Problems – Three coats of paint, rubbing down between coats, around 3-4 hours each. And the color of the paint doesn’t match the doors we bought.
Painting – Time to paint the utility room shelving.
February 12, 2022 20:26
It is going to be a long day today. I left at nine and plan to be at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church by midday. Then we have four hours to get everything ready for the four pm Celebration of Absalom Jones service. After that, break everything down and drive three hours home.
February 6, 2022 10:13
One, two, three. Testing, testing – I’m doing my first church service broadcast in almost a year tomorrow. Time to check everything still works.
February 5, 2022 15:10
Pantry shelves ready for finishing. With a lot of snow forecast, I needed to get the shelves out of the garage to make room for the car. +2
January 31, 2022 21:39
Well, that didn’t go as planned… As usual, things took a lot longer to do than I anticipated, and I made two annoying mistakes. Two-minute read.
January 31, 2022 9:15
My task for tomorrow … Is to turn this pile of wood into a ‘pantry’ and shelving unit.
January 28, 2022 21:02
Impelling – The view inside the new washer is bright, shiny, and rather sci-fi looking.
January 23, 2022 19:15
And that’s the cabinets fitted – I’ve still got to make a pantry to fill the open space on the left, and another set of shelves on the opposite side of the room too. +1
January 23, 2022 19:13
Cabinets fitted on one side. Now for the cabinets on the opposite wall.
January 23, 2022 11:27
Ginger fitting hinges – currently we are adding some high-level storage for ‘little used’ items.
January 23, 2022 11:05
Boxes – we have some work to do today. The utility room remodel is getting out of hand! We had already dealt with several boxes when I took this picture.
January 23, 2022 11:04
Final coat of stain – Made a lot of difference to the color. Now to varnish it all, add door handles, and it’s finished. +3
January 10, 2022 10:00
Making the gear closet doors – There have been a few upgrades in the workshop. Black Friday Grizzly had a drill press and bandsaw on sale at a price I couldn’t refuse. The pair cost less than the bandsaw normally retails at. The bandsaw came in particularly useful for all the joints I had to make for the gear closet doors. One-minute read, +1
January 9, 2022 14:35
Gary in the workshop – Hindsight being the gem that it is, I now know it was a huge mistake to make the doors and not get them ‘off the shelf.’ +3
January 8, 2022 16:53
Distractions – A couple of weeks before Christmas the dryer broke down. We were just about to have the utility room, painted, so Ginger decided that she’d pop out and buy a new dryer and washer for the freshly painted room. And that’s when the work began. Two-minute read, +1
December 30, 2021 12:36
Gary and Ginger, Christmas Day, 2021 – Like the shirt? I was wearing it, plus shorts, in honor of the unseasonably hot weather we were having. 2
December 25, 2021 14:40
Essential Supplies – What the Brit abroad needs.
December 18, 2021 10:48
Fronds and bottles – Testing my new cell phone’s camera in the dark. +3
December 7, 2021 0:14
Bishop Provisional of West Missouri, The Rt. Rev. Diane Bruce and the Diocesan Staff.
December 6, 2021 12:05
Gear Closet update – Still plenty left to do. Bottom shelf and kick space, shelf fronts, and … doors to make.
November 28, 2021 16:54
Back at the trailhead – Trip over, and a modest 19.15 miles hiked and 2,000 ft. of elevation climbed. Time for a shower and a beard trim! And, of course, some end of trip thoughts. Two-minute read
November 17, 2021 11:45
Another backpacking fashion show – Not. Here I am all packed up, ready to head back to the trailhead and showing off what the well-dressed backpacker is wearing nowadays. 1
November 17, 2021 10:48
Reptilian – I don’t know what this type of rock is called, but it is very reptilian in appearance.