?
The last of the two extra medical tests was this afternoon. They were looking for something---anything from kidney stones, to tumors, to who knows. First was the CT scan. This one was a cystoscopy. I got to watch the screen as the little camera poked around. That part was cool.
Both tests found nothing. If they had told me the results of the CT scan first, I would have cancelled this one. All the plumbing is just fine, even the liver, and they weren't even supposed to look at that. They said they wouldn't need to see me again for 2 years (fat chance of that happening for no good reason).
They also took your temperature by swiping some instrument across your forehead. What the heck was that? These things would be fun if you could just be an observer.
Speaking of observers, there was a dental student observing at the surgeon's office last time. They had her handing him the instruments. Nice girl. She was so nervous.
I got to watch the screen as the little camera poked around. That part was cool.Both tests found nothing. If they had told me the results of the CT scan first, I would have cancelled this one. All the plumbing is just fine, even the liver, and they weren't even supposed to look at that. They said they wouldn't need to see me again for 2 years (fat chance of that happening for no good reason).
They also took your temperature by swiping some instrument across your forehead. What the heck was that? These things would be fun if you could just be an observer.
It is healing fine. Have never felt one bit of pain, except a little sore at the injection site the next day. In fact I catch myself chewing hard stuff on that side by accident and have to stop. I think it's because they really didn't have to cut any tissue this time except putting in a couple of stitches. Thanks for asking, C'est Moi.
Speaking of observers, there was a dental student observing at the surgeon's office last time. They had her handing him the instruments. Nice girl. She was so nervous.
