I still have lots of leaves left that B brought, so I decided to try a slightly less than organic method of turning them into something even more useful than mulch. To wit, compost. I read that urea granules would work, so I bought some on ebay. Wasn’t expensive, and I read that if you […]

I accomplished a fair amount again today; I finally got the bathroom painted (except for a few tiny touch-ups around the edges where I either taped incorrectly, or damaged the edge in removing the tape). It’s taken me approximately forever, but I like the way it looks, and it’ll be even better once I get […]

I was too busy yesterday to write, but I got a lot accomplished! Taped off the bathroom around the sink, which was the last part that needed painting. Primed the rust stains on the wall, left when we moved the cabinet up, then put on one coat of paint, which took a while because of […]

I was inspired by a small patch of snow to make this last night. It didn’t last long, and by this morning, it was just a little pile. I’m okay with that. The eyes and mouth are sunflower seeds, which made him look kind of crabby.

Not done, not even really close to done, but there is a tiny light visible. This morning, I sprayed a couple of topcoats on the hardware I painted last night. Looks the same, so I didn’t bother with a photo. Then, I taped off and overspray covered the bathroom light fixture and the mirror cabinet. […]

P graciously got paint for me because I decided the table/chairs colour just looked wrong. I scrounged around in the closet and found the creamy white colour used in the Palm Room; it was dried up, and an ACE colour, but there was enough dripped on the label to give P a piece to get […]

Well, the beadboard is almost finished. I didn’t clean up the bottom because it’s hard to see back there, and I was out of daylight, but I did get the seam, the top, and the sides trimed/tidied up, and sealed with paintable caulking. The seam actually came out better than I’d expected, especially considering that […]

Well, I’m going to have to put quarter round up by the ceiling because the edge is so rough that even good painter’s tape didn’t keep the paint colours from bleeding, but I’m okay with that. The ceiling is white, the area around the shower is cream, and the area behind the toilet has beadboard […]

I’d decided to do the walls around the shower with the same creamy white I used for the table and chairs. Then, I thought, “Why not?” and tried it on the ceiling, too. Walls, yes. Ceiling, nope. It’s got two coats of Killz on it, and now a coat of latex semi-gloss paint. I’m not […]

This morning, I went looking in the Play Store for a sunrise/sunset app that would allow me to track the additional minute or so that we get each day. Yes, I am that desperate. I found a really nice one, and it was not ad-supported free, but actually free. I made a donation; the $5 […]